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    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,...

    Phonics FAQs(Page)

    What are phonics books? Phonics books are texts designed to teach reading. They emphasize the relationship between letters and sounds. Saddleback phonics books provide engaging reading materials for...

    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

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    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,...

    Phonics Books for Tweens and Teens That Don’t Look Babyish: What to Buy for Grades 4–12 (Post)

    The skills in a phonics lesson are the same at 7 and at 15. What differs is the reader, and a 15-year-old won’t pick up a book that looks like it belongs in a first-grade classroom. Phonics books for

    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

    Reading in Social Studies: The Content Class Where Literacy Instruction Cannot Be Optional(Post)

    History and civics teachers are now reading teachers, whether they trained for it or not. The research on disciplinary literacy explains why. A middle school social studies teacher will hand a class

    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

    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

    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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