Welcome, Tennessee educators!
Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) is the Tennessee program built on the Science of Reading research. Using a fundamentally different approach to language arts, CKLA sequences deep content knowledge with research-based foundational skills.
High quality instructional materials
Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) has been approved by the state of Tennessee.
All-green on EdReports
EdReports, an independent curriculum review nonprofit, rates curriculum on three gateways: Text Quality, Building Knowledge, and Usability. Amplify CKLA earned a green rating in all three.
Science of Reading
Tennessee has an initiative to get 75 percent of the state’s third graders proficient by 2025. This Science of Reading toolkit will provide some insight into the research behind the Science of Reading and tools to help you support your students as they become proficient readers.
Program overview
Amplify CKLA inspires curiosity and drives results, empowering all students with rich background knowledge. See what schools are saying about our knowledge-based curriculum.
Background Knowledge drives results for Tennessee students
Our approach to building background knowledge is based on three pillars often overlooked in other curricula. It is:
- Content-specific.
Clearly-outlined content objectives are specific and support the development of knowledge in history, science, literature, culture, and the arts. - Cumulative.
Topics and vocabulary connect within and across grades, allowing students to extend knowledge and revisit topics in increasing depth in later grades. - Coherent.
When curriculum is fragmentary and disconnected, students face repetitions as well as gaps that can hinder learning. An intentional
design ensures the curriculum fits together as a whole.
Foundational skills instruction that makes a difference
Amplify CKLA’s second design principle is a research-based approach to foundational skills that gets real results.
- Explicit.
Learning isn’t left to chance. All 44 sounds and their 150 spellings in the English language are taught, practiced, and mastered, with ample opportunity to encounter each sound-spelling in diverse settings. - Sequential.
By moving in a sequence from easier to more complex in phonics and foundational reading skills, students master concepts before moving forward and gradually become more independent - Rewarding.
Learning to read should be fun. Decodabe chapter-books that feature dynamic plots and characters make kids want to read more. Engaging stories include children who discover fossils and a grandmother who flies hang gliders.
Materials
The program provides engaging print and multimedia materials designed to provide a robust literacy-rich foundation in every classroom.
Teacher Materials
Research-based lessons integrate foundational literacy skills and cross-curricular content knowledge.
- Teacher Guides
- Projectable lesson components
- Quests for the Core for Grades 3–5 (immersive, problem-based learning)
Student materials
Engaging student resources include dynamic decodable chapter books and content-rich, cross-curricular Readers.
- Student Readers
- Activity Books
- Formative Assessments
- Poet’s Journal and Writer’s Journal (write-in Readers for Grades 4–5)
Multimedia resources
Access the program’s online resources anywhere, anytime, from any device.
- Teacher and student materials
- Knowledge Builder animated videos
- Sound Library songs and videos
- Differentiation and enrichment guides
- Real-time program support via email, live chat, and phone
- Professional learning videos, webinars, and self-driven modules
Hands-on phonics materials
Multisensory phonics and foundational skills resources give students the opportunity to practice key skills using diverse, fun approaches that build independence.
- Big Books
- Large and Small Letter Cards
- Spelling Cards
- Vowel and Consonant Code Flip Books
- Chaining Folders
Amplify CKLA In Action
Take a peek inside a classroom, spotlight experiences on knowledge and foundational skills and hear fellow educators and students discuss the power of Amplify CKLA
See Amplify in Action
Contacts
Chasity O’Quinn
Account Executive for East Tennessee
coquinn@amplify.com
(865) 599-5101
Ann Patterson
Account Executive for West Tennessee
apatterson@amplify.com
(704) 813-7757