The HLA curriculum was created for Bridges students, namely SIFE and newcomer middle and high school students, in a Spanish bilingual setting. Native Spanish speaking students who have recently arrived to the U.S., and/or who have missed months or years of schooling, will benefit from the curriculum’s emphasis on developing students’ literacy skills. The Bridges HLA curriculum was designed for implementation alongside Bridges Integrated ENL/ELA and Stand-Alone ENL classes. It is aligned to Integrated Unit 1, with a thematic focus on Identity. Daily lessons target academic thinking, language, and literacy through gradual release using protocols that build independence.

1. I DO

2. WE DO TOGETHER

3. YOU DO TOGETHER

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

Bridges-NYSED HLA Curriculum

for New York State educators of SIFE & Newcomers

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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.