Emergent & Early Fluency

Saddleback's Emergent & Early Fluency collection brings together decodable phonics and emergent reading resources for striving tweens and teens. It includes the Tween and Teen Decodable Phonics Bundles, individual TwERL and TERL Phonics titles, and the Tween Emergent Reader Libraries, giving teachers a range of formats and reading levels to meet students wherever they are in building foundational reading skills.

Tween and Teen Decodable Phonics Bundles

The Tween and Teen Decodable Phonics Bundles give you an easy way to order the complete TwERL or TERL Phonics series in one purchase. Developed specifically for striving readers in grades 4 to 12 who are still building their decoding skills, the bundles also work well for newcomers with no prior English instruction. Written at emergent and beginning reader levels, the books are carefully sequenced, starting with CVC words and progressing through long vowels, consonant digraphs, vowel diphthongs, and multisyllabic words, so students build phonics skills step by step.

Tween Decodable Phonics Bundle

 


Tween Decodable Phonics Bundle

Grades: 4 to 8
Reading Level: 0.5 to 2.0
Lexile: BR to HL250L

Teen Decodable Phonics Bundle

 


Teen Decodable Phonics Bundle

Grades: 9 to 12
Reading Level: 0 to 3.5
Lexile: BR to HL250L

Tween and Teen Emergent Reader Libraries® Phonics

TwERL Phonics and TERL Phonics, the phonics-based line within Saddleback's Tween and Teen Emergent Reader Libraries®, were developed specifically for striving readers in grades 4 to 12 who are still developing their decoding skills. The series also works well for newcomers with no prior English instruction. Written at emergent and beginning reader levels, the books are carefully sequenced, starting with CVC words and progressing through long vowels, consonant digraphs, vowel diphthongs, and multisyllabic words, so striving readers build phonics skills step by step. Full-color photos and storylines tailored to each reader's grade level, tween or teen, keep the content age-appropriate rather than feeling aimed at younger students.

TwERL Phonics: GO! Decode [1]

 

TwERL Phonics: GO! Decode [1]

Grades: 4 to 8
Reading Level: 0.5 to 0.9
Lexile: BR90L to HL110L

 TERL Phonics: Decode [1]

 

TERL Phonics: Decode [1]

Grades: 9 to 12
Reading Level: 0 to 0.9
Lexile: BR to HL100L
TwERL Phonics: GO! Develop [2]

 

TwERL Phonics: GO! Develop [2]

Grades: 4 to 8
Reading Level: 0.9 to 1.3
Lexile: BR to HL180L

 TERL Phonics: Develop [2]

 

TERL Phonics: Develop [2]

Grades: 9 to 12
Reading Level: 0.9 to 1.3
Lexile: BR to HL140L
TwERL Phonics: GO! Discover [3]

 

TwERL Phonics: GO! Discover [3]

Grades: 4 to 8
Reading Level: 1.2 to 1.6
Lexile: HL20L to HL200L

 TERL Phonics: Discover [3]

 

TERL Phonics: Discover [3]

Grades: 9 to 12
Reading Level: 1.2 to 1.6
Lexile: HL10L to HL150L

Tween and Teen Emergent Reader Libraries®

TwERL and TERL, the sight-words-based line within Saddleback's Tween and Teen Emergent Reader Libraries®, were developed to motivate the most striving readers in grades 4 to 12 to pick up a book, start reading, and keep reading. Written at emergent and beginning reader levels, the series uses short, simple sentences with highlighted "emphasis" words and phrases to build confidence, paired with full-color photos that support comprehension.

Tween Emergent Reader Libraries: GO! Emerge [1]

 

TwERL: GO! Emerge [1]

Grades: 4 to 8
Reading Level: 0 to 0.5
Lexile: BR to HL20L

 TERL: Emerge [1]

 

TERL: Emerge [1]

Grades: 9 to 12
Reading Level: 0 to 0.5
Lexile: BR to HL20L
Tween Emergent Reader Libraries: GO! Engage [2]

 

TwERL: GO! Engage [2]

Grades: 4 to 8
Reading Level: 0.6 to 1.0
Lexile: BR to HL130L

 TERL: Engage [2]

 

TERL: Engage [2]

Grades: 9 to 12
Reading Level: 0.6 to 1.0
Lexile: BR to HL130L
Tween Emergent Reader Libraries: GO! Excel [3]

 

TwERL: GO! Excel [3]

Grades: 4 to 8
Reading Level: 1.1 to 1.5
Lexile: HL80L to HL170L

 TERL: Excel [3]

 

TERL: Excel [3]

Grades: 9 to 12
Reading Level: 1.1 to 1.5
Lexile: HL80L to HL170L

Phonics Decodable Readers

Saddleback's Phonics Decodable Readers support striving readers with low-level, age-respectful books built around specific phonics patterns. Five sets, each with ten books, seven fiction titles across a range of genres plus three nonfiction titles, cover prefixes, suffixes, challenging spelling patterns, homophones, and a combined set that pulls all four patterns together. Every book includes a glossary, and the nonfiction titles add technical vocabulary and definitions to help set students up for success.

Prefixes

 

Prefixes Set

Grades: 6 to 12
Reading Level: 1.0 to 2.0
Lexile: HL40L to HL170L



 Suffixes

 

Suffixes Set

Grades: 6 to 12
Reading Level: 1.0 to 2.0
Lexile: HL70L to HL240L



 Homophones

 

Homophones Set

Grades: 6 to 12
Reading Level: 1.0 to 2.0
Lexile: HL110L to HL250L
Challenging Spelling Patterns

 

Challenging Spelling Patterns Set

Grades: 6 to 12
Reading Level: 1.0 to 2.0
Lexile: HL120L to HL210L

 Combined Patterns Set 1

 

Combined Patterns Set 1

Grades: 6 to 12
Reading Level: 1.0 to 2.0
Lexile: HL90L to HL130L

 Combined Patterns Set 2

 

Combined Patterns Set 2 [NF Only]

Grades: 6 to 12
Reading Level: 1.0 to 2.0
Lexile: HL70L to HL180L

Sight Words-Based Boosters

Boosters offer expansion opportunities for the Teen Emergent Reader Libraries®. Unlike the core libraries, Booster titles are sold individually, and each Booster level supports a TERL library, so they work as an add-on or to fill a gap. Boosters also stand alone as excellent Hi-Lo classroom books. STEM Boosters bring science, technology, engineering, and math content to striving readers, while Verse Boosters introduce them to the versatility of contemporary poetry.

Sight Words-Based Boosters

 

Grades: 9 to 12
Reading Level: 0 to 2.0
Lexile: BR to HL200L

Ready for the next step after TERL?

Teen Early Fluency Libraries®

The Teen Early Fluency Libraries® build on the reading base established by the Teen Emergent Reader Libraries®, taking striving readers into longer fiction as they bridge the gap between emergent reading and early fluency. By the time older developing readers approach a second-grade reading level, they have the basic literacy skills in place and are ready to build fluency, so text flows and makes more sense. Because fluency is so closely tied to comprehension, this next step keeps striving readers moving forward instead of stalling out at the emergent level.

TEFL: Soar [4]

 

Soar [4]

Grades: 9 to 12
Reading Level: 1.6 to 2.0
Lexile: HL110L to HL240L

 TEFL: Rise [5]

 

Rise [5]

Grades: 2.0 to 2.5
Reading Level: 0.6 to 1.0
Lexile: HL180L to HL290L

 TEFL: Lift [6]

 

Lift [6]

Grades: 9 to 12
Reading Level: 2.6 to 3.0
Lexile: HL310L to HL390L