Teaching for biliteracy strengthening bridges between languages philadelphia pa caslon publishing spanish english spelling is transparent and regular and words are highly decodable high frequency word lists are organized by those specific elements of spelling that are challenging for emergent writers sight words and spelling. Teaching for biliteracy strengthening bridges between languages karen beeman med cheryl urow med isbn 978 1 9340000 9 0 paperback 192 pages published december 2012. Teaching for biliteracy strengthening bridges between languages in this professional development institute facilitators from the center for teaching for biliteracy will introduce the powerful notion of the bridge to teachers administrators and leadership teams from dual language programs the bridge is the instructional moment when teachers