Professional Book Discussion Guides
Zaner-Bloser Professional Development’s Discussion Guides provide direction for conversations about some of the best, most popular professional books. They are excellent tools for ongoing, job-embedded professional development in your learning community or school.
Written by our knowledgeable literacy consultants, these Guides will take you and your colleagues through a series of before, during, and after reading questions that encourage meaningful conversation and valuable collaboration.
Select a title, download the Discussion Guide to share with your learning community, and kick-start your professional learning today!
Download a Discussion Guide for the following professional books:
Black Ants and Buddhists: Thinking Critically and Teaching Differently in the Primary Grades
by Mary Cowhey
I Think, Therefore I Learn!
by Graham Foster, Evelyn Sawicki, Hyacinth Schaeffer, and Victor Zelinski
Inside Words: Tools for Teaching Academic Vocabulary
by Janet Allen
Making the Most of Small Groups: Differentiation for All
by Debbie Diller
Reality Checks: Teaching Reading Comprehension with Nonfiction, K–5
by Tony Snead
Reconsidering Read-Aloud
by Mary Lee Hahn
Tell Me: Children, Reading, and Talk
by Aiden Chambers
The Power of Our Words: Teacher Language That Helps Children Learn
by Paula Denton
When Writer’s Workshop Isn’t Working
by Mark Overmeyer
"Professional learning can have a powerful effect on teacher skills and knowledge and on student learning if it is sustained over time, focused on important content, and embedded in the work of professional learning communities that support ongoing improvements in teachers’ practice."
- Professional Learning in the Learning Profession: A Status Report on Teacher Development in the United States and Abroad, National Staff Development Council, 2009