Session 1 · Chapters 1 and 2
Fall 2026 Book Club
Read Rethink and Revise with other teachers
Changing your literacy instruction is a lot easier when you are not doing it alone. We read the book together, one chapter at a time, and talk through what it actually looks like in a real classroom with real constraints.
Just want to watch first? There are videos on this page.Save your spot
The Fall 2026 club has wrapped, and the Author’s Notes videos are still on this page. Drop your name and email and I will let you know when the next one starts.
- Next season
- Dates for the next round coming soon
- Schedule
- Four sessions, Wednesday evenings
- Time
- 7:30–8:30 PM Eastern
- Where
- On Zoom — link sent when you sign up
- Cost
- Free — just bring the book
Author’s Notes
These aren’t recordings of the sessions, instead they are me going a bit deeper on the bigger messages and key ideas behind each week’s chapters.
Session 2 · Chapter 3
Kids Don’t Come to School for Short A or Main Idea
Session 3 · Chapter 4
Four Multipliers for Phonics Instruction
Session 4 · Chapters 5 and 6
Group Kids by What They Need, Not Level
That is the whole season, and the videos stay up. Leave your email and I’ll tell you when the next club starts.
What We'll Work Through
Four live sessions, plus a few reflection questions to guide your reading in between. This season has wrapped. The Author’s Notes videos for every chapter are above, and they stay up.
August 26 · Chapters 1 & 2 · Done
The Big Picture, and Assessment
Why rethink and revise at all, and what your current assessments actually tell you about your readers. Where to start when you want a clearer picture.
September 2 · Chapter 3 · Done
Whole-Class ELA
Study-centered reading, real discussion, and writing that connects back to the text. What this looks like when you only have so many minutes.
September 16 · Chapter 4 · Done
Whole-Class Foundational Skills
Looking at your routines with fresh eyes: what to refine, what to replace, and what is already working better than you think.
September 23 · Chapters 5 & 6 · Done
Small-Group Reading, and What Comes Next
Rethinking the purpose of small-group time, and how groups get formed when levels are not the organizing idea. Then: how you keep going after the book ends.
Who this is for
K-2 teachers, coaches, and interventionists who are somewhere in the middle of rethinking their literacy instruction. Maybe you have already made a few changes and want to know what comes next. Maybe you have been handed a new curriculum and are trying to figure out what to keep. Either way, you do not need to have read anything ahead of time, and you do not need to have it figured out.
Come with questions. Come with the thing that is not working. That is the whole point.
Brave change is system change.