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Bilingual and Dual Language: Supporting Spanish Language Learners
At Curriculum Associates, we are committed to supporting the needs of all learners, including students striving for biliteracy in Spanish and English. These students represent a broad spectrum of learning backgrounds, experiences, and communities, and we recognize the linguistic and cultural assets they bring to the classroom. Ensuring our programs support these students in achieving academic success is our top priority.
The adaptive Diagnostic for Mathematics in Spanish empowers educators to better understand their students’ mathematics content knowledge and skills, independent of English-language proficiency. The items on the Diagnostic have been transadapted to ensure the Diagnostic is equivalent in content and rigor in English and Spanish.
This authentic Reading Assessment in Spanish assists educators in understanding the reading ability of their Spanish-speaking students. This assessment will launch with limited reporting that will expand in subsequent years.
The i-Ready Assessment suite includes new Assessments of Oral Reading Fluency in Spanish that will be available during the 2021–2022 school year. These assessments consist of one-on-one, passage-based tasks that provide critical data points that illustrate students’ Spanish reading fluency and progress toward reaching grade-level expectations.
i-Ready offers Personalized Instruction lessons for Mathematics in Spanish, providing a one-to-one correspondence between English and Spanish instruction. For the 2021–2022 school year, most Mathematics lessons will be available in Spanish for all Grades K–6.
Educators can use Tools for Instruction for Mathematics in Spanish to provide differentiated small group or individualized instruction or to review prerequisite skills during whole class instruction.
i-Ready’s fun and interactive Learning Games strengthen understanding of elementary and middle school mathematical concepts. All games can be played in Spanish.
Authentic Reading lessons in Spanish help the youngest learners develop their Spanish literacy skills. Phonics lessons for Grades K–2 in Spanish provide research-based instruction and support in letter learning and decoding skills. New lessons for the 2021–2022 school year provide support in Phonological Awareness for Grades K–1 and Reading Comprehension for Grades K–2 in Spanish.
Educators will be able to use Tools for Instruction for Reading in Spanish to accompany the i-Ready Assessment of Spanish Reading. These downloadable lesson plans will support the development of Spanish reading skills.
At Curriculum Associates, we leverage best-practice guidance from organizations such as the Council of the Great City Schools and the English Learners Success Forum. Our key Spanish literacy advisors include Dr. Elena Izquierdo and Dr. Doris Baker. Our development team is composed of Spanish-language experts from all over the world, and our resources use a neutral Spanish to support Spanish speakers from a range of backgrounds.