Welcome to Amplify CKLA!

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Amplify CKLA is the only elementary ELA curriculum truly built on the Science of Reading.

Not only that, it helps all teachers implement the English Language Arts and Literacy Standards by translating the Science of Reading into strong instructional resources. As a result, teachers can fully focus on their students and the kind of teaching they love.

Interested in learning how Amplify CKLA aligns to the Pennsylvania Core Standards? Click here to learn more.

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Virtual Caravan Stop

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Amplify CKLA for Grades K–2

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After watching the K–2 video below, scroll down to learn even more, download resources, and access a demo.

Amplify CKLA for Grades 3–5

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After watching the 3–5 video below, scroll down to learn even more, download resources, and access a demo.

What it is

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Amplify CKLA is a core ELA program for grades K–5 that delivers:

A unique research-based approach truly built on the Science of Reading.
A combination of explicit foundational skills with meaningful knowledge building.
Embedded support and differentiation that gets all students reading grade-level texts together.
Opportunities for students to see the strengths and experiences that all people share while also celebrating each others’ unique identities and experiences.
Authentic Spanish language arts instruction with Amplify Caminos.

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How it works

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Amplify CKLA and Amplify Caminos, our authentic elementary Spanish language arts program, teach both foundational skills and background knowledge in K–2 and combines them in 3–5, as required by the Science of Reading.

In grades K–2, students complete one full lesson that builds foundational reading skills, as well as one full lesson that builds background knowledge.
In grades 3–5, students complete one integrated lesson that combines skills and knowledge with increasingly complex texts, close reading, and a greater writing emphasis.

See pages 30-65 of the CKLA Program Guide and pages 18-33 of the Caminos program guide below to learn more.

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CKLA Program Guide

Caminos Program Guide

Assessments

What students explore

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Amplify CKLA builds knowledge coherently across subjects and grades.

Students make connections from year-to-year by exploring grade-appropriate subject-area knowledge and vocabulary in history, science, literature, and the arts while learning to read, write, and think creatively and for themselves.

Download the at-a-glance resources below to learn more.

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Units by grade

Skills by grade

What students read

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Amplify CKLA puts a variety of texts in the hands of students every day to build and strengthen background knowledge and vocabulary, listening and reading comprehension, and decoding and fluency skills.

A comprehensive approach to literacy instruction requires that students have a wide range of text experiences that include reading, listening, discussing, and writing. Check out our text complexity guide to learn more by clicking here. The overwhelming majority of questions, tasks, and assignments in CKLA materials are text-dependent. See how we use questioning and analysis skills to help students understand text in CKLA here.

More than that, we ensure the texts students read represent the world around them. With a diverse range of authors, topics, and characters, all students have ample access to both windows and mirrors. Our texts include:

Authentic books.
Authentic text passages.
Student Readers.
Novel Guides (grades 3–5).

Download the lists below to explore specific grade-level texts.

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Grade K Text List

Grade 1 Text List

Grade 2 Text List

Grade 3 Text List

Grade 4 Text List

Grade 5 Text List

Access and equity

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We believe we have a responsibility to provide literacy instruction that gives every student the same opportunity to succeed and excel.

We know that early reading affects achievement throughout school and beyond—well into college and career. Yet most literacy programs continue to fall short of supporting early literacy success. That’s why we’re so proud that CKLA is helping close the reading gap between students within diverse communities.

Explore how we make learning equitable for all learners with the resources below.

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The four pillars of equity

Equity and diversity overview

Grades K–2: Supporting all learners

Grades 3–5: Supporting all learners

Skills Decodable Readers Grades K-2

Built on the Science of Reading

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Watching students learn to read: magic. Knowing how they get there: science.

As you consider your next core ELA program, it’s critically important to understand what the Science of Reading really means and what it tells us about how to teach more effectively. Unlike other programs, Amplify CKLA was built upon these insights and practices, making it easier for teachers to implement this proven approach.

Download the resources below to dive deeper into the Science of Reading.

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Science of Reading Primer: Part 1

Science of Reading Primer: Part 2

Science of Reading: Look Fors

Science of Reading podcast

Gain insights from researchers and practitioners in early reading.

Supports LETRS

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Amplify CKLA aligns with the instructional principles recommended LETRS.

Structured–Concepts are taught through consistent routines.
Sequential–Concepts are taught in a logical, well-planned sequence.
Systematic–Phonemes are taught from simplest to most complex.
Explicit–Decoding and encoding concepts are taught directly and explicitly.
Multi-sensory–Instruction is delivered through visual, auditory, and kinesthetic-tactile pathways.
Cumulative–Concepts are applied in decodable, connected texts with constant review and reinforcement.

CKLA Skills sequence for K–2

CKLA Skills sequence for 3–5

Amplify CKLA and LTRS Crosswalk

A comprehensive and cohesive solution

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A strong literacy program is not just about a reading program or an assessment tool: it brings together curriculum, instruction, regular practice, intervention, and assessments.

Amplify has brought these components together in our early literacy suite of curriculum, to ensure that you have what you need for multi-tiered support.