Spanish Language Arts (SLA) Standards
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SLA Standards
- SLA Standards in Spanish DOC PDF
- SLA Standards in English DOC PDF
Research into best practice for ELLs supports the notion that students benefit when they have foundational literacy skills in their first language and when schools incorporate their primary language and culture into the classroom.
The WIDA SLA Standards are intended to support planning curriculum for bilingual and two-way immersion programs.
Read a WIDA blog about early childhood bilingualism 
2011 Update on Spanish Language Standards
WIDA will soon release Spanish Language Development Standards addressing Social & Instructional language, the language of Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies in addition to Language Arts. Learn more
Connections to State Standards
The WIDA Spanish Language Arts Standards were modeled after English language arts standards from the WIDA Consortium member states of Illinois and Wisconsin. Thus, there is a high degree of alignment between the English and Spanish Language Arts Standards in these two states. Cross references between Delaware, the District of Columbia, and Rhode Island were also conducted.