The Bridges Spanish HLA program was created for SIFE and newcomer secondary students as a way to build the home language literacy skills of native Spanish-speaking students who need additional support. The Bridges HLA program was designed for implementation in tandem with Bridges Integrated ENL/ELA and Stand-Alone ENL programs, with an overlapping thematic focus on identity. Daily lessons target academic thinking, language, and literacy through Gradual Release of Responsibility, using protocols that build independence.

1. I DO

2. WE DO TOGETHER

3. YOU DO TOGETHER

4. YOU DO ALONE

Spanish HLA teachers apply Gradual Release of Responsibility as a scaffold. It supports teachers to make input accessible, differentiate instruction, demonstrate academic ways of thinking, and encourage student independence. To learn more about the Gradual Release of Responsibility, watch this video of the GRR in action in a classroom.

INTRODUCTORY WEBINAR

This webinar offers teachers the tools to build a strong classroom community at the beginning of the year, through assessments, games, and activities that help teachers and students get to know each other. The webinar also shows how the Bridges HLA curriculum is designed to help maintain this feeling of community over the course of the school year.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

If you are interested in joining the NYSED Bridges HLA cohort, please email [email protected].

If you are already an active member of the NYSED Bridges HLA cohort use the links in the Bridges Spanish HLA Resource Guide to access materials.

FOUNDATIONAL LITERACY SKILLS

This short video answers questions about how to use the Bridges Foundational Literacy Skills Workbooks, which support new readers and writers. The workbooks represent a supplement to the HLA thematic curriculum, as they target word level reading skills, which align with the early ENIL levels.

SPANISH HOME LANGUAGE ARTS INTERVENTION PROGRAM