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Classic Amplify CKLA and Amplify Caminos
Built on the Science of Reading, Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) sequences deep content knowledge with research-based foundational skills.
Amplify Caminos is an authentic elementary Spanish language arts program for Grades K–5, grounded in the Science of Reading and built from the ground up for the Spanish language.
This site is designed to help you become familiar with Amplify CKLA and Amplify Caminos.
Quick links
Select the drop-downs below to explore resources as you implement Classic Amplify CKLA and Amplify Caminos.
Accessing Classic Amplify CKLA and Amplify Caminos
If you’ve never logged in to Amplify programs before, our Logging in to Amplify page will help you get started. Once you’re successfully logged in, we’re here to help you explain to your students how they’ll access the Amplify program(s).
Navigating Classic Amplify CKLA
There’s a wealth of resources available to you as a CKLA teacher, and they’re all organized for you on the Teacher Resource site. These resources include:
- Daily and unit planning materials
- Organization of resources by grade level
- Printable student-facing documents
The PD Library now provides access to Amplify Biliteracy suite resources for assessing, planning, and implementation. These resources are designed to support bilingual implementation in schools and classrooms of Spanish-speaking students and multilingual/English learners (ML/ELs) developing literacy in English and/or Spanish.
Amplify CKLA Caregiver Hub
If you’re looking for resources for families, we encourage you to share the Caregiver Hub, for Amplify CKLA and Amplify Caminos, for a comprehensive overview of the program.
Preparing to teach Classic Amplify CKLA and Amplify Caminos
We’ve developed a variety of resources to ensure you have the tools you need to support students in developing foundational skills and building background knowledge—no matter which materials you have available. In this section, you’ll find information on using Amplify CKLA digitally—whether or not you and your students have access to technology and/or personalized accounts.
- Teaching with Amplify CKLA and Amplify Caminos
Below you’ll find instructional topics such as pacing, differentiation, and instructional practices, all highlighting the Amplify features and resources you use to grow your expertise in our curriculum.
- Learning on the go
View the session recordings in which Amplify experts walk you through the key things you need to know, either to get started with Amplify CKLA and Amplify Caminos or to freshen up your skills. Whether it’s your first or fourth year with Amplify, you’ll walk away having learned something new.
Amplify CKLA professional learning webinars
Level up your Amplify CKLA experience with these webinar recordings. In Live from the Classroom, Amplify experts showcase classroom teaching strategies by showing footage of a Knowledge lesson from a real Grade 2 classroom. In Building Real World Connections
Using CKLA, four CKLA educators discuss tips and tricks for how to get creative with teaching the program and planning culminating activities for your students.
Live session recordings:
Amplify CKLA and Caminos back-to-school office hours
View the session recording where Amplify experts walk you through key program updates for Amplify CKLA. They also answer helpful questions about the program during each session.
Amplify CKLA and Amplify Caminos back-to-school office hours
Amplify CKLA and Caminos PD Library
View training playlists for Amplify CKLA and Caminos in our new PD Library. You’ll see the PD Library in in the Program & Apps menu when you’re logged into the program.
Training playlists
Watch training videos based on your program and grade band to learn more about pacing, planning, and teaching CKLA and/or Caminos.
Stay one step ahead in Amplify CKLA
Teachers can view relevant recordings to prepare for an upcoming Amplify CKLA unit and hear Amplify experts offer step-by-step guidance on the implementation journey.
Administrators can also view relevant recordings to explore tools that support effective classroom implementation.
- Helpful tips
- Pacing
What features are available to supplement Classic Amplify CKLA implementation?
Read-aloud Videos
To expose students to more Knowledge content, you can share our Read-Aloud videos. To access, click into the Knowledge units and look for the videos in the Daily Instruction tab of the CKLA Teacher Resource site.
Refreshing your pacing strategy
To assist you in lesson planning, the PD Library has short video modules for self-paced study prior to the start of the year.
- Differentiation
What are good activities to help students who need additional support?
Pausing Point activities
A teacher may choose to do any combination of Pausing Point activities (in grades K–5) in any order, or create other activities that will help review, reinforce, and/or extend the material taught. Pausing Point days include several days’ worth of enrichment and remediation instruction. A wide range of activities can be found in student Activity Books; you can also find guidance in the Pausing Point section of Teacher Guides. In the Skills Strand, additional stories/Reader chapters are included for use during Pausing Points as the teacher chooses—for additional enrichment, practice, or assessment.
Intervention Toolkit
When you visit the Intervention Toolkit, you can select from a variety of skills such as Complex Patterns, Comprehension, and Phonological/Phonemic Awareness to access materials for planning instruction, teaching activities, and monitoring student progress.
Check out our dedicated help article for more information!
Ebook and audiobook Readers
In the Amplify CKLA Hub, students can access the K–5 ebook and audiobook Readers, as well as other resources. The eReader features the complete library of grade-level Amplify CKLA Student Readers in an interactive e-book format to enhance the student multimedia experience and offer additional reading practice.
- Assessments
Do you have support and guidance around CKLA assessments?
Checks for Understanding and Formative Assessments
CKLA has a progression of moment-by-moment to benchmark assessments, such as Checks for Understanding and Formative Assessments, within core instruction.
Checks for Understanding are designed to allow you to adjust instruction within the context of the lesson, while Formative Assessments range from in-the-moment adaptation to opportunities for individual, small-group, and whole-class reteaching and review.
Both Checks for Understanding and Formative Assessments provide information to help you decide whether additional support and practice are appropriate.
Essential Questions and Writing Prompts
CKLA students in grades 3–5 have a large amount of background knowledge, which is vital when it comes to comprehending demanding passages on classroom and state assessments.
The Essential Questions and Writing Prompts documents on the curriculum site provide extra writing practice tied to the unit content and can be used as needed to prepare students for writing assessments.
Progress monitoring
Amplify CKLA provides a range of ways to track student progress, many of which are found in the Teacher Resources section of select Teacher Guides. Some of those include Student Progress Records and Anecdotal Reading Records.
- Student Progress Record: This form may be used with a large range of student activities to track how students are progressing over time and how their work compares to that of others in the class.
- Anecdotal Reading Record: It’s important to listen to students read individually on a regular basis; Skills lessons provide daily opportunities for this. Use the Anecdotal Reading Records to record and track student progress.
- Stay in the know
Monthly newsletters
Each month our newsletter features compelling and helpful information: upcoming events, tips for the classroom, educator spotlights, and more.
If you missed something from a previous newsletter, you can view past newsletters and search by program in our archive. You can also nominate yourself or a talented colleague for a spotlight profile.
Podcast: Beyond My Years
Host Ana Torres knows firsthand how hard it is to be a teacher. That’s why on Beyond My Years, she seeks out the people who have thrived over decades in the classroom: seasoned educators. You’ll hear stories that make you cry, make you laugh… and may change the way you think.
Help articles
Visit the Help Library and use the search tool at the top of the page to find all the information you need.
There’s even a collection of articles devoted to all things Amplify CKLA and Amplify Caminos—including more videos.
Amplify CKLA Facebook group
Our Amplify CKLA Facebook group is a community of Amplify CKLA educators from across the country. It’s a space to share best practices, ideas, and advice on everything from implementation to instruction.
Where’s Amplify?
Join us for an upcoming online event, webinar, or podcast. You can browse all of our events by month. To sign up, select the event that interests you and click the button to register.
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