Catalog(Page)

    Hi-Lo Reading Intervention Catalog, Grades 4-12 Browse our full print catalog covering Hi-Lo fiction and nonfiction for tweens (grades 4-8) and teens (grades 9-12), decodable phonics libraries,...

    Who we are ... what we do(Page)

    WHO WE ARE Saddleback started with a problem my father couldn't ignore. Thomas Milano spent years teaching high school math in South Philadelphia. His students weren't failing math because they...

    Science of Reading(Page)

    Science of Reading Intervention Materials for Tweens & Teens For over 40 years, Saddleback has built reading materials for students who read below grade level, but the Science of Reading...

    Phonics for Older Students: How Decodable Books Work for Tweens and Teens(Post)

    Systematic phonics works at any age, but the materials built to teach it were never designed for more than one. On the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, 31% of American fourth graders

    What the Science of Reading Means for Middle and High School(Post)

    Why the next frontier of literacy reform is not in third grade. It is in sixth, ninth, and eleventh. When most district leaders hear "the science of reading," they picture a kindergarten classroom: s

    Why Hi-Lo Texts Are Not "Dumbed Down"(Post)

    What high-interest, low-readability books actually do, and why the strongest secondary reading programs use them. Walk into a ninth-grade intervention classroom and you will likely see a familiar sce

    Career Exploration for Students Who Will Not Earn a Four-Year Degree(Post)

    Most American adults do not hold a bachelor’s degree. Most high school career conversations are still designed as if they will. Walk into any American high school in May and you will see seniors maki

    Reading Instruction for Multilingual Learners at the Secondary Level(Post)

    Newcomer students and long-term English learners are not the same population, and a single program rarely serves either one well. In most districts, multilingual learners are concentrated in elementa

    Understanding SLIFE: The Newcomer Subgroup Schools Cannot Afford to Overlook(Post)

    Why the population of students with limited or interrupted formal education keeps growing, even when border arrivals slow. Most district leaders track newcomer enrollment as a single line on a dashbo

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    Rebuilding Reading Identity in Striving Adolescents(Post)

    Why the work in middle and high school is not just about skills. It is about who students believe they are. Ask a struggling tenth grader to describe themselves as a reader, and you will rarely get a

    Designing Tier 2 and Tier 3 Reading Intervention at the Secondary Level(Post)

    A practical framework for administrators building MTSS for middle and high school readers. Multi-Tiered Systems of Support were developed, refined, and largely deployed at the elementary level. The r

    Phonics FAQs(Page)

    What are phonics books? Phonics books are particular texts used to help teach reading. They emphasize the importance of the relationship between letters and sounds. Saddleback phonics books provide...

    Video Series(Page)

    Linking Listening & Speaking with Reading & Writing When multilingual learners struggle to participate, the instinct is to reduce talking time. Valentina Gonzalez says that's the wrong move,...

    A Buyer’s Framework for Secondary Reading Intervention Curricula(Post)

    How administrators can evaluate programs beyond the pitch deck. Most administrators who have been through a secondary reading intervention adoption know the pattern. The vendor presents Lexile gains,