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Welcome to Amplify Desmos Math California!

California educators, welcome to math that motivates. Introducing Amplify Desmos Math California, a curiosity-driven TK–12 program that builds lifelong math proficiency. Each lesson poses problems that invite a variety of approaches before guiding students to synthesize their understanding of the learning goals. Students encounter math problems they’re eager to solve, while teachers spend more time where it’s most impactful—creating a collaborative classroom of learners.

Keep reading to learn more about the program and explore sample materials.

About the program

Amplify Desmos Math California is a TK–12 core math program designed to meet the CA Math Framework and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Amplify Desmos Math California thoughtfully combines conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application through a structured approach to problem-based learning. Through engaging activities, Amplify Desmos Math California invites curiosity and math discourse into the classroom to create lifelong math proficiency.

Continue reading to learn more about the K–8, Algebra 1, and Math 1 programs and to explore sample materials. (Spanish, TK and high school materials are in development and will be available in the 2026–27 school year. Geometry and Algebra 2 beta pilots will be available in the 2025–26 school year.)

A powerful math suite

Amplify Desmos Math California combines the best of assessment, problem-based core lessons, personalized practice, and intervention into a coherent and engaging experience for both students and teachers.

Laptop displaying a math problem interface with student assessment reports in the background.

Screening and progress monitoring

mCLASSⓇ Math benchmark assessments, along with the embedded program assessments, measure not just what students know, but how they think. The asset-based assessment system provides teachers with targeted, actionable insights, linked to core instruction and intervention resources. Unit- and lesson-level core assessments give teachers data at their fingertips to guide and differentiate instruction. In grades 3–8, core assessments and performance tasks are designed to prepare students for success on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing.

Core instruction

Amplify Desmos Math California core lessons pair problems students are eager to solve with clear instructional moves for teachers. Each lesson is designed to tell a story by posing problems that invite a variety of approaches before guiding students to synthesize their understanding of the learning goals. With built-in differentiation and multilingual/English learner support, Amplify Desmos Math California enables every student to find success in the math classroom.

A digital math activity asks users to choose a block that makes 10 with a given number; a worksheet shows a similar "make 10" math exercise with blank spaces to fill in.
A digital educational screen showing a math problem about converting meters to centimeters. It involves a diving toy sinking 5 meters into a pool. Text prompts users to input the conversion.

Personalized Learning

Boost Personalized Learning activities help students access grade-level math through engaging, independent digital practice. Responsive Feedback adjusts to students’ work, providing item-level adaptivity to further support their learning.

Differentiation and intervention

Amplify Desmos Math views differentiation as an ongoing process where teachers are both reactive and proactive to student needs, ensuring that all students have clear pathways to proficiency. Through rich data and teacher support, Amplify Desmos Math uses flexible categories of intervention and enrichment that adjust daily according to student thinking.

In-the-moment differentiation supports are available for every lesson, both digitally and in the print Teacher Edition.

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An approach that supports teachers

Clear, step-by-step instructional moves help teachers plan and teach student-centered lessons that use
student thinking to differentiate instruction and guide to grade-level understanding. They include:

  • Guidance on what to listen for and how
    to respond.
  • Clear learning objectives to keep learning on
    track for each activity and lesson.
  • Daily reinforcement activities to provide direct
    instruction when needed.
A woman writes on a whiteboard using math teaching resources while a man sits at a desk, smiling. There are books and papers on the desk.
Network diagram with interconnected nodes labeled: Measure and Compare Objects, Represent Data, Dollars and Cents, Problem Solving with Measure, Skip Counting to 100, Number Strategies, Squares in an Array, Seeing Fraction in Shapes.

Big Ideas

The CA Mathematics Framework encourages a shift from power standards to thinking about math as a series of connected Big Ideas. Each Amplify Desmos Math California lesson supports one or more Big Ideas and the connections between them. The grade-level diagram changes through the course based on the math concepts addressed within.

Please refer to the following Keeping the Big Ideas at the Center documents to review specific lesson designs and alignments with the Big Ideas for each grade level.

Click here to see how the Big Ideas are represented within the K–8 core lessons.

Focus, coherence, and rigor

Amplify Desmos Math California incorporates the Drivers of Investigation (DIs) and Content Connection (CCs) throughout the program. Throughout the year, students engage with open and authentic tasks of varying durations—from lesson activities to unit-level Explore lessons and longer course-level Investigations. Every lesson and investigation opportunity is grounded in the why, how, and what of the learning experience, and helps teachers bring mathematical concepts to life.

An educational slide on addition story problems, detailing goals for solving problems, language goals, and strategies using equal expressions, tens and ones, and number sense.

Please refer to the following Amplify Desmos Math California alignments to the Standards for Mathematical Practice, provided by grade level.

A screen titled "Match the Score" with a 2D target graph showing various scores. Instructions request four ordered pairs to total 400. Four pairs are listed: (4, 2), (7, 4), (7, 6), (10, 6). A "Try again" button is shown.

Built-in authentic tasks

Mathematics is not learning in isolation. Students are connected to each other’s thinking and can use math to understand the world. With accessible invitations to authentic tasks, all students can experience mathematical success. Amplify Desmos Math California provides these authentic invitations in a variety of ways:

Each unit begins with an “Explore” lesson, which allows students to engage with authentic exploration in low-floor, high-ceiling tasks. These tasks are designed to promote an inclusive and differentiated learning environment—allowing all students to access basic mathematical concepts, while offering advanced exploration and problem-solving for those ready for more complex work.

Our innovative course-level investigations are designed to facilitate multi-part exploration. Students grapple with Big Ideas, diving deep into key concepts that encourage comprehensive understanding. Data science is infused into the approach, giving students a solid foundation from which to interpret and apply data-driven solutions. They’re also encouraged to understand and appreciate the interrelatedness of Earth’s environmental systems via our lesson’s focus on the Environmental Principles and Concepts (EP&Cs).

Explicit support for multilingual/English learners

Three overlapping educational worksheets for first grade math, including a cover page, a list of learning goals, and a lesson plan with bilingual English and Spanish text.

Amplify partnered with the English Learner Success Forum (ELSF), a national nonprofit organization that advocates for high-quality instructional materials that are inclusive of multilingual/English learners (ML/ELs). ELSF reviewed Amplify Desmos Math California, and provided directional guidance and feedback to ensure that the program reflects their research-based instructional strategies for multilingual/English learners.

Amplify Desmos Math California recognizes the diverse language needs of our students and is designed to be inclusive. Each lesson in the program features a parallel language activity, designed to be available to all students, in the form of teacher guidance and student activities. The activities in the Math Language Development Resources have level ELD differentiation to support all levels of ML/ELs. This approach ensures that all students, regardless of their language skills, can participate fully, grasp the material, and excel in their mathematical journey.

Our Multilingual Glossary includes, in addition to Spanish, nine languages: Simplified Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Arabic, European French, Russian, Brazilian-Portuguese, Haitian-Creole, and Urdu.

Amplify Desmos Math California will include Spanish student-facing materials beginning in the 2026–27 school year.

Assessments

By starting with what students already know, Amplify Desmos Math helps build a strong foundation for success to guide and support future learning. Teachers are empowered to transform every classroom into an engaged math community that invites, values, and develops student thinking. With explicit guidance on what to look for and how to respond, teachers can effectively support students as they develop their understanding.

Open math workbook showing an End-of-Unit Assessment with multiple-choice and written response questions on fractions and equivalent values.

Program assessments

A variety of performance data in Amplify Desmos Math provides evidence of student learning while helping students bolster their skills and understanding.

Unit-Level Assessments

Our embedded unit assessments offer key insights into students’ conceptual understanding of math. These assessments provide regular, actionable information about how students are thinking about and processing math, with both auto-scoring and in-depth rubrics that help teachers anticipate and respond to students’ learning needs.

Lesson-Level Assessments

Amplify Desmos Math lessons are centered around sense-making and in-the-moment feedback. Daily moments of assessment provide valuable evidence of learning for both the teacher and student.

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Data and reporting

Amplify Desmos Math provides teachers and administrators with unified reporting and insights so that educators have visibility into what students know about grade-level math—and can plan instruction accordingly for the whole class, small groups, and individual students.

A table displays students' performance levels across various items, with a detailed score distribution for a specific assessment shown in a separate overlay. Geometric design elements accented the background, providing an engaging visual touch ideal for any math classroom using Amplify Desmos Math.

Assessment reports

Reporting functionality integrates unit assessments, lesson assessments, personalized learning, Benchmark assessments, and Progress Monitoring for a comprehensive look at student learning.

Our reports show proficiency and growth by domain, cluster, standard, and priority concept using performance data from unit assessments. Then our reports highlight areas of potential student need to allow teachers to modify their instruction and target differentiated support.

At-a-glance views of unit-level assessment results inform your instructional planning, and you can also drill down to item-level analysis.

Standards reports

Our standards report allows you to monitor proficiency at the class and individual student levels. Proficiency and growth are shown by domain, cluster, standard, and priority concepts. Areas of potential student need are highlighted to allow teachers to modify their instruction and target differentiated support.

Administrator reports

Amplify Desmos Math provides a complete picture of student, class, and district performance, allowing administrators to implement instructional and intervention plans.

  • Track student, class, and district performance with usage, completion, and assessment data.
  • Accurately group students and classes with the Benchmark and Progress Monitoring data of mCLASS Assessments and allow teachers to reliably implement and track the progress of Tier 2 and Tier 3 intervention.
  • Provide one data-driven solution that educators can rely on for high-quality math instruction.

Elementary review resources

To learn about the elementary program, please start by watching the Amplify Desmos Math California Elementary Program Overview video.

For additional program information and helpful navigation tips, download the Amplify Desmos Math California Elementary Program Guide.

View the Elementary Program Components Guide here. 

View the Hands-on manipulatives brochure here.

Middle School review resources

To learn about the middle school program, please start by watching the Amplify Desmos Math California Middle School Program Overview video.

For additional program information and helpful navigation tips, download the Amplify Desmos Math California Middle School Program Guide.

View the Middle School Program Components Guide here.

View the middle school manipulative kit components here.

The digital experience

In Amplify Desmos Math, embedded interactions and animations allow students to test predictions, get feedback, share ideas, and connect representations.

The digital interactions included in lesson activities are designed to elicit student thinking in a way that feels fun and inviting. As students play and explore math concepts, teachers can highlight the ideas that students share, connect those ideas to other students’ ideas, and build on their thinking through productive class discussion.

Watch the video to preview the digital experience and for helpful platform navigation tips.

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Explore grade level samples

All lessons in Amplify Desmos Math California include print materials and rich digital experiences. Every lesson is supported with Student Edition pages, teacher presentation screens, and interactive digital resources for practice and differentiation. Some lessons also enable students to use devices to interact with lesson content.

You’ll find sample materials by grade level in the following drop-downs. Please refer to your physical samples and the digital platform (accessed through the demo account provided by your account executive) for a comprehensive program review.

Screenshot of a kindergarten curriculum outline featuring units like Math in Our World, Numbers 1-10, Positions and Shapes, Understanding Addition, Making 10, and Shapes All Around Us. This comprehensive program utilizes New York Math standards to build foundational skills.
Scope and sequence
Cover of Amplify Desmos Math Grade K Teacher Edition featuring three children playing with math-related objects and a group of rabbits sitting nearby, aligning with the engaging curriculum seen in New York math classrooms.
Teacher Edition
Three children use large counters and a vertical frame to solve a math problem outdoors, with a fourth child sitting nearby. The cover is labeled "Amplify Desmos Math California, Kindergarten, Volume 1.
Student Edition
Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math California Grade K" featuring a 3D letter "L" and section about Math Language Development Resources.
Math Language Development Resources
A curriculum overview for Grade 1 with seven units listed, each showing a title, instructional days, assessment days, and total days. Suggested days for completion is 154.
Scope and sequence
Three children play a math game with orange counters and cards. Fish and turtles are pictured above them. The book cover is labeled "Amplify Desmos Math California, Grade 1 Teacher Edition.
Teacher Edition
Three children use counters and cards to solve a math activity underwater, with fish and seaweed in the background. The cover is for Amplify Desmos Math California, Grade 1, Volume 1.
Student Edition
Cover of a Grade 1 Amplify Desmos Math California resource featuring a yellow block letter "L" and a label for math language development resources.
Math Language Development Resources
Scope and sequence chart for Grade 2 shows eight instructional units with titles, illustrated icons, days per unit, and assessment days listed in a grid format on a white background.
Scope and sequence
Cover of a Grade 2 math textbook showing a teacher and two students measuring a number line and holding a sign that reads "120 in." with math visuals in the background.
Teacher Edition
Three children measure and mark a path on the ground with a ruler and tape, next to a large green base ten block and a 120-inch sign, on a math textbook cover.
Student Edition
Cover of Amplify Desmos Math California Grade 2 Math Language Development Resources, featuring a green geometric "L" and a list of included supports for language learners.
Math Language Development Resources
A table displays a Grade 3 math curriculum outline with six units, each showing unit topics, number of instructional and assessment days, and total days per unit.
Scope and sequence
Illustration of four children in a two-story house doing math activities; one holds "3 x 2," another “3 x 3,” another “3 x 5,” and one paints a wall. Grade 3 math teacher edition cover.
Teacher Edition
Illustration of four children in a house-like structure, one painting, one holding a book, one holding a math sign, and one reading, on the cover of a math textbook labeled "Grade 3.
Student Edition
Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math California Grade 3" featuring a 3D geometric shape, blue accents, and a section describing included resources for math language development.
Math Language Development Resources
A curriculum overview for Grade 4 showing seven math units with titles, illustrations, instructional days, and pacing details, organized in a grid layout.
Scope and sequence
Four children, one in a wheelchair, interact with math symbols and measurements outdoors, overseen by a teacher. The cover reads "Amplify Desmos Math California, Grade 4, Teacher Edition.
Teacher Edition
Four children stand and work around a large plant and number tiles outdoors, with one child in a wheelchair and another holding a clipboard. The cover reads "Amplify Desmos Math California 4.
Student Edition
Cover of the Amplify Desmos Math California Grade 4 Math Language Development Resources, featuring a blue geometric "L" shape and a description box in the bottom left corner.
Math Language Development Resources
A Grade 5 math curriculum overview showing six units, each with instructional days and assessment information, arranged in a grid on a white background.
Scope and sequence
Cover of a 5th grade math teacher edition book showing children interacting with math concepts outdoors, including measuring, drawing, and stacking cubes.
Teacher Edition
Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math California Student Edition 5, Volume 1" featuring students engaging in math activities outdoors and one standing on colorful cubes holding a "Grade 5" sign.
Student Edition
Cover of Amplify Desmos Math California Grade 5 Math Language Development Resources, featuring a 3D letter "L" and a brief description of included supports.
Math Language Development Resources
Grade 6 math curriculum chart showing eight units with titles, instructional days, assessment days, optional days, and icons for each unit. Suggested days: 143 out of 147 instructional days.
Scope and sequence
Illustration of children outdoors interacting with oversized math symbols and objects. Text reads "Amplify Desmos Math California Teacher Edition, Grade 6, Volume 1.
Teacher Edition
Illustrated cover of "Amplify Desmos Math California Student Edition, Grade 6, Volume 1" showing students interacting with math symbols in an outdoor setting.
Student Edition
Cover of Amplify Desmos Math California Grade 6 book featuring a 3D geometric “L” shape and a description of included math language development resources.
Math Language Development Resources
Grade 7 math curriculum map with eight units, each showing topic, days per unit, and breakdown of instructional and assessment days. Suggested total days: 124.
Scope and sequence
Illustration of people interacting with geometric shapes, city buildings, and a crane on a cover titled "Amplify Desmos Math California, Grade 7, Teacher Edition, Volume 1.
Teacher Edition
Illustrated cover of "Amplify Desmos Math California Student Edition 7, Volume 1," showing people constructing geometric shapes and mathematical tools in a cityscape.
Student Edition
Cover of the "Amplify Desmos Math California Grade 7" resource, featuring a purple 3D geometric "L" shape and informational text about language development resources.
Math Language Development Resources
Grade 8 math curriculum overview with nine units displayed in a grid; each unit lists instructional days, assessment days, and total days.
Scope and Sequence
Illustration of children at a playground with adults, working on math activities near water tanks and a slide. The cover reads "Amplify Desmos Math California, Grade 8, Teacher Edition, Volume 1.
Teacher Edition
Illustration of children playing on and around a slide with geometric shapes and graphs, on the cover of a math textbook labeled "Amplify Desmos Math California, Student Edition, Grade 8.
Student Edition
Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math California Grade 8" featuring a 3D geometric letter "L" and a list of included math language development resources.
Math Language Development Resources
A curriculum overview for Algebra 1 with eight units, each showing a title, number of instructional and assessment days, and simple illustrative icons. Total suggested days: 153.
Scope and Sequence
Illustration of people interacting with algebraic graphs, grids, and mathematical tools, with others exploring underwater and a map of California in the corner. Text reads "Amplify Desmos Math California.
Teacher Edition
Cover of a California Amplify Desmos Math A1 Student Edition book showing people interacting with mathematical graphs and underwater divers observing marine life.
Student Edition
Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math California Algebra 1 A1 Math Language Development Resources" featuring a 3D geometric "L" shape and text describing included resources.
Math Language Development Resources
A curriculum chart displays seven math units, each listing instructional and assessment days; the suggested total is 138 days, with titles like Patterns and Sequences and Linear Equations.
Scope and sequence
Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math California Teacher Edition, Math 1 Volume 1" with illustrated people interacting with geometric shapes and graphs.
Teacher Edition
Cover of the "Amplify Desmos Math California Student Edition Volume 1" featuring people interacting with math symbols and geometric shapes in a stylized, modern landscape.
Student Edition
Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math California Math 1," featuring a geometric L-shaped figure and a blue header labeled "Math Language Development Resources.
Math Language Development Resources

Scope and Sequence

Math 2–3 is currently being developed and will be available in the 2026–27 school year.

Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math California Teacher Edition GEO Volume 1" featuring abstract geometric illustrations and people engaged in mathematical activities.
Scope and Sequence (National Edition)

The Amplify Desmos Math Geometry Beta National Edition is available for piloting in the 2025–26 school year. Amplify Desmos Math California Geometry will be available in the 2026–27 school year.

Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math California Geo Volume 1 Student Edition" featuring geometric shapes and small illustrated people interacting with mathematical elements.
Geometry sampler

This sampler includes Teacher Edition front matter for program overview information, plus Teacher Edition and Student Edition pages for Units 1–2.

Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math California A2 Teacher Edition," featuring a Ferris wheel, math graphs, and students interacting with mathematical concepts.
Scope and sequence (National Edition)

The Amplify Desmos Math Algebra 2 Beta National Edition is available for piloting in the 2025–26 school year. Amplify Desmos Math California Algebra 2 will be available in the 2026–27 school year.

Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math California Student Edition A2 Volume 1" featuring mathematical graphs, a Ferris wheel, and students interacting with math concepts.
Algebra 2 sampler

This sampler includes Teacher Edition front matter for program overview information, plus Teacher Edition and Student Edition pages for Units 1–2.

Contact us

For questions, samples, or more information, please contact your local Amplify account executive:

Erin King
Sales Director, CA
(512) 736-3162
eking@amplify.com

Northern CA
Wendy Garcia
Senior Account Executive
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wgarcia@amplify.com

Bay Area
Lance Burbank
Account Executive
(415) 830-5348
lburbank@amplify.com

Central Valley and Central Coast
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Senior Account Executive
(559) 355-3244
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Ventura and L.A. County
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Associate Account Executive
(310) 902-1407
jsorenson@amplify.com

Orange and L.A. County
Lauren Sherman
Senior Account Executive
(949) 397-5766
lsherman@amplify.com

San Bernardino and L.A. County
Michael Gruber
Senior Account Executive
(951) 520-6542
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Riverside and L.A. County
Brian Roy
Senior Account Executive
(818) 967-1674
broy@amplify.com

San Diego County
Kirk Van Wagoner
Senior Account Executive
(760) 696-0709
kvanwagoner@amplify.com

Under 2300 students in Bay Area, Sacramento Valley, and Northern Counties
Kevin Mauser
Lead Account Executive
(815) 534-0148
kmauser@amplify.com

Under 2300 students in Southern CA, Central Coast, and Southern Central Valley Counties
Charissa Snyder
Account Executive
(720) 936-6802
chsnyder@amplify.com

Welcome to Amplify Desmos Math!

Your Amplify Desmos Math Experience Kit includes teacher and student materials for one sub-unit of instruction to try in your classroom. Click the orange button below to access the digital lessons for your grade.

Jump to digital lessons
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About the program

Our structured approach to problem-based learning systematically builds on students’ curiosity to develop lasting grade-level understanding.

Amplify Desmos Math combines and connects conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application. Lessons are designed with the Proficiency Progression™, a model that provides teachers with clear instructional moves to build from students’ prior knowledge to grade-level learning.

Educational materials featuring various graphs and applications, including rocket motion and quadratic functions, displayed on Desmos and paper.
Interactive digital math lesson interface with colorful graphics showing parabola exploration and plotting tools on screen, enhanced by the New York math curriculum.

Structured approach to problem-based learning

  • Differentiation and personalized practice
  • Easy-to-follow instructional guidance
  • Robust assessments and reports
  • Spanish student materials
A classroom dashboard displays student names and their progress in activities, with checkmarks indicating completed tasks and circles showing ongoing or incomplete tasks.

Math that motivates

  • Powerful teacher-facilitation supports and tools
  • Students talking and building from each other’s ideas 
  • Every lesson has fully compatible print and digital materials for a collaborative classroom
Illustration of an Amplify Desmos math learning tool on a student screen showing abacus representations for the sums 8+7, 7+4+5, 3+8+4

Student thinking is made evident

  • Curiosity-driven lessons that motivate students with interesting problems they are eager to solve
  • Explicit guidance for teachers on what to look for and how to respond
  • Technology that provides Responsive Feedback and is designed to reveal mathematical thinking

Experience Kit digital lessons

Use the grade-specific links below to explore our interactive digital lessons. Learn more about assigning a lesson to your class using a single-session code.

In addition to the sample lessons below, you can view the Experience Kit brochure, which includes helpful print and digital navigation tips.

Grades K–5 brochure

Grades 6–A1 brochure

A digital math activity screen showing block arrangements and a worksheet page titled "Shelley the Snail" with related graphics.
A girl in a red and pink uniform kicks a soccer ball while two players in yellow attempt to block, showcasing teamwork akin to problem-solving strategies in Amplify Desmos Math. Another player runs in the background.
Kindergarten, Unit 6: Numbers 0–20

Sub-Unit 1: Counting Teen Numbers

A crowd gathers outdoors near a path lined with blueberry displays; musicians play on a stage, and people interact as a woman and child stand in the foreground holding drinks.
Grade 1, Unit 5: Adding Within 100

Sub-Unit 1: Adding Without Making a Ten

A family stands by a mailbox labeled "Three Hundred Two." In New York, a child holds a letter as an adult pats their head. Another adult, with a desmos math guide in hand, looks on proudly.
Grade 2, Unit 5: Numbers to 1,000

Sub-Unit 1: The Value of Three Digits

In an outdoor setting, a girl with glasses attentively washes a chicken in soapy water, surrounded by hills, trees, and buildings. Soap bubbles and leaves float in the air as she ponders New York math challenges amidst this tranquil scene.
Grade 3, Unit 6: Measuring Length, Time, Liquid Volume, and Weight

Sub-Unit 1: Measurement Data on Line Plots

In "Pat's Lei Shop," amidst the floral artistry, one can almost sense the precision akin to solving a New York math problem, with each lei meticulously assembled on a table with scissors, thread, and flowers.
Grade 4, Unit 6: Multiplying and Dividing Multi-Digit Numbers

Sub-Unit 1: Multi-Digit Multiplication

At a bustling puzzle stand, a person interviews a young individual holding a puzzle box. Various puzzles, including "Autumn Day," catch the eye. A sign proudly boasts, "Jonathan & Omar's Pleasing Puzzles!"—where New York math enthusiasts find joy in every challenge.
Grade 5, Unit 5: Place Value Patterns and Decimal Operations

Sub-Unit 1: Numbers to Thousandths

Three raccoons on a seesaw balance with a 21-pound weight in a city park setting under a clear sky.
Grade 6, Unit 6: Expressions and Equations

Sub-Unit 1: Solving Equations

A sheep stands on grass near a number line, with an orange point at zero; a festive sheep with a hat and party blower appears in a thought bubble.
Grade 7, Unit 6: Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities

Sub-Unit 3: Inequalities

Four colorful robots stand in front of a whiteboard with a graph in a classroom setting.
Grade 8, Unit 6: Associations in Data

Sub-Unit 2: Analyzing Numerical Data

A laptop screen displays a math activity with a question about a rocket's height. Icons of a rocket and mathematical functions are on the side.
Algebra 1, Unit 7: Quadratic Functions

Sub-Unit 1: Introduction to Quadratic Functions

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RF.1.3.G: Recognize and Read Grade-Appropriate (First Grade) Irregularly Spelled Words

Skill

RF.1.3.G: Recognize and Read Grade-Appropriate (First Grade) Irregularly Spelled Words

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3.G: Recognize and read grade-appropriate irregularly spelled words.

Description

Mastery: Student is able to read irregularly spelled words with automaticity.

Acquiring: Student is able to recognize some irregularly spelled words. Student may attempt to decode some irregularly spelled words.

Probes

T: Read the following words – show a list of High Frequency Words, such as Fry’s or Dolch word lists, presented in random order (e.g., the, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does).

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

During Transitions

Reinforce Skills/Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

Display (e.g. Anchor Chart):

Source: The Balanced Literacy Diet

Source: Make, Teach & Make

Considerations & Reminders

  • High Frequency Word Lists should be posted and visible for students to reference. While these words are to be memorized, the act of looking up at a chart/poster for quick reference allows the student to eventually be able to quickly find and recognize the words.
  • When introducing an irregular word (but not when building fluency), we ask students to sound out and say the word correctly. There are multiple reasons to ask students to sound out irregular words:
    • When students encounter an irregular word in connected text, they may initially attempt to sound it out. These exercises prepare them to read the word correctly.
    • We want to show students that, though some word parts may be irregular, other parts are often regular, so that students can decode those parts, giving them a clue to the full word.
    • If we sound out some words and not others, students may learn that sounding out should only be used intermittently. They may decide not to use it even when they should.
    • Even for irregular words, the process of connecting symbols to sounds helps students learn the word: “The knowledge of letter-sound relations provides the powerful mnemonic system that bonds the written forms of specific words to their pronunciation in memory.” (Ehri, 1995)
  • Teaching tips:
    • One way to accelerate learning of irregular words is to print out flashcards for each newly introduced word and make a set for your students to practice with at home.
    • If words are being introduced too slowly for your students, you can introduce a new irregular word every day. You should feel free to vary the pace, being careful to ensure that everyone is keeping up.
    • When you point to a word, wait before touching it and train students to respond only when you touch the word. That gives all students time to think of the answer, so that slower students don’t just copy faster students.
    • For each activity, keep a record of items a student had problems with. Review this activity log before the next activity so you pay special attention to those students.

Introducing Amplify Classroom

Screenshot of the Amplify Classroom Discover page displaying subject filters, grade levels, a search bar, and a list of educational activities with descriptions and tags to support family engagement.

Feeling crunched for lesson-planning time? You’re not imagining it. A recent EdSurge report found that teachers get, on average, just 266 minutes of dedicated planning time a week—under an hour a day. And that’s before the meetings, paperwork, and “Got a minute?” queries start rolling in.

When teachers have so little space to craft high-quality interactive lessons, any tool that streamlines planning or teaching can make a huge difference.

Enter Amplify Classroom (formerly Desmos Classroom), launched for the 2025–26 school year and available for free! Already used by more than 300,000 teachers, this all-in-one platform brings together free resources for K–12 students; teacher guides and real-time teaching tools; and interactive lessons across math, literacy, and science—helping educators focus less on logistics and lesson plans and more on student engagement.

Interactive lessons that stick

Amplify Classroom’s free teaching resources go far beyond static worksheets or “entertaining” electronics. The platform’s library of more than 1,000 lessons features a wide range of free K–12 resources, including K–5 activities, middle school science explorations, and high school math challenges. Highlights include:

  • A grade 1 math activity called Leaping Lily Pads!, in which students help a purple frog hop toward a golden crown while making connections between subtracting 1 and subtracting 2—and practicing subtracting 2 and adding 2.
  • A grade 4 science activity called Food Chains, in which students create their own sequences of organisms, then line up those organisms to model how energy flows through an ecosystem, tracing that energy from start to finish.
  • Literacy practice that explores how the letter “y” sounds in words like myth.
  • Classic Desmos math challenges, like balancing raccoons on a seesaw against a 21-pound weight.
  • Hands-on Polypad manipulatives that let students experiment with tangrams, grids, and colorful geometric shapes.

These types of activities are not just engaging in the moment. They can also set the stage for lifelong math enjoyment. “I’ve been wary about making my kids not hate math,” says kindergarten teacher Martin Joyce. “No ‘drill-n-kill.’ [Now] they’re asking if they can do math on the computer before bed!”

What you can do with these free resources

Once you create a free teacher account, you can:

  • Teach more than 1,000 free interactive lessons across math, literacy, and science.
  • Customize any premade lesson or build your own with the drag-and-drop editor.
  • Monitor student thinking in real time with intuitive dashboards.
  • Share snapshots of student work—names optional—to prompt discussion and highlight ideas.
  • Control the pacing of lessons, pausing to dive deeper into a concept or syncing everyone to the same spot.

Here’s how it works in practice:

  1. Find a lesson. Browse by subject, grade level, or topic until you land on one that fits your plan for the day.
  2. Share it with your class. Assign the activity so students can join from their own devices.
  3. Teach and adapt in the moment. Use the dashboard to see student thinking in real time, highlight responses, and pace the lesson as you go.

Grade 5 teacher Traci Jackson saw how these K–5 activities boosted collaboration and learning in her class: “After an audible groan when the activity was paused, students made sense of ordered pairs through a purposeful Amplify Classroom experience. One student pair wrote without any prompting!”

More to explore

  • Explore Amplify Classroom, the free platform for grades K–12.
  • Learn how Amplify Classroom is supporting teachers across math, literacy, and science.
  • Find free professional learning resources for educators and free activities for students in our Problem-Based Learning Starter Pack.

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Supporting multilingual learners—by supporting their families

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Teachers know that multilingual/English learners (ML/ELs) are an important and fast-growing population in today’s classrooms. In 2021, more than 10% of students enrolled in public schools across the U.S. were identified as English language learners, with some projections suggesting this number could reach 40% by 2030.

But when it comes to partnering with the families of ML/ELs for student success, we’re just beginning to tap into what’s possible.

I’m an ML/EL teacher and former homeroom teacher at a school serving many ML/ELs.

Here’s what I’ve learned about best practices for bridging the school-to-home communication gap and partnering with families (all families!) to ensure their child’s success.

Recognizing the communication gap: Common challenges with multilingual families

In my experience, three common barriers can stand in the way of strong family engagement and student success:

  • Cultural expectations around parent-teacher communication: In many cultures, school is considered the teacher’s domain. Reaching out may be seen as crossing a line—or simply not expected at all.
  • Logistical challenges: Unpredictable schedules may lead to missed messages, delayed responses, or inconsistent availability.
  • Language barriers: If a message isn’t in a language a caregiver understands, it’s unlikely they’ll respond—not because they don’t care, but because they can’t fully engage.

Supporting multilingual learners starts with recognizing these barriers not as signs of disconnection, but as invitations to shift our approach. There are best practices we can adopt to help bridge the gap—and build the trust and relationships our students need to thrive.

Tools and strategies for better parent-teacher communication

If you want to communicate with families who speak a variety of different languages, the first step is finding the method of contact that works best for each of them. My school uses an auto-translating app called ParentSquare for home communications—but not all families I’ve worked with respond to ParentSquare messages. So if a family isn’t responsive to one mode of communication, try another!

It’s a good idea to ask families on Back-to-School Night—or whenever your students first arrive—if they have a preferred mode of communication. I’ve found I get the best response rate by creating a Google Voice number and communicating via text, first translating through an app if needed.

Keep a log of this information so you have it on hand when you need it. In the long run, this will be easier for both you and your students’ caregivers than you chasing them down to get them to download, log into, or check a specific app.

The important thing is to consider making contact essential, and to keep trying until you find the mode that works for both you and the parents of your ML/EL students.

Setting the tone for strong family engagement

If you want to forge a strong family-school partnership (and you should!), you also need to set the tone. When families have a different cultural understanding of school engagement than what you’re used to, I’ve found that it helps to explicitly solicit parent input, explaining how a partnership between caregiver and teacher will help support their child’s success.

Let them know how and why they should get in touch with you, and make it easy by reaching out proactively with brief, positive updates.

What multilingual families really want to know

Perhaps most importantly, ask families what they want to know! I’ve attended many parent-teacher conferences—both for my own students and as an interpreter—and I’m frequently struck by how many multilingual families respond when I ask what questions they have. Many families who haven’t previously reached out are suddenly overflowing with questions.

The most common one I get is how they can support their child’s academic journey at home. Parents also frequently request updates about behavior. Understand that just because a family isn’t asking these questions proactively doesn’t mean they don’t care. When I explicitly ask parents what they need, their responses make it abundantly clear that they are deeply invested in their child’s schooling and success.

I’ve also learned that many families—especially those who speak a language other than English at home—may not know that there are many ways to support their child’s growth, even if classroom instruction is not in their home language.

Think about what tips and resources you can most easily provide: Do your students’ parents know that reading or reciting poems, songs, or chants in their home language helps literacy growth? Could you send home simple board games from the classroom to reinforce key skills? Would signing up for a library card give them access to resources they didn’t know were available? Many caregivers of ML/EL students have told me they lack the tools to get involved—but are eager to engage once given tangible strategies.

How teachers can go the extra mile

In order to give our students and their families the support they need, it’s critical that we challenge our internal biases and assumptions. If we assume parents are uninterested or uninvolved, we avoid an opportunity to think creatively about how to bridge communication gaps and facilitate family involvement. We also cut off a world of possibility for our students and limit their access to the academic success that comes from parent involvement.

Working with the families of ML/ELs may bring added responsibilities—but it’s also a unique privilege, full of new opportunities. In teaching ML/ELs, I’ve found that I get to be a cultural bridge—one of the people providing warmth, stability, and welcome to families navigating a new culture. School can be overwhelming in a new country or different language—but a teacher who goes the extra mile can ensure success for both students and families.

Additional resources

Welcome, Central Kitsap, to Amplify Desmos Math!

Amplify Desmos Math K-5 thoughtfully combines conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application. Each lesson is designed to tell a story by posing problems that invite a variety of approaches before guiding students to synthesize their understanding of the learning goals.

Scroll to learn more about the program and explore sample materials.

About the program

We believe in math that motivates. Our structured approach to problem-based learning builds on students’ curiosity to develop lasting grade-level understandings for all students. 

The program motivates students with interesting problems they are eager to solve. Teachers can spend more time where it’s most impactful: creating a collaborative classroom of learners.

A powerful suite of math resources

Amplify Desmos Math combines the best of problem-based lessons, intervention, personalized practice, and assessments into a coherent and engaging experience for both students and teachers.  Feel free to explore our grade-level ancillary samplers to learn more about assessment and reporting, intervention, and differentiation:

Grade K Ancillary Sampler

Grade 1 Ancillary Sampler

Grade 2 Ancillary Sampler

Grade 3 Ancillary Sampler

Grade 4 Ancillary Sampler

Grade 5 Ancillary Sampler

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Assessment

mCLASS® Assessments, along with daily formative checks, measure not only what students know, but how they think. The asset-based assessment system provides teachers with targeted, actionable insights, linked to core and intervention resources. Visit our mClass Math site to learn more.

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Core instruction

Amplify Desmos Math lessons pair problems students are eager to solve with clear instructional moves for teachers. With low-floor, high-ceiling tasks every student can actively participate and be a part of the math community. Unit- and lesson-level core assessments give teachers data at their fingertips to guide and differentiate instruction.

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Differentiation

Boost Personalized Learning activities help students access grade-level math through engaging, independent digital practice. Responsive Feedback adjusts to students’ work, providing item-level adaptivity to further support their learning and offer personalized differentiation. Visit our Boost Math site to learn more. 

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Embedded intervention

Integrated resources like Mini-Lessons, Fluency Practice, and Math Adventures provide targeted intervention on a specific concept or skill connected to the daily lesson. Extensions are also available to stretch students’ understanding.

Multilingual Learners

To support multilingual/English learners, Amplify Desmos Math incorporates research-based Math Language Routines (MLRs) by providing language modality strategies like sentence frames where appropriate, both in the teacher language provided for each task and in the differentiation support section found throughout the program. For further information on math language development, please see pg. 82 of the Amplify Desmos Math Program Guide.

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Review Resources

To support your review of Amplify Desmos Math here are links to important K-5 review resources:

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K-5 sample materials

Click the links in the drop-down sections below to explore sample materials from each grade.  To see sample student responses, please click on the Teacher Edition pages and scroll to “Sample Student Work” (first one is about 30 pages in) or click on Intervention and Extension resources.   

For helpful navigation tips and more program information, download the Amplify Desmos Math Program Guide.

You can also watch a product expert walk through a lesson and the available program components.

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Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Kindergarten Amplify Desmos Math.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Counting and Comparing Objects.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

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In this lesson, students apply their understanding of how to compare groups of images as they determine which group has more or fewer and then compare their strategies by guiding a bear through a path that has more mushrooms than the other.

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Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 1 Amplify Desmos Math.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Story Problems in Maui.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

An educational game screen, inspired by New York math standards, shows a subtraction problem, "4 - 1," with a frog moving along numbered lily pads to reveal the answer "3.

In this lesson, students find differences when subtracting 1 and 2 from the same number by helping a frog reach a lily pad where it can eat a bug.

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Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 2 Amplify Desmos Math.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Adding and Subtracting.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

An educational activity where users must select the block with the correct number to make a total of 10 using the given block numbers. The UI, inspired by New York math standards, features a caterpillar and two tree stumps to amplify engagement with Desmos Math tools.

Students continue to develop fluency by finding the number that makes 10 by helping a millipede reach its favorite food – a clump of leaves!

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Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 3 Amplify Desmos Math.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Concepts of Area Measurement.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

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Students compare data represented on bar graphs with different scales by using animal stickers to create scaled bar graphs.

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Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 4 Amplify Desmos Math.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Size and Location of Fractions.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

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Students choose tube lengths to connect to platform heights for hamster homes, identifying possible heights using what they know about multiples.

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Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 5 Amplify Desmos Math.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Fractions as Quotients.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

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Students decompose a figure into rectangular prisms and determine the volume of the figure by adding the volumes of the individual prisms.

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How differentiation drives success

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I’d like to share a favorite success story from my ELA class that brings home the true power of differentiation.

There was one boy—let’s call him Dipper. (It’s not his real name; I just really like the show “Gravity Falls.”) Dipper was the sweetest, kindest, most wholesome eighth grader I have ever met. He was absolutely precious.

Dipper also suffered from fairly severe academic struggles. He was well below his middle school reading level, struggled to express ideas in writing, and took longer than other students to break down basic concepts. When Dipper first came to me, he couldn’t start or complete a written sentence. He was easily frustrated and often overwhelmed to the point of tears.

Spoiler: By the end of the school year, Dipper was writing multiple paragraphs and starting to connect them with transition sentences.

Here’s how he got that much closer to grade level.

Using sentence starters and scaffolds to build success

My school district had recently adopted Amplify ELA (6–8). At the outset, I placed Dipper at the differentiation level with the most support. When we talked about how a character reacted to a moment in the story, Dipper had corresponding smiley, frowny, and disgusted faces to identify feelings. He had his own lesson plan with example quotes, shortened readings, alternative questions to spark thinking, and sentence starters to help him focus on comprehension instead of getting stuck at the start.

All of these supports helped him comprehend, share his responses, and contribute to discussions.

So far, so good.

But putting those thoughts to paper—or text box—was a completely different hurdle.

Facing academic struggles with patience and persistence

I can’t talk about Dipper without talking about his one-to-one aide. Let’s call her Ms. Mabel. (Again, “Gravity Falls.” I’m telling you, check it out.)

Ms. Mabel had sat beside Dipper during every ELA class since sixth grade. She helped him stay focused and generate ideas, and she even transcribed his answers when needed. Ms. Mabel’s devotion to Dipper’s success was profound and inspirational.

And it made all the difference when it came to Writing Prompts. At first, the prompts were met with tears and tantrums, panic and disdain, all the joyful wholesomeness ripped from Dipper.

Ms. Mabel would console him and redirect his passions to the work. She would point out the sentence starters, help him copy and paste them to the text box, and have him fill in the blanks. Again and again.

And then, little by little: Less panic. Fewer tears. Sentence starters, fill in the blank. Progress.
Sentence starters, fill in the blank. Success.

Day by day, Dipper, stacking wins like pancakes at an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet, found confidence in himself, his reading, and his writing. He went from barely being able to complete a sentence to writing multiple paragraphs with evidence to support his ideas.

We had seen Dipper grow from a tiny sixth grader into a less tiny eighth grader and had watched his initial tenacity meet with stagnation, frustration, and defeat—until this year. This year with Amplify was different.

Why it takes more than just an awesome teacher

Obviously, you can’t pin success on one factor. Dipper had many supports in place: two blocks in the resource room, a dedicated aide, supportive peers and family, and—above all—a fierce drive and work ethic.

But if you asked Ms. Mabel, she would tell you that Amplify helped, too. She found that the way the questions were broken down allowed her to teach Dipper what he misunderstood better than she had been able to in previous years. We discovered very quickly how much autonomy was built in. It wasn’t rigid. It gave us structure and trust. It made differentiation easier, clearer, and more meaningful.

Sure, maybe Dipper was also maturing. Maybe I’m just an awesome teacher. Or maybe, just maybe, we need every little bit of help we can get to do the hard work in life. Maybe we need someone to push us in the right direction. Maybe we need those guardrails to keep us on course. Some of us can start our own engines, but we all need to be able to race.

Sometimes, we need someone who can help us start our sentences so we can learn how to be the ones to finish them.

More to explore

  • Let’s keep the conversation going! Join the discussion in our Amplify learning communities.
  • Looking for inspiration? Watch Teacher Connections, a video series featuring practical advice and tools straight from fellow educators—our very own Amplify Ambassadors.
  • Dive into our podcast hub to hear from top thought leaders and educators and uncover cross-disciplinary insights to support your instruction.

An Aussie teaching American phonemes

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Ever heard of bidialectalism? It means the ability to fluently switch between two dialects.
It was a new word for me when I first started teaching in the U.S.—but I figured it out fast, just by opening my mouth in the classroom.

Bringing my own Australian dialect to teaching six-year-olds deepened my capacity to help struggling readers and multilingual readers. It has also strengthened our classroom community and provided surprising, even amusing opportunities to learn—for all of us.

“What if they get an Australian accent?”

When I first entered an American classroom, I was nervous about teaching phonemes to kids. I kept wondering, “What if they get an Australian accent?” (That never happened.)

I remember my first year teaching Amplify CKLA, standing in front of my students and trying to figure out why the word “from” seemed tricky. For me, it sounded exactly how it was spelled. I kept saying “from,” but my students said: “/f/ /r/ /u/ /m/.”

That was the first of many times I realized how different my dialect really was.

The next one came during our Animals and Habitats unit. We were deep into the lesson when I casually said what sounded like “Pythin,” and a student turned and said, “Don’t you mean PythOn?”

Then came the r-controlled vowels. (R-controlled vowels, also called r-influenced vowels, are vowels that change their sound when followed by an “r” in the same syllable. Instead of sounding short or long, the vowel is “controlled” by the “r”—like in “car,” “bird,” “corn,” “turn,” and “her.”)

Because of my accent, when I said those sounds, they almost always came out as “uh.” (I think that’s why I’ve been told Aussies were responsible for the schwa!) While that got a good laugh—and gave students lots of chances to mimic my accent—it drove home the real importance of phonological awareness.

Learning together: Teaching phonemes and pronunciation

I spent the rest of that first year going over the phoneme videos on the Amplify resources hub, practicing my r-controlled vowels. I did my best to learn to switch between the Australian and American dialects. I even started challenging my students to correct me more often. (“Wait, did I say that right?”)

That led to more intentional practice when teaching grade-level spelling patterns for those individual sounds. I started adding silly actions to go with each one. For example, we’d say, “‘e’ and ‘r’ are friends and together they go ‘errrrr,’” and we’d pretend to turn a key into either side of our cheeks.

Those small quirks helped my students remember the sounds—and they helped me just as much.

Don’t dread it—use it!

So, to any teacher who’s dreading teaching phonemes or teaching kids to read because of their speech or dialect—don’t!

Learning with your students, blending Amplify’s tools with your own quirks and personality, builds classroom memories and creates powerful literacy instruction.

You don’t have to erase your accent to be effective. In fact, embracing your uniqueness might just make you a better teacher.

From one teacher to another: Don’t be afraid of the greatness you already have.

To close out, here’s my favorite use of what I believe is the greatest phoneme/diphthong of all time: Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Oi! Oi! Oi!

Why hands-on learning matters in science

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Science should be more than just reading about concepts—it should be something students can see, touch, and explore. When students actively engage with science through hands-on activities, technology, and even literature connections, they develop not only essential science skills, but also deeper understanding and lasting curiosity.

Bringing science to life: Hands-on activities

Perhaps the most effective way to engage students in science is to combine a high-quality curriculum with an interactive teaching style to make it experiential. In my classroom, we use the Amplify CKLA Geology unit to dive into earth science concepts. While these strategies can be applied across grade levels and scientific topics, the following is an example from my fourth-grade classroom’s geology lessons:

  • Examining geodes: Students predict what they will find inside before breaking geodes open. Then they analyze the crystal structures, connecting their observations to Amplify CKLA’s science concepts.
  • Writing about Earth’s layers: After learning about the Earth’s structure, students reinforce their understanding by writing creative descriptions or short stories from the perspective of different layers.
  • Diagramming volcanoes and the rock cycle: Drawing detailed diagrams, students visualize how rocks change over time and how volcanic eruptions shape the Earth’s surface.

Connecting literacy skills to science skills

Incorporating literature deepens students’ understanding of science. I use a mix of trade books and digital resources to bring concepts to life through storytelling and informational texts. These books help students connect scientific ideas with real-world applications, fostering both literacy and science skills.

Literacy skills like reading comprehension and critical thinking are key to understanding complex scientific ideas. When students dive into science-related materials, they practice making sense of data, thinking critically about evidence, and building arguments. These practices boost students’ overall literacy, expanding their vocabulary, sparking their curiosity, and developing their media literacy.

Digital resources for students: Exploring science with Google Earth

To further engage students, I integrate Google Earth into our lesson plans. This allows them to explore real-world scientific phenomena—such as geological formations, ecosystems, and weather patterns—making abstract concepts more tangible. Students love zooming in on famous landscapes, discussing how they were formed, and identifying scientific features. This interactive approach using relevant digital tools helps make science feel relevant and exciting.

Final thoughts: The power of engagement in science

By combining hands-on activities, literature, and technology, I’ve helped my students develop a genuine curiosity about science. As the school year progresses, they ask more questions, make deeper connections, and take ownership of their learning.

Engaging students in science doesn’t have to be complicated—it just has to be meaningful. By making learning interactive, Amplify (through Amplify CKLA and Amplify Science) helps students connect with scientific concepts in meaningful ways. I encourage other educators to bring Amplify’s lessons to life with interactive approaches that spark wonder and excitement in young scientists.

Explore more

  • Let’s keep the conversation going! Join the discussion in our Amplify learning communities.
  • Looking for inspiration? Watch Teacher Connections, a video series featuring practical advice and tools straight from fellow educators—our very own Amplify Ambassadors.
  • Dive into our podcast hub to hear from top thought leaders and educators and uncover cross-disciplinary insights to support your instruction.

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Thank you for taking the time to review Amplify’s K–8 science programs for New Mexico. This site provides resources to aid in your review so you can experience all that our high-quality instructional materials have to offer.  Simply click a grade level band below to get started.

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Welcome, San Diego Unified School District!

At Amplify, we partner with you to engage all students deeply with high quality content while also providing teachers with powerful tools that support remote and hybrid learning. We’ll be by your side with new resources and product enhancements to ensure continuity of learning in Amplify Science, Amplify ELA, and Amplify Desmos Math.

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The one-stop solution for New Jersey’s literacy mandates

New Jersey now requires universal literacy screening and parent notifications. To meet these mandates, NJDOE’s Student Literacy Working Group fully recommends mCLASSⓇ DIBELSⓇ 8th Edition as the trusted solution to help schools.

Some of the requirements of the New Jersey Department of Education’s Senate Bill 2644 include: 

  • Mandatory screenings: Schools must conduct literacy screenings for all K–3 students at least twice annually to assess reading proficiency levels.
  • Parental notification: Within 30 days of the screening period’s end, schools are required to inform parents or guardians of the results, including comparisons to grade-level norms and available intervention supports.

mCLASS offers New Jersey all of the following, plus many more additional features to support students and teachers:

  • Universal screening
  • Dyslexia screening
  • Instant data analysis and reporting
  • Parental notification letter

Request a demo from your dedicated New Jersey team!

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What is mCLASS?

mCLASS, the only digital provider of DIBELS 8th edition assessments, provides universal screening, dyslexia screening, and progress monitoring to assess your students’ reading proficiency levels and determine what skills they need to develop.

You’ll observe students as they form sounds or read words and text. Then, mCLASS instantly scores and analyzes student response patterns to provide you with diagnostic data and instructional focus for each student and group.

With mCLASS, you’ll have everything you need to support every type of learner in your classroom, including advanced learners, multilingual learners, and students with signs of dyslexia.

Learn more about mCLASS.

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About the program

mCLASS offers teacher-administered assessment, intervention, and personalized instruction for grades K–6. Know exactly how to monitor and support every student in your classroom with features like:

  • Precise one-minute measures based on over three decades of predictive data.
  • Universal screening and dyslexia screening in one tool.
  • Instruction that highlights observed patterns and recommends activities.
  • Robust reports for teachers, specialists, administrators, and parents.

Learn more about mCLASS.

Support for your Spanish-speaking students.

By combining mCLASS Lectura and mCLASS® DIBELS 8th Edition, you’ll be able to understand where your Spanish-speaking students are in their English and Spanish literacy paths.

Learn more about mCLASS Lectura.

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NEW! mCLASS Math

Expect more from your assessments with mCLASS Math, a brand-new benchmarking and progress-monitoring assessment system.

Explore mCLASS® Math. 

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Looking for high-quality instructional materials for literacy?

Amplify CKLA 3rd edition is built on a decade of research focusing on background knowledge, foundational skills, and writing. Pair CKLA with mCLASS to align for a powerful early literacy suite.

Learn more about CKLA 3rd edition.

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If you’d like a demo, complete this form and your dedicated New Jersey team will be in touch.

Reading scores show slow—but steady— improvement in early grades.

The most recent beginning-of-year data show overall progress in reading readiness for K–2 students. Insights show:

  • More young readers are on track and fewer are far behind than at any time since the pandemic.
  • K–2 students who are far behind at the beginning of the school year, but on track by the end of the year, are likely to stay on track through third grade.
  • Overall, fewer than half of K–2 students are on track to learn to read, a troubling national trend.
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Explore Amplify’s beginning-of-year research brief.

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Learners most likely to catch up

Among K–2 students who began the year far behind in learning to read and caught up by the end of the school year, students in the earlier grades demonstrated greater gains.

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Modest year-over-year improvement

Fewer than half of K–2 students are on track to learn to read, more than at any time since the pandemic, but not surpassing 2019–20 early reading levels.

Read More

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Early progress and later outcomes

Students who began K–2 far behind in learning to read but caught up by the end of their grade were more likely to stay on track through the third grade.

Read More

Research briefs for the 2024–2025 school year

October 2024

BOY: Summer instructional loss highlights the importance of quality core instruction for the youngest grades.

Read the brief

February 2025

MOY: Early literacy gains offer hope for COVID recovery, though broader literacy challenges persist nationwide.

Read the brief

July 2025

EOY: Reading scores rise overall; gender disparities present a complex picture.

Read the brief

October 2025

BOY: More students start the school year on track for learning to read, though momentum is slow.

Read the brief

Read more research and case studies.

Amplify’s high-quality programs benefit millions of students every day using methods that are evidence-based, ESSA-aligned, and showing efficacy in a variety of contexts. Read more research and case studies and see more briefs on early literacy.

Welcome, Salem-Keizer School District, to the next chapter in the Science of Reading, with Amplify CKLA 3rd Edition!

Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts® (CKLA) is approved by the Oregon Department of Education. 

Truly built on the Science of Reading, Amplify CKLA helps Oregon teachers implement the Oregon English Language Arts and Literacy Standards by translating the science of reading into manageable, engaging, and effective classroom practices. For more than a decade, Amplify CKLA has transformed classrooms nationwide with its intentional knowledge building and systematic skills instruction.

Scroll down to learn how CKLA is uniquely designed to help all your students make learning leaps in literacy.

Download CKLA Program Guide
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Our approach

Improve outcomes with a program that’s built on a decade of research and meets the strongest ESSA Tier I criteria.

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Grounded in the Science of Reading

As the original Science of Reading program, Amplify CKLA puts research into action with explicit, systematic foundational skills instruction and a proven knowledge-building sequence. In collaboration with education experts and practitioners, we provide powerful resources that deliver real results.

Success stories

Background knowledge drives results

Amplify CKLA follows the Core Knowledge Sequence, a content-specific, cumulative, and coherent approach to knowledge building. This approach improves reading scores and closes achievement gaps by establishing a robust knowledge base that strengthens comprehension.

In Amplify CKLA 3rd Edition, we’ve enriched our Knowledge Sequence with a wider range of perspectives and high-quality texts in new and enhanced units.

See units and connections
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Build foundational skills for long-term success.

Students progress from simple to complex skill development starting with phonological and phonemic awareness. Instruction in Grades K–2 explicitly teaches the 150 spellings for the 44 sounds of English, following an intentional progression to ensure student success.

In our 3rd Edition, we’ve added dedicated Grade 3 foundational skills instruction that can either support core lessons or function as an intervention, based on student needs.

Skills by year

Daily writing deepens learning.

Grounded in the Science of Writing—the research on how kids learn to write—instruction is explicit, daily, and woven into the curriculum’s rich content. It covers both transcription (handwriting and spelling) and composition (organizing ideas into narratives) with high-impact activities like sentence-level combining and expanding, and pre-writing exercises. Writing and reading instruction are integrated so students simultaneously strengthen their communication skills, comprehension, and confidence.

See the Simple View of Writing
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High-quality, diverse texts

Amplify CKLA students are immersed in a variety of texts—complex read-alouds, decodable chapter books, trade books, and content-rich readers—that reflect varied experiences and connect to learning goals.

Readers are 100% decodable for Grades K–2, empowering students to directly apply what they’ve learned. Novel Study units for Grades 3–5 offer a mix of contemporary and classic literature, and Culminating Research Units in every grade include a set of authentic texts and trade books.

See Research Unit trade books

Reach all learners with differentiated support.

Scaffolds and challenges, developed in collaboration with education experts, make content accessible to every student—including multilingual and English learners. With strategies embedded right in the curriculum, teachers can deliver in-the-moment, individualized instruction to meet diverse student needs.

For a dedicated English language development program aligned to Amplify CKLA, explore Language Studio.

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What’s included with Amplify CKLA

The comprehensive resources in Amplify CKLA 3rd Edition support effective literacy instruction in every classroom.

Download CKLA Components Guide
Download CKLA Writing Brochure
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Easy-to-use teacher materials

Amplify CKLA teachers are empowered to deliver effective instruction with the following print and digital resources:

  • Teacher Guides (K–5)
  • Assessment Guides (K–5)
  • Authentic texts and trade books (K–5)
  • Knowledge Image Cards (K–2)
  • Knowledge Flip Books (K–2, digital)
  • Ready-made and customizable Presentation Screens (K–5, digital)
  • Remediation and intervention resources (K–5)
  • On-demand professional development (K–5, digital)

Immersive Amplify CKLA student resources

Amplify CKLA students stay engaged with the following print and digital resources:

  • Decodable readers (K–2)
  • Student Readers and novels (3–5)
  • Student Activity Books (K–5)
  • Poet’s Journal (3–5)
  • eReaders (K–5, digital)
  • Sound Library featuring articulation videos and songs (K–2, digital)
  • Skill-building practice games (K–5)
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Rich literary experiences

All the high-quality, diverse texts in Amplify CKLA connect to the curriculum, fostering your students’ curiosity and helping them learn to read with confidence.

  • Trade Book Collections (K–5) inspire student research in each grade’s Culminating Research Unit.
  • Classic and contemporary literature (3–5) delight students in Novel Study Units.
  • Increasingly complex Student Readers (K–5) develop students’ literacy across grades.

Hands-on phonics materials

Multisensory phonics and foundational skills resources engage students with fun, varied approaches that promote mastery and build independence.

  • Chaining Folders and Small Letter Cards (K)
  • Read-Aloud Big Books (K–1)
  • Large Letter Cards (K–2)
  • Sound Cards (K–2)
  • Image Cards (K–3)
  • Blending Picture Cards (K)
  • Consonant and Vowel Code Posters and Spelling Cards (1–2)
  • Sound Library (K–2, digital)
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All-in-one digital platform

Our comprehensive platform simplifies your day-to-day tasks and makes it easier to plan and deliver lessons.

  • Ready-made and customizable Presentation Screens
  • Auto-scored digital assessments
  • Standards-based reporting
  • Assignable skill-building games
  • Sound Library
  • eReaders

Professional development

Move beyond traditional program training with Amplify’s digital PD Library, designed to fully support your shift to the Science of Reading and Amplify CKLA. Deepen your understanding with:

  • Program and planning resources
  • Model lesson videos from real classrooms
  • Guidance on using Amplify’s literacy suite to provide multi-tiered support
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“Teachers love the ease of implementing the program, and students have fun while learning. Growth is evident in our data, and we have the support of Amplify experts who are available to answer questions and provide top-notch professional development.”

Bridget Vaughan, District K–8 Coordinator of ELA and Literacy

Quincy Public Schools, Massachusetts

Language Studio: Multilingual and English language learner support

Language Studio is Amplify CKLA’s dedicated K–5 program for multilingual and English language learners. Through daily 30-minute lessons, it strengthens reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills while reinforcing core instruction. This tailored support empowers students to confidently access grade-level content as they develop academic English.

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Curriculum Maps

Amplify CKLA serves

150,000+

Classrooms

4,000,000+

Students

50

U.S. States and D.C.

Amplify Caminos program overview

¡El futuro es bilingüe! | The future is bilingual!

Amplify Caminos is a research-based core curriculum essential for Spanish literacy and grounded in the Science of Reading.

View our Caminos Program Guide to find our approach to foundational skills by year, skills practice with student readers and writing, and how Caminos supports teachers meeting the needs of all students with embedded differentiation.

Download Caminos Program Guide

Amplify Caminos offers a robust and authentic elementary Spanish language arts program for grades K–5 that promotes
biliteracy and helps teachers inspire students as they become confident readers, writers, and thinkers in Spanish.

Amplify Caminos offers a robust and authentic elementary Spanish language arts program for grades K–5 that promotes
biliteracy and helps teachers inspire students as they become confident readers, writers, and thinkers in Spanish.

View the video below to learn more about Amplify Caminos. 

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Using the program’s two strands, Caminos Conocimiento and Caminos Lectoescritura, teachers develop student
comprehension in Spanish through a program rich in background knowledge and foundational skills activities. The texts students encounter include authentic Spanish literature that honor Spanish language development and build diverse content knowledge in social studies, science, literature, and the arts.

Amplify Caminos is designed to support a variety of bilingual and dual language instructional models to meet your student’s biliteracy needs. Combined with its English language partner, Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA), Amplify Caminos provides a comprehensive biliteracy solution.

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Amplify Caminos delivers rich, authentic experiences.

With a robust digital experience and expanding library of online materials, Amplify Caminos provides everything needed to support, challenge, and engage your students. From digital Teacher Guides to lesson projectables, we provide all the tools needed to successfully deliver every lesson.

How Amplify Caminos works with Amplify CKLA

Through direct instruction, both Amplify Caminos and Amplify CKLA develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in their respective languages. Together, the programs empower educators to effectively foster biliteracy with:

  • Intentional knowledge building that connects topics throughout the program.
  • Increased metalinguistic awareness from students exploring the similarities and differences in each language while strengthening their knowledge across both.
  • Equitable instruction using high-quality Spanish and English decodable readers that provide students with opportunities to apply skills learned, and foster each students’ growing competency in reading.
“There were other programs that claimed to be [based on the] Science of Reading, but no other vendor provided the suite of products together. We did not want to be picking from here, picking from there. [Amplify’s literacy suite] met our needs, because it aligned and provided us the best suite of products, hands down.”

Nicole Peterson, Principal, Midway Middle School

Sampson County Schools, North Carolina

Demo Access

Explore the CKLA Teacher Digital Resources

First, watch the quick navigation video to the right. Then, follow the directions below.

  • Go to: learning.amplify.com or click the Access CKLA Teacher Digital button below
  • Select Log in with Amplify.
  • Enter this username: t1.salem_keizer_3e_cam@demo.tryamplify.net
  • Enter this password: Amplify1-salem_keizer_3e_cam
  • Click the CKLA button
  • Select your desired grade level from the Program drop down
Access CKLA Teacher Digital

Follow the directions below to access the Student Resource Site:

  • Go to: learning.amplify.com or click the Access CKLA Student Digital button below
  • Select Log in with Amplify.
  • Enter this username: s1.salem_keizer_3e_cam@demo.tryamplify.net
  • Enter this password: Amplify1-salem_keizer_3e_cam
  • From the main page, click the backpack in the top right corner.
  • Click on the grade level to select your desired grade.
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A digital experience exclusively for Amplify CKLA 2nd Edition

Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) 2nd Edition’s top-rated content is available with a digital experience that enhances instruction and saves time. With everything you need in one place, this platform makes it easier and more engaging to plan lessons, present digital content, and review student work.

Information on this page relates to Amplify CKLA 2nd Edition. Access Amplify CKLA 3rd Edition here.

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Simplify planning and instruction

With the digital experience, teachers have access to ready-to-use and customizable lesson presentation slides, complete with all the prompts from the print Teacher Guide embedded in the teacher view. As teachers deliver each lesson, students can engage with the content in one cohesive experience—through these CKLA resources: Activity Books, slides, digital components, videos, Student Readers, and more.

Get real-time insights into your students’ work

The innovative live review tool found in the digital experience enables you to keep an eye on all of your students as they work on drawing, recording audio, uploading and capturing images, and typing or writing in pre-placed textboxes in their Activity Pages. This dynamic tool provides countless classroom management benefits, enabling you to spot and correct common mistakes as they’re happening, praise your students for thoughtful work, and identify students who are not engaged in the task at hand. Simply put, it will give you those valuable “eyes in the back of your head” you’ve warned your students about!

Learning Management System integrations

The digital experience integrates with various LMSs, allowing you and your students to access Amplify CKLA with the software you’re already comfortable using.

Engage your students with one easy-to-use access point

In the Amplify CKLA student digital experience, your students have one intuitive access point to fully engage with classroom instruction. Through the Student Home, students can easily access digital lessons with slides, Activity Pages, ebooks, videos, and other interactives from one simple dashboard. Students can draw, record audio, upload and capture images, and type or write in pre-placed text boxes in their Activity Pages.

Prepare for Amplify professional development

When you grow, your students grow.  

Whether you are implementing Amplify programs for the first time or strengthening instructional practices, our goal is to support your professional growth and help all students succeed.

Feel prepared and ready to grow with us.

This site provides session preparation guidance, the agenda and objectives for all Prepare, Begin and Practice sessions. The Prepare sessions are denoted as such. The Begin and Practice sessions are listed by product type – core, assessment and supplemental. All state-specific training is found in its own section.

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Onsite session preparation

Do you have an upcoming onsite PD session? Do you need to know what your participants should bring to their session or what should be provided in the training space? Click ‘learn more’ below for detailed information on how to prepare for your onsite session.

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Amplify resource hub webinar library

Remote session preparation

Do you have an upcoming remote PD session? Do you need to know what your participants should have at their session or how to set up a remote session? Click ‘learn more’ below for detailed information on how to prepare for your remote session.

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Prepare session agendas

Launch

Build your Knowledge of Math Problem-Based Learning (90 min)

Deepen your Knowledge of Math Problem-Based Learning (3 hour) 

Launch

Build your Knowledge of Science of Reading (90 min)

Deepen your Knowledge of Science of Reading (3 hour)

Multiliterate learners

  • Build your knowledge of multiliterate learners (90 min)     K–5
  • Deepen your knowledge of multiliterate learners (3 hour)     K–5

Core: Launch and Strengthen session agendas

Select your program to preview a session agenda and any other session specific preparation steps for participants.

Launch

Initial training (6 hours)

  • Initial training for teachers    K–2    3–5
  • Skills Strand initial training for teachers    K–2
  • Knowledge Strand initial training for teachers    K–2

Program overview (3 hours) 

  • Program overview for teachers    K–2    3–5
  • Skills Strand program overview for teachers    K–2
  • Knowledge Strand program overview for teachers    K–2
  • Program overview for leaders     K–5

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

  • Enhancing planning for teachers    K–2    3–5
  • Enhancing practice for teachers    K–2    3–5
  • Writing    K–2    3–5
    • Note: teachers should bring a recent class set of student writing samples from the Amplify curriculum to this session. 

Focus (1 hour)

  • Student engagement    K–5
  • Supporting all learners    K–5
  • Pacing    K–5

Launch

Initial training (6 hours) 

  • Initial training for teachers    PreK    K–2    3–5
  • Skills Strand initial training for teachers    K–2
  • Knowledge Strand initial training for teachers    K–2

Program overview (3 hours) 

  • Program overview for teachers    PreK    K–2    3–5
  • Skills Strand program overview for teachers   K–2
  • Knowledge Strand program overview for teachers    K–2
  • Program overview for leaders    PreK–5

CKLA Writing Studio (3 hours)

  • Writing Studio companion training for teachers    K–5

CKLA Language Studio (3 hours)

  • Language Studio companion training for teachers    K–2    3–5

CKLA 2nd Edition to 3rd Edition Transition Training (1 hour)

  • Transition Training for Teachers     K–2     3–5
  • Skills Strand Transition Training for Teachers     K–2
  • Knowledge Strand Transition Training for Teachers     K–2

Grade 3 Skills (1 hour)

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

  • Enhancing planning for teachers    PreK    K–2    3–5
  • Enhancing practice for teachers    K–2    3–5
  • Maximizing impact: Data-informed remediation with the ARG    K–2
    • Note: teachers should bring a recent set of graded class data from an Amplify benchmark or end-of-unit assessment to this session.
  • Maximizing impact: Data-informed remediation with the ARG/DERG    3–5
  • Writing    K–2    3–5
    • Note: teachers should bring a recent class set of student writing samples from the Amplify curriculum to this session. 
  • Enhancing observations for leaders    K–5

Focus (1 hour)

  • Student engagement    K–5
  • Supporting all learners    K–5
  • Pacing    K–5

Launch

Initial training (6 hours) 

  • Initial training for teachers    K–2    3–5
  • Skills Strand initial training for teachers    K–2
  • Knowledge Strand initial training for teachers    K–2

Program overview (3 hours) 

  • Program overview for teachers     K–2    3–5
  • Skills Strand program overview for teachers    K–2
  • Knowledge Strand program overview for teachers    K–2
  • Program overview for leaders     K–5

CKLA 2nd Edition to 3rd Edition Transition Training (1 hour)

  • Transition Training for Teachers     K–2     3–5
  • Skills Strand Transition Training for Teachers     K–2
  • Knowledge Strand Transition Training for Teachers     K–2

Grade 3 Skills (1 hour)

Supplemental training for teachers

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

  • Enhancing planning for teachers    K–2    3–5
  • Enhancing practice for teachers    K–2    3–5
  • Maximizing impact: Data-informed remediation with the ARG    K–2
  • Maximizing impact: Data-informed remediation with the ARG/DERG    3–5
  • Enhancing observations for leaders    K–5

Focus (1 hour)

  • Student engagement    K–5
  • Supporting all learners    K–5
  • Pacing    K–5

Launch

Initial training (6 hours) 

  • Initial training for teachers    K–2    3–5
  • Skills Strand initial training for teachers    K–2
  • Knowledge Strand initial training for teachers    K–2

Program overview (3 hours) 

  • Program overview for leaders    PreK–5

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

  • Enhancing planning for teachers    K–2    3–5
  • Enhancing practice for teachers    K–2    3–5
  • Writing for teachers     K–2     3–5

Focus (1 hour)

  • Student engagement    K–5
  • Supporting all learners     K–5
  • Pacing     K–5

Launch

Initial training (6 hours) 

  • Initial training for teachers     6–8

Program overview (3 hours) 

  • Program overview for teachers    6–8
  • Program overview for leaders    6–8

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

  • Enhancing planning for teachers    6–8
  • Enhancing practice for teachers    6–8
  • Writing: Improving through feedback    6–8
  • Supporting all learners    6–8
  • Data-informed instruction    6–8
  • Enhancing observations for leaders    6–8

Focus (1 hour)

  • Teaching with print and digital    6–8
  • Lesson planning    6–8
  • Pacing    6–8
  • Increasing student engagement    6–8
  • Grading and assessment    6–8

Launch

Initial training (6 hours)

Program Overview (3 hours) 

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

Focus (1 hour)

Launch

Initial training (6 hours)

  • Initial training for teachers     K–5     6–A1

Program overview (3 hours) 

Transition training (1 hour) 

  • Desmos Math to Amplify Desmos Math transition training for teachers    6–A1

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

Focus (1 hour)

  • Snapshots in the Teacher Dashboard     6–A1
  • Teaching a lesson with Digital Student Screens     K–5
  • Unit-level planning    K–5      6–A1      High School

Launch

Initial training (6 hours) 

  • Initial training for teachers    K–5    6–8

Program overview (3 hours) 

  • Program overview for teachers    TK    K–5    6–8
  • Program overview for leaders    K–5    6–8

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

Focus (1 hour)

  • Enhancing the digital experience    K–5
  • Planning with the Coherence Flowchart    K–8
  • Planning an Amplify Science lesson    K–8
  • Supporting diverse learners: exploring the resources    K–8
  • Supporting diverse learners: teacher modeling and student discourse    K–8
  • Supporting diverse learners: multimodal instruction    K–8
  • Analyzing student work    K–8
    • Note: teachers should bring a recent set of student work samples from an Amplify Science assessment to this session. 
  • Unit kit materials and prep    K–8
  • Grading with Amplify Science    K–8

Core: Coaching options

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Coaching session agenda options

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Coach PLC session topic menu

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Coaching session agenda options

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Coaching session agenda options

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Coach PLC session topic menu

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Coaching session agenda options

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Coach PLC session topic menu

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Coaching session agenda options

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Coach PLC session topic menu

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Note: this resource will only be needed if your coaching session agenda includes a PLC or grade level meeting. 

Coaching session agenda options

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Coach PLC session topic menu

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Note: this resource will only be needed if your coaching session agenda includes a PLC or grade level meeting. 

Coaching session agenda options

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Coach PLC session topic menu

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Note: this resource will only be needed if your coaching session agenda includes a PLC or grade level meeting. 

Assessment and intervention: Launch and Strengthen session agendas

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Launch

Administration and instruction essentials (6 hours) 

Administration and scoring training (3 hours) 

Administration and reporting training (3 hours)

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

Focus (1 hour)  

Launch

Administration and instruction essentials (6 hours) 

Administration and scoring training (3 hours) 

Administration and reporting training (3 hours)

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

Focus (1 hour)  

Launch

Administration and instruction essentials (6 hours) 

Administration and reporting training (3 hours)

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

Focus (1 hour)  

Launch

Program overview (3 hours) 

Program overview (3 hours) 

Launch

Program overview + DIBELS 8th Edition Administration and scoring training (6 hours) 

Initial training + DIBELS 8th Edition Administration and scoring training (9 hours) 

Launch

Asset-based assessment training (3 hours)

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

Focus (1 hour)

Assessment and Intervention: Coaching options

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Coaching session agenda options

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Coach PLC session topic menu

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Note: this resource will only be needed if your coaching session agenda includes a PLC or grade level meeting. 

Coaching session agenda options

Use this resource as a reference for building a coaching session agenda.

Coach PLC session topic menu

Use this resource as a menu of possible topics to choose from for a PLC or grade level meeting.

Note: this resource will only be needed if your coaching session agenda includes a PLC or grade level meeting. 

Coaching session agenda options

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Coach PLC session topic menu

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Note: this resource will only be needed if your coaching session agenda includes a PLC or grade level meeting. 

Boost: Launch and Strengthen session agendas

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Launch

Getting started (2 hours)  

Strengthen

Focus (1 hour)

Launch

Getting started (2 hours)

Launch

Getting started (2 hours)

Launch

Getting started (2 hours)

Launch

Getting started (2 hours) 

Strengthen

Focus (1 hour)  

Launch

Getting started (2 hours) 

Strengthen

Focus (1 hour)

Online course outlines

mCLASS

mCLASS Lectura

Boost Reading

  • Getting started for teachers: Online course   K–5     6–8

mCLASS DIBELS 8th Edition

mCLASS Lectura

State-specific session agendas

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Launch

Initial training (6 hours) 

  • Initial training for teachers       K–2    3–5    6–8
  • Skills strand initial training for teachers    K–2
  • Knowledge strand initial training for teachers    K–2

Program overview (3 hours)

  • Program overview for teachers    K–2    3–5    6–8
  • Program overview for leaders    K–5    6–8
  • Skills strand program overview for teachers   K–2
  • Knowledge strand program overview for teachers    K–2

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours) 

  • Enhancing planning for teachers                    K–2     3–5     6–8
  • Enhancing practice for teachers                      K–2     3–5    6–8
  • Writing     K–2     3–5    6–8
  • Enhancing observations for leaders                    K–5    6–8
  • Supporting all learners for 6–8 teachers              6–8
  • Data informed instruction    6–8

Focus (1 hour)

  • Student engagement     K–5    6–8
  • Supporting all learners     K–5
  • Pacing     K–5    6–8
  • Teaching with print and digital    6–8
  • Lesson planning    6–8
  • Grading and assessment    6–8

Coach

K–5

Use this resource as a menu of possible topics to choose from for a PLC or grade level meeting.

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6–8

Use this resource as a menu of possible topics to choose from for a PLC or grade level meeting.

Note: this resource will only be needed if your coaching session agenda includes a PLC or grade level meeting.

Launch

Initial training (6 hours) 

  • Initial training for teachers    K–2    3–5
  • Skills strand initial training for teachers    K–2
  • Knowledge strand initial training for teachers    K–2

Program overview (3 hours) 

  • Program overview for teachers    K–2    3–5
  • Skills strand program overview for teachers    K–2
  • Knowledge strand program overview for teachers    K–2

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours) 

  • Enhancing planning for teachers     K–2     3–5
  • Enhancing practice for teachers     K–2     3–5
  • Writing     K–2     3–5

Focus (1 hour)

  • Student engagement     K–5
  • Supporting all learners     K–5
  • Pacing     K–5

Launch

Initial training (6 hours) 

  • Initial training for teachers     K–2     3–5
  • Skills strand initial training for teachers    K–2
  • Knowledge strand initial training for teachers    K–2

Program overview (3 hours)

  • Program overview for leaders    K–5

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours) 

  • Enhancing planning for teachers        K–2     3–5
  • Enhancing practice for teachers        K–2     3–5
  • Writing     K–2     3–5

Focus (1 hour)

  • Student engagement     K–5
  • Supporting all learners     K–5
  • Pacing     K–5

Coach

K–5

Use this resource as a menu of possible topics to choose from for a PLC or grade level meeting.

Note: this resource will only be needed if your coaching session agenda includes a PLC or grade level meeting. 

Launch

Initial training (6 hours) 

  • Initial training for teachers    K–2    3–5

Program overview (3 hours) 

  • Program overview for teachers    K–2    3–5
  • Program overview for leaders    K–5

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours) 

  • Enhancing planning for teachers     K–2     3–5
  • Enhancing practice for teachers     K–2     3–5
  • Writing     K–2     3–5
  • Maximizing Impact: data-informed remediation with the ARG for teachers    K–2     3–5
  • Enhancing observations for leaders     K–5

Launch

Initial training (6 hours) 

  • Initial training for teachers    K–2    3–5

Launch

Initial training (6 hours) 

  • Initial training for teachers    6–8

Program overview (3 hours)

  • Program overview for teachers    6–8
  • Program overview for leaders    6–8

Launch

Administration and instruction essentials (6 hours) 

Administration and scoring training (3 hours) 

Administration and reporting training (3 hours) 

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours) 

Focus (1 hour) 

Launch

Administration and instruction essentials (6 hours) 

Administration and scoring training (3 hours) 

Administration and reporting training (3 hours) 

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours) 

Focus (1 hour) 

Launch

Administration and instruction essentials (6 hours) 

Administration and reporting training (3 hours) 

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours) 

Launch

Administration and instruction essentials (6 hours) 

Administration and scoring training (3 hours) 

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

Launch

Getting started (2 hours) 

  • Getting started for teachers    K–5    6–8
  • Getting started for leaders    K–5

Strengthen

Focus (1 hour)

  • Maximizing data for teachers     K–5     6–8

Launch

Administration and instruction essentials (6 hours)

Administration and scoring training (3 hours) 

Strengthen

Strengthen (3 hours)

Focus (1 hour)

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Welcome to Amplify Desmos Math California!

California educators, welcome to math that motivates. Introducing Amplify Desmos Math California, a new, curiosity-driven TK–12 program that builds lifelong math proficiency. Each lesson poses problems that invite a variety of approaches before guiding students to synthesize their understanding of the learning goals. Students encounter math problems they are eager to solve; teachers spend more time where it’s most impactful: creating a collaborative classroom of learners.

Scroll to learn more about the program and explore sample materials.

About the program

Amplify Desmos Math California is a TK–12 core math program designed to meet the CA Math Framework and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Offered in English and Spanish, Amplify Desmos Math California thoughtfully combines conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application through a structured approach to problem-based learning. Through engaging activities, Amplify Desmos Math California invites curiosity and math discourse into the classroom to create lifelong math proficiency.

Please scroll to learn more about the K–8 program and explore sample materials. (TK and high school materials are in development and will be available soon.)

A powerful math suite

Amplify Desmos Math California combines the best of assessment, problem-based core lessons, personalized practice, and intervention into a coherent and engaging experience for both students and teachers.

Laptop displaying a math problem interface with student assessment reports in the background.

Assessment

mCLASS benchmark assessments, along with daily formative checks, measure not only what students know, but also how they think. The asset-based assessment system provides teachers with targeted, actionable insights, linked to core instruction and intervention resources. Unit- and lesson-level core assessments give teachers data at their fingertips to guide and differentiate instruction. In grades 3–8, core assessments and performance tasks are designed to prepare students for success on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) testing.

Core instruction

Amplify Desmos Math California core lessons pair problems students are eager to solve with clear instructional moves for teachers. Each lesson is designed to tell a story by posing problems that invite a variety of approaches before guiding students to synthesize their understanding of the learning goals. With built-in differentiation and Multilingual / English Learner support, Amplify Desmos Math California will allow every student to find success in the math classroom.

An educational game screen with a worm on a log and numbered blocks. Adjacent is a worksheet titled "Finding the Missing Pair" with instructions and incomplete equations.
A digital educational screen showing a math problem about converting meters to centimeters. It involves a diving toy sinking 5 meters into a pool. Text prompts users to input the conversion.

Personalized learning

Boost Personalized Learning activities help students access grade-level math through engaging, independent digital practice. Responsive Feedback adjusts to students’ work, providing item-level adaptivity to further support their learning.

Intervention

Integrated resources like Mini-Lessons, Fluency Practice, and Math Adventures provide targeted intervention on a specific concept or skill connected to the daily lesson. Extensions are also available to stretch students’ understanding.

Two pages of a math workbook displaying exercises on determining coordinates after rotation. The pages include diagrams, tables, and practice problems.
Network diagram with interconnected nodes labeled: Measure and Compare Objects, Represent Data, Dollars and Cents, Problem Solving with Measure, Skip Counting to 100, Number Strategies, Squares in an Array, Seeing Fraction in Shapes.

Big Ideas

The CA Mathematics Framework encourages a shift from power standards to thinking about math as a series of connected Big Ideas. Each Amplify Desmos Math California lesson supports one or more Big Ideas and the connections between Big Ideas. The grade-level diagram changes through the course based on the math concepts being addressed.

Focus, coherence, and rigor

Each lesson highlights why the content being covered is important, how students will engage with the mathematics, and what students will do with the learning. Our lesson opener helps teachers understand the most important concepts of the lesson, and includes the Drivers of Investigation (DI), Content Connections (CC), and Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP) that drive learning in each lesson.

An educational slide on addition story problems, detailing goals for solving problems, language goals, and strategies using equal expressions, tens and ones, and number sense.
A screen titled "Match the Score" with a 2D target graph showing various scores. Instructions request four ordered pairs to total 400. Four pairs are listed: (4, 2), (7, 4), (7, 6), (10, 6). A "Try again" button is shown.

Built-in authentic tasks

Mathematics is not learning in isolation. Students are connected to each other’s thinking and can use math to understand the world. With accessible invitations to authentic tasks, all students can experience mathematical success. Amplify Desmos Math California provides these authentic invitations in a variety of ways:

Each unit begins with an “Explore” lesson, which allows students to engage with authentic exploration in low-floor, high-ceiling tasks. These tasks are designed in such a way that all students can access the basic mathematical concepts, but they also offer possibilities for advanced exploration and problem-solving for those ready for more complex work, promoting an inclusive and differentiated learning environment.

Our innovative course-level investigations are designed to facilitate multipart exploration. Students grapple with Big Ideas, diving deep into key concepts that encourage comprehensive understanding. Data science is infused into the approach, equipping students with a strong foundation in interpreting and applying data-driven solutions. The Environmental Principles and Concepts (EP&Cs) are also a focus of our investigations, enabling students to understand and appreciate the coherence and interrelationship of Earth’s environmental systems.

A focus on multilingual and English learners

Children sitting at desks in a classroom with a large illustrated caterpillar on the wall. Beside them are printed educational materials labeled “Amplify Desmos Math” and “Ying’s Aquarium Story.”.

In building Amplify Desmos Math California, we partnered with the English Learner Success Forum (ELSF) to provide guidance on our multilingual/English learner support for teachers. ELSF is a national nonprofit organization that advocates for high-quality instructional materials that are inclusive of multilingual learners. ELSF’s guiding documents reflect research-based instructional strategies that are critical to curriculum design and were created by researchers, linguists, and practitioners from across the country. ELSF reviewed our materials and provided directional guidance and feedback to ensure that the program fully supports multilingual/English learners.

A component of our K–5 curriculum is the engaging unit stories that interweave mathematics with real-life situations and relatable narratives. These unit stories are specifically crafted to inspire curiosity and foster a deep connection between the learner and the math concepts being explored. This unique approach not only makes learning fun and interesting, but also allows our young learners to see themselves in the math.

To help students grow their domain-specific and academic vocabulary, Amplify Desmos Math California provides embedded vocabulary routines, such as prompting teachers to use a Frayer Model. These routines allow students to make connections to new language and offer repeated opportunities to develop and refine language.

Amplify Desmos Math California recognizes the diverse language needs of our students and is designed to be inclusive. Each lesson in the program features a parallel language activity, designed to be available to all students, in the form of teacher guidance and student activities. The activities in the Math Language Development Resource has leveled ELD (Emerging, Expanding, Bridging) differentiation to support all levels of Multilingual and English Learners. This approach ensures that all students, regardless of their language skills, can participate fully, grasp the material, and excel in their mathematical journey.

Uploaded digital glossary for languages other than Spanish. Up to nine languages of translations will be provided for.

Amplify Desmos Math California will include support resources for Spanish-speaking students across TK–Algebra 1/Integrated I beginning in the 20262027 school year.

A computer displays an educational activity about measuring platform heights. A notebook page is layered behind it, with a colorful hamster-themed illustration.

K–5 sample materials

Click the links in the drop-down sections below to explore sample materials from each grade. 

For helpful navigation tips and more program information, download the Amplify Desmos Math Program Guide.

You can also watch a product expert walk through a lesson and the available program components.

Screenshot of a kindergarten curriculum outline featuring units like Math in Our World, Numbers 1-10, Positions and Shapes, Understanding Addition, Making 10, and Shapes All Around Us. This comprehensive program utilizes New York Math standards to build foundational skills.
Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Kindergarten Amplify Desmos Math California.

Cover of Amplify Desmos Math Grade K Teacher Edition featuring three children playing with math-related objects and a group of rabbits sitting nearby, aligning with the engaging curriculum seen in New York math classrooms.
Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Counting and Comparing Objects.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math California has student print materials and digital recommendations.

Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math: Student Edition Kindergarten," featuring an illustration of three children playing with math-related toys. A group of small white animals, possibly hamsters, play nearby. The scene brilliantly captures the joy of New York math exploration for young learners.
Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math Grade K Centers Resources" featuring a large, stylized red and pink "C" on a light pink background with simple geometric designs. This distinctive cover complements New York math curriculums with its engaging visual elements.
Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math: Grade K." The title is displayed with a geometric "I" illustration in the center. Subtitle reads "Intervention and Extension Resources" on a pink and white background, ideal for New York math standards.
Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

Illustration of a bear choosing a path with more mushrooms. Activity book page titled "A Furry Feast" with groups of objects to compare quantities.

In this lesson, students apply their understanding of how to compare groups of images as they determine which group has more or fewer and then compare their strategies by guiding a bear through a path that has more mushrooms than the other.

A clear plastic box contains various math manipulatives, including counting cubes, geometric shapes, rulers, and dice, displayed outside the box.
Hands-on manipulative kit

An optional add-on to your Amplify Desmos Math California program, the manipulative kit provides hands-on learning tools designed to simplify and illustrate complex mathematical concepts.

Grade 1 math curriculum overview displaying six units with instructional and assessment days: counting, addition, subtraction, numbers to 10, comparing numbers, measuring length, and geometry—aligned with the New York Math standards.
Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 1 Amplify Desmos Math California.

Children interact with math activities on a large tablet while observing fish illustrations. The text reads "Amplify Desmos Math Grade 1 Teacher Edition, aligned with New York Math standards.
Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Story Problems in Maui.

A digital educational activity showing a math problem about leaves on a kalo plant with a related worksheet on plant growth.
Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math California has student print materials and digital recommendations.

Illustration of three children engaged in math activities from the "Amplify Desmos Math: Student Edition 1" textbook. One child holds a number card, while the others manipulate counters and images, experiencing an exciting approach inspired by New York math techniques.
Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

Interactive math activity for kids featuring a frog and number line for subtraction problems, asking to find differences to locate bugs.

In this lesson, students find differences when subtracting 1 and 2 from the same number by helping a frog reach a lily pad where it can eat a bug.

A clear plastic box contains various math manipulatives, including counting cubes, geometric shapes, rulers, and dice, displayed outside the box.
Hands-on manipulative kit

An optional add-on to your Amplify Desmos Math California program, the manipulative kit provides hands-on learning tools designed to simplify and illustrate complex mathematical concepts.

A curriculum overview for Grade 2 in New York Math displaying 8 units, including topics like comparisons, addition, subtraction, and geometric shapes, with details on the number of instructional and assessment days. This plan integrates resources from Amplify Desmos Math to enrich learning experiences.
Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 2 Amplify Desmos Math California.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Adding and Subtracting.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math California has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

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Students continue to develop fluency by finding the number that makes 10 by helping a millipede reach its favorite food – a clump of leaves!

A clear plastic box contains various math manipulatives, including counting cubes, geometric shapes, rulers, and dice, displayed outside the box.
Hands-on manipulative kit

An optional add-on to your Amplify Desmos Math California program, the manipulative kit provides hands-on learning tools designed to simplify and illustrate complex mathematical concepts.

An educational curriculum outline for Grade 3 with seven units covering various mathematics topics, including multiplication, shapes, fractions, and measurement. Suggested instructional days are provided. The New York Math approach ensures a thorough understanding of each concept.
Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 3 Amplify Desmos Math California.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Concepts of Area Measurement.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math California has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

Activity sheets showing a bar graph and a table for counting animal stickers: 7 rabbits, 5 raccoons, and 2 foxes. Includes instructions for arranging data points on a graph.

Students compare data represented on bar graphs with different scales by using animal stickers to create scaled bar graphs.

A clear plastic box contains various math manipulatives, including counting cubes, geometric shapes, rulers, and dice, displayed outside the box.
Hands-on manipulative kit

An optional add-on to your Amplify Desmos Math California program, the manipulative kit provides hands-on learning tools designed to simplify and illustrate complex mathematical concepts.

A course outline for Algebra 1 with 8 units, each detailing the number of instructional and optional days. The total suggested instructional days are 144 and 28 optional days, aligning with New York Math standards.
Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 4 Amplify Desmos Math California.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Size and Location of Fractions.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math California has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

Cover of the "Amplify Desmos Math" Grade 4 Centers Resources book, featuring a large, stylized blue letter "C" on a light blue background. This essential resource for New York math educators ensures engaging and effective instruction.
Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math, Grade 4: Intervention and Extension Resources," featuring a geometric illustration and a blue and orange color scheme inspired by New York math standards.
Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

An educational activity displays a drag-and-drop task to determine platform heights using tube lengths, showing a room scene and instructions on a digital interface.

Students choose tube lengths to connect to platform heights for hamster homes, identifying possible heights using what they know about multiples.

A clear plastic box contains various math manipulatives, including counting cubes, geometric shapes, rulers, and dice, displayed outside the box.
Hands-on manipulative kit

An optional add-on to your Amplify Desmos Math California program, the manipulative kit provides hands-on learning tools designed to simplify and illustrate complex mathematical concepts.

A Grade 5 curriculum scope and sequence chart with units covering volume, fractions, multiplication, shapes, place value, and measurement. Each unit lists instructional and assessment days to amplify Desmos Math activities.
Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 5 Amplify Desmos Math California.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Fractions as Quotients.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math California has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

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Students decompose a figure into rectangular prisms and determine the volume of the figure by adding the volumes of the individual prisms.

A clear plastic box contains various math manipulatives, including counting cubes, geometric shapes, rulers, and dice, displayed outside the box.
Hands-on manipulative kit

An optional add-on to your Amplify Desmos Math California program, the manipulative kit provides hands-on learning tools designed to simplify and illustrate complex mathematical concepts.

6–A1 sample materials

Click the links in the drop-down sections below to explore sample materials from each grade. 

For helpful navigation tips and more program information, download the Amplify Desmos Math Program Guide.

You can also watch a product expert walk through a lesson and the available program components.

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An educational document titled "Scope and Sequence" for Grade 6 math, designed in collaboration with Amplify Desmos Math, outlining six units with instructional and optional days for topics such as fractions, integers, and expressions.
Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 6 Amplify Desmos Math California.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from three sub-units on this site: Unit 1, Sub-Unit 1: Area; Unit 3, Sub-Unit 1: Units and Measurement; and Unit 6, Sub-Unit 1: Solving Equations.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math California has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

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Students use equations and tape diagrams to represent seesaw situations and to determine unknown animal weights, helping them make connections between diagrams that represent equations of the form `x+p=q` or `px=q`.

A clear plastic storage box filled with educational math manipulatives, including colorful blocks, shapes, measuring tools, and counting cubes displayed outside the box.
Hands-on manipulative kit

An optional add-on to your Amplify Desmos Math California program, the manipulative kit provides hands-on learning tools designed to simplify and illustrate complex mathematical concepts.

A Grade 7 math curriculum outline, featuring units on scale drawings, proportional relationships, measuring circles, rational numbers, operations, equations, angles, area, and probability with sequencing and days allocated. Perfectly aligned with Amplify Desmos Math for New York Math standards.
Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 7 Amplify Desmos Math California.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from three sub-units on this site: Unit 1, Sub-Unit 1: Scaled Copies; Unit 4, Sub-Unit 1: Percentages as Proportional Relationships; and Unit 6, Sub-Unit 1: Equations and Tape Diagrams.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math California has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

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Students solve inequalities with positive and negative coefficients to solve a variety of challenges featuring a fictional sheep who eats grass according to an inequality.

A clear plastic storage box filled with educational math manipulatives, including colorful blocks, shapes, measuring tools, and counting cubes displayed outside the box.
Hands-on manipulative kit

An optional add-on to your Amplify Desmos Math California program, the manipulative kit provides hands-on learning tools designed to simplify and illustrate complex mathematical concepts.

Grade 8 math curriculum chart featuring 9 units, such as Rigid Transformations and Congruence, with Suggested Instructional days. Each unit outlines instructional days, assessment days, and optional days—complemented by insights from Amplify Desmos Math to enhance your New York math learning experience.
Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 7 Amplify Desmos Math California.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from three sub-units on this site: Unit 1, Sub-Unit 1: Rigid Transformations; Unit 3, Sub-Unit 2: Linear Relationships; and Unit 6, Sub-Unit 2: Analyzing Numerical Data.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math California has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

An educational worksheet on robots, featuring a graph with red, purple, and blue robot icons, and instructions for a warm-up activity.

Students connect points on a scatter plot with individuals in a population and rows of data in a table. The analysis of scatter plots continues with data about the eye distances and heights of robots.

A clear plastic storage box filled with educational math manipulatives, including colorful blocks, shapes, measuring tools, and counting cubes displayed outside the box.
Hands-on manipulative kit

An optional add-on to your Amplify Desmos Math California program, the manipulative kit provides hands-on learning tools designed to simplify and illustrate complex mathematical concepts.

A course outline for Algebra 1 with 8 units, each detailing the number of instructional and optional days. The total suggested instructional days are 144 and 28 optional days, aligning with New York Math standards.
Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Algebra 1 Amplify Desmos Math California.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from two complete sub-units on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Units 1–2: One-Variable Equations and Multi-Variable Equations.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math California has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Students represent the solutions of a situation using a table, a graph, and multiple forms of an equation to identify multiple combinations of blocks that can help Shelley the Snail cross a gap.

Contact us

For questions, samples, or more information, please contact your local Amplify Account Executive:

Erin King
Sales Director, CA
(512) 736-3162
eking@amplify.com

Northern CA
Wendy Garcia
Senior Account Executive
(510) 368-7666
wgarcia@amplify.com

Bay Area
Lance Burbank
Account Executive
(415) 830-5348
lburbank@amplify.com

Central Valley and Central Coast
Demitri Gonos
Senior Account Executive
(559) 355-3244
dgonos@amplify.com

Ventura and L.A. County
Jeff Sorenson
Associate Account Executive
(310) 902-1407
jsorenson@amplify.com

Orange and L.A. County
Lauren Sherman
Senior Account Executive
(949) 397-5766
lsherman@amplify.com

San Bernardino and L.A. County
Michael Gruber
Senior Account Executive
(951) 520-6542
migruber@amplify.com

Riverside and L.A. County
Brian Roy
Account Executive
(818) 967-1674
broy@amplify.com

San Diego County
Kirk Van Wagoner
Senior Account Executive
(760) 696-0709
kvanwagoner@amplify.com

Under 2300 students in Bay Area, Sacramento Valley, and Northern Counties
Kevin Mauser
Lead Account Executive
(815) 534-0148
kmauser@amplify.com

Under 2300 students in Southern CA, Central Coast, and Southern Central Valley Counties
Charissa Snyder
Account Executive
(720) 936-6802
chsnyder@amplify.com

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Welcome, California educators!

Thank you for taking the time to review Amplify’s complete early literacy system for TK–5.

Our curriculum, assessment, practice, and intervention solutions work in tandem to ensure classroom teachers have what they need to provide multi-tiered literacy support to every student.

On this site, you’ll find a variety of resources designed to support your review and evaluation, including links to sample materials, demo access, and additional materials.

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Complete literacy system

Strong core instruction is crucial–but in isolation, even that’s not enough. A truly effective literacy system needs to bring together assessment, core instruction, personalized practice, targeted intervention, and ongoing professional development.

Together with leading experts in reading instruction, Amplify has built a proven early literacy system grounded in the latest reading research and designed to ensure every student receives the multi-tiered support they need to grow as a reader. Our partners include:

  • The University of Oregon
  • Core Knowledge Foundation
  • Recognized language, literacy, and biliteracy experts such as Dr. Lillian Durán, Dr. Desiree Pallais, Dr. Catherine Snow, and others.
Read more about our Early Literacy Suite
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Assessment

Not only should an assessment systems include universal screening, dyslexia screening, diagnostic assessments, and progress monitoring, it must also be easy and efficient to administer, and provide classroom teachers with actionable data that guides instruction.

The mCLASS® Assessment System delivers all that and more!

When the DIBELS® 8th Edition assessment is paired with:

  • The Text Reading and Comprehension (TRC) assessment, teachers unlock the ability to record reading behaviors through running digital records.
  • The Vocabulary, Encoding, and Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) measures, teachers are empowered to screen for dyslexia risk.
  • mCLASS Lectura, teachers gain a holistic view of their students with biliteracy insights that support students in both English and Spanish.

Ready to learn more? Click the buttons below to review mCLASS with DIBELS 8th Edition with TRC and mCLASS Lectura.

mCLASS DIBELS 8 mCLASS Lectura

Core instruction

Core instruction should include explicit, systematic lessons in foundational skills and a coherent approach to building background knowledge, developing vocabulary, and reading complex text with confidence.

With Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts® (CKLA) and Amplify Caminos, all students have the opportunity to become strong readers, writers, speakers, and thinkers. Through a powerful combination of proven, evidence-based practices and engaging, interactive content, these core curricula enable students to develop a deep mastery of foundational skills as well as a robust knowledge base–both of which are necessary for accessing and comprehending complex texts.

Ready to learn more? Click the buttons below to review Amplify CKLA and Amplify Caminos.

Amplify CKLA Amplify Caminos

Personalized practice

Student needs are multidimensional, which is precisely why practice must be personalized and provide opportunities for remediation and acceleration across multiple dimensions.

Through its integration with mCLASS and Amplify CKLA, Boost Reading’s adaptive personalized pathway makes practice more purposeful and productive. mCLASS automatically places students on an adaptive path within Boost Reading, which provides them the exact practice they need. That very practice follows the same approach and scope and sequence as Amplify CKLA, which further reinforces the core instruction.

Ready to learn more? Click the button below to review Boost Reading.

Boost Reading

Targeted intervention

Getting students caught up on reading skills requires more than just “extra help” in small groups. It requires data-informed instruction focused directly on the specific skills each group needs to learn next.

mCLASS® Intervention is a staff-led reading intervention that does the heavy lifting of data analysis and lesson sequencing, freeing up teachers to teach the reading skills each student needs. mCLASS Intervention connects directly to mCLASS data, automatically groups students with similar needs, follows a research-based skills progression, includes ready-to-teach engaging lessons, and updates skill profiles and groups every ten days.

Ready to learn more? Click the button below to review mCLASS Intervention.

mCLASS Intervention

Review resources

Program-specific review resources can be found within each of the review microsites referenced above.

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Your California team

Looking to speak directly with your local representative? Get in touch with a California team member to learn more about our early literacy suite or request a demo account. Simply email HelloCalifornia@amplify.com or email a team member directly.

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Dan Pier

Vice President, West

(415) 203-4810

dpier@amplify.com

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Erin King

Sales Director

(512) 736-3162

eking@amplify.com

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NORTHERN CA

Wendy Garcia

Senior Account Executive

(510) 368-7666

wgarcia@amplify.com

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BAY AREA

Lisa Marinovich

Account Executive

(415) 830-5348

lburbank@amplify.com

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CENTRAL VALLEY and CENTRAL COAST

Demitri Gonos

Senior Account Executive

(559) 355-3244

dgonos@amplify.com

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VENTURA and L.A. COUNTIES

Jeff Sorenson

Associate Account Executive

(310) 902-1407

jsorenson@amplify.com

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ORANGE and L.A. COUNTIES

Lauren Sherman

Senior Account Executive

(949) 397-5766

lsherman@amplify.com

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SAN BERNARDINO and L.A. COUNTIES

Michael Gruber

Senior Account Executive

(951) 520-6542

migruber@amplify.com

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RIVERSIDE and L.A. COUNTIES

Brian Roy

Senior Account Executive

(818) 967-1674

broy@amplify.com

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SAN DIEGO COUNTIES

Kirk Van Wagoner

Senior Account Executive

(760) 696-0709

kvanwagoner@amplify.com

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BUTTE, DEL NORTE, HUMBOLDT, and SHASTA COUNTY and DISTRICTS UNDER 2250 ENROLLMENT

Kevin Mauser 

Lead Account Executive

(815) 534-0148

kmauser@amplify.com

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Welcome, Tigard-Tualatin School District, to the next chapter in the Science of Reading, with Amplify CKLA 3rd Edition!

Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts® (CKLA) is approved by the Oregon Department of Education. 

Truly built on the Science of Reading, Amplify CKLA helps Oregon teachers implement the Oregon English Language Arts and Literacy Standards by translating the science of reading into manageable, engaging, and effective classroom practices. For more than a decade, Amplify CKLA has transformed classrooms nationwide with its intentional knowledge building and systematic skills instruction.

Scroll down to learn how CKLA is uniquely designed to help all your students make learning leaps in literacy.

Download CKLA Program Guide
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Our approach

Improve outcomes with a program that’s built on a decade of research and meets the strongest ESSA Tier I criteria.

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Grounded in the Science of Reading

As the original Science of Reading program, Amplify CKLA puts research into action with explicit, systematic foundational skills instruction and a proven knowledge-building sequence. In collaboration with education experts and practitioners, we provide powerful resources that deliver real results.

Success stories

Background knowledge drives results

Amplify CKLA follows the Core Knowledge Sequence, a content-specific, cumulative, and coherent approach to knowledge building. This approach improves reading scores and closes achievement gaps by establishing a robust knowledge base that strengthens comprehension.

In Amplify CKLA 3rd Edition, we’ve enriched our Knowledge Sequence with a wider range of perspectives and high-quality texts in new and enhanced units.

See units and connections
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Build foundational skills for long-term success.

Students progress from simple to complex skill development starting with phonological and phonemic awareness. Instruction in Grades K–2 explicitly teaches the 150 spellings for the 44 sounds of English, following an intentional progression to ensure student success.

In our 3rd Edition, we’ve added dedicated Grade 3 foundational skills instruction that can either support core lessons or function as an intervention, based on student needs.

Skills by year

Daily writing deepens learning.

Grounded in the Science of Writing—the research on how kids learn to write—instruction is explicit, daily, and woven into the curriculum’s rich content. It covers both transcription (handwriting and spelling) and composition (organizing ideas into narratives) with high-impact activities like sentence-level combining and expanding, and pre-writing exercises. Writing and reading instruction are integrated so students simultaneously strengthen their communication skills, comprehension, and confidence.

See the Simple View of Writing
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High-quality, diverse texts

Amplify CKLA students are immersed in a variety of texts—complex read-alouds, decodable chapter books, trade books, and content-rich readers—that reflect varied experiences and connect to learning goals.

Readers are 100% decodable for Grades K–2, empowering students to directly apply what they’ve learned. Novel Study units for Grades 3–5 offer a mix of contemporary and classic literature, and Culminating Research Units in every grade include a set of authentic texts and trade books.

See Research Unit trade books

Reach all learners with differentiated support.

Scaffolds and challenges, developed in collaboration with education experts, make content accessible to every student—including multilingual and English learners. With strategies embedded right in the curriculum, teachers can deliver in-the-moment, individualized instruction to meet diverse student needs.

For a dedicated English language development program aligned to Amplify CKLA, explore Language Studio.

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What’s included with Amplify CKLA

The comprehensive resources in Amplify CKLA 3rd Edition support effective literacy instruction in every classroom.

Download CKLA Components Guide
Download CKLA Writing Brochure
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Easy-to-use teacher materials

Amplify CKLA teachers are empowered to deliver effective instruction with the following print and digital resources:

  • Teacher Guides (K–5)
  • Assessment Guides (K–5)
  • Authentic texts and trade books (K–5)
  • Knowledge Image Cards (K–2)
  • Knowledge Flip Books (K–2, digital)
  • Ready-made and customizable Presentation Screens (K–5, digital)
  • Remediation and intervention resources (K–5)
  • On-demand professional development (K–5, digital)

Immersive Amplify CKLA student resources

Amplify CKLA students stay engaged with the following print and digital resources:

  • Decodable readers (K–2)
  • Student Readers and novels (3–5)
  • Student Activity Books (K–5)
  • Poet’s Journal (3–5)
  • eReaders (K–5, digital)
  • Sound Library featuring articulation videos and songs (K–2, digital)
  • Skill-building practice games (K–5)
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Rich literary experiences

All the high-quality, diverse texts in Amplify CKLA connect to the curriculum, fostering your students’ curiosity and helping them learn to read with confidence.

  • Trade Book Collections (K–5) inspire student research in each grade’s Culminating Research Unit.
  • Classic and contemporary literature (3–5) delight students in Novel Study Units.
  • Increasingly complex Student Readers (K–5) develop students’ literacy across grades.

Hands-on phonics materials

Multisensory phonics and foundational skills resources engage students with fun, varied approaches that promote mastery and build independence.

  • Chaining Folders and Small Letter Cards (K)
  • Read-Aloud Big Books (K–1)
  • Large Letter Cards (K–2)
  • Sound Cards (K–2)
  • Image Cards (K–3)
  • Blending Picture Cards (K)
  • Consonant and Vowel Code Posters and Spelling Cards (1–2)
  • Sound Library (K–2, digital)
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All-in-one digital platform

Our comprehensive platform simplifies your day-to-day tasks and makes it easier to plan and deliver lessons.

  • Ready-made and customizable Presentation Screens
  • Auto-scored digital assessments
  • Standards-based reporting
  • Assignable skill-building games
  • Sound Library
  • eReaders

Professional development

Move beyond traditional program training with Amplify’s digital PD Library, designed to fully support your shift to the Science of Reading and Amplify CKLA. Deepen your understanding with:

  • Program and planning resources
  • Model lesson videos from real classrooms
  • Guidance on using Amplify’s literacy suite to provide multi-tiered support
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“Teachers love the ease of implementing the program, and students have fun while learning. Growth is evident in our data, and we have the support of Amplify experts who are available to answer questions and provide top-notch professional development.”

Bridget Vaughan, District K–8 Coordinator of ELA and Literacy

Quincy Public Schools, Massachusetts

Language Studio: Multilingual and English language learner support

Language Studio is Amplify CKLA’s dedicated K–5 program for multilingual and English language learners. Through daily 30-minute lessons, it strengthens reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills while reinforcing core instruction. This tailored support empowers students to confidently access grade-level content as they develop academic English.

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Curriculum Maps

Amplify CKLA serves

150,000+

Classrooms

4,000,000+

Students

50

U.S. States and D.C.

Amplify Caminos program overview

¡El futuro es bilingüe! | The future is bilingual!

Amplify Caminos is a research-based core curriculum essential for Spanish literacy and grounded in the Science of Reading.

View our Caminos Program Guide to find our approach to foundational skills by year, skills practice with student readers and writing, and how Caminos supports teachers meeting the needs of all students with embedded differentiation.

Download Caminos Program Guide

Amplify Caminos offers a robust and authentic elementary Spanish language arts program for grades K–5 that promotes
biliteracy and helps teachers inspire students as they become confident readers, writers, and thinkers in Spanish.

Using the program’s two strands, Caminos Conocimiento and Caminos Lectoescritura, teachers develop student
comprehension in Spanish through a program rich in background knowledge and foundational skills activities. The texts students encounter include authentic Spanish literature that honor Spanish language development and build diverse content knowledge in social studies, science, literature, and the arts.

Amplify Caminos is designed to support a variety of bilingual and dual language instructional models to meet your student’s biliteracy needs. Combined with its English language partner, Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA), Amplify Caminos provides a comprehensive biliteracy solution.

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Amplify Caminos delivers rich, authentic experiences.

With a robust digital experience and expanding library of online materials, Amplify Caminos provides everything needed to support, challenge, and engage your students. From digital Teacher Guides to lesson projectables, we provide all the tools needed to successfully deliver every lesson.

How Amplify Caminos works with Amplify CKLA

Through direct instruction, both Amplify Caminos and Amplify CKLA develop reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills in their respective languages. Together, the programs empower educators to effectively foster biliteracy with:

  • Intentional knowledge building that connects topics throughout the program.
  • Increased metalinguistic awareness from students exploring the similarities and differences in each language while strengthening their knowledge across both.
  • Equitable instruction using high-quality Spanish and English decodable readers that provide students with opportunities to apply skills learned, and foster each students’ growing competency in reading.
“There were other programs that claimed to be [based on the] Science of Reading, but no other vendor provided the suite of products together. We did not want to be picking from here, picking from there. [Amplify’s literacy suite] met our needs, because it aligned and provided us the best suite of products, hands down.”

Nicole Peterson, Principal, Midway Middle School

Sampson County Schools, North Carolina

Demo Access

Explore the CKLA Teacher Digital Resources

First, watch the quick navigation video to the right. Then, follow the directions below.

  • Go to: learning.amplify.com or click the Access CKLA Teacher Digital button below
  • Select Log in with Amplify.
  • Enter this username: t1.ttsd_ckla_caminos@demo.tryamplify.net
  • Enter this password: Amplify1-ttsd_ckla_caminos
  • Click the CKLA button
  • Select your desired grade level from the Program drop down
Access CKLA Teacher Digital

Follow the directions below to access the Student Resource Site:

  • Go to: learning.amplify.com or click the Access CKLA Student Digital button below
  • Select Log in with Amplify.
  • Enter this username: s1.ttsd_ckla_caminos@demo.tryamplify.net
  • Enter this password: Amplify1-ttsd_ckla_caminos
  • From the main page, click the backpack in the top right corner.
  • Click on the grade level to select your desired grade.
Access CKLA Student Digital

mCLASS® with DIBELS® 8th Edition is Washington approved!

mCLASS DIBELS 8th Edition and mCLASS Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN) helps teachers identify COVID-related learning loss and literacy needs firsthand through a quick five-minute assessment that can be done virtually or in person. What’s more, it helps teachers take immediate instructional action that’s right for each and every student.

Now that mCLASS has been approved by the Washington Department of Education and the Dyslexia Advisory Council, every district can confidently address student needs and meet the state’s dyslexia legislation.

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What is mCLASS?

mCLASS® DIBELS® 8th Edition and mCLASS RAN is an integrated, gold standard literacy system for grades K–6.

The mCLASS comprehensive system includes efficient one-minute measures, a built-in Enhanced Early Learning Measures screener, teacher-led and student-driven instruction, intervention, and robust reports for teachers and administrators.

With mCLASS, you can say goodbye to cobbling together tools and second guessing the results of other screeners.

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University of Oregon

Together with the University of Oregon (U of O), we have made the DIBELS® (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) assessment that you know and love more powerful and user-friendly than ever before.

As the only licensed provider of the digital DIBELS 8th Edition assessment, we make it faster and easier to understand where every student is in their early literacy journey. As an all-in-one universal and dyslexia screener, DIBELS 8th edition gives teachers actionable data with targeted instructional recommendations to ensure all students’ reading needs are met. To learn more about DIBELS 8th edition as a screener for reading difficulties, download the University of Oregon’s “Dyslexia Screening and DIBELS 8th Edition” whitepaper.

Why mCLASS?

It’s a single solution that meets all of the state’s requirements for Early Screening of Dyslexia.

  • It’s a universal early literacy and dyslexia screener with Enhanced Early Learning Measures and a diagnostic tool in one.
  • It allows for real-time assessment and instant scoring as well as offline assessment capabilities.
  • It includes explicit literacy instruction and intervention strategies based on student performance.
  • It’s flexible and can be implemented in a variety of scenarios, including in-person, remote, and hybrid learning environments.
  • It includes a variety of parent notification resources and at-home reading strategies.
  • It’s continually enhanced with new features and regular updates that are made available to our entire user community.
Take a closer look at mCLASS
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Instant data and action

Quick and actionable reports provide detailed insight into students’ reading development across foundational literacy skills for classroom teachers and literacy specialists, principals and district leaders, and parents and guardians at home.

What’s more, mCLASS® DIBELS® 8th Edition and mCLASS RAN gives you instant results and clear next instructional steps for each and every student.

Learn more about mCLASS reporting features

Enhanced Early Learning Measures

Early intervention is critical. That’s why we help you meet state dyslexia legislation with one single powerful tool—no additional assessment system required.

Our additional measures in vocabulary, spelling, and rapid automatic naming (RAN) address the full range of skills associated with dyslexia risk and help identify students at varying levels of risk for reading difficulties, including dyslexia.

Download our Dyslexia Toolkit
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Assess anywhere

mCLASS has created a collection of resources to help you plan for a variety of assessment scenarios.

Whether your school is engaged in in-person, hybrid, or remote instruction, we know how important it is for teachers and administrators to have a full (and firsthand!) picture of every student’s literacy development.

Download our Remote and Hybrid Learning Guide

Personalized practice

Boost Reading (formerly Amplify Reading) is the practice and remediation companion to mCLASS. At its heart, there are three main areas that make Boost Reading a unique and essential supplemental learning program.

  • The program meets all students where they are with powerful individualized instruction and practice.
  • Age-appropriate narratives create a learning experience that leaps off the screen.
  • Research shows Boost Reading improves student performance–particularly among English Learners–reducing the overall percentage of students at risk of reading difficulty.
See how these programs work together
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Funding

Schools may utilize LAP Funds, Early Literacy Grants, or federal CARES Act funds to purchase assessments to meet Washington’s screening legislation.

Visit our CARES Act resource hub Download our CARES Act flyer

Resources

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mCLASS Program Guide

Take a deeper dive into mCLASS with our comprehensive Program Guide.

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mCLASS Remote Learning Guide

Learn more about how to flexibly implement mCLASS in remote and hybrid learning…

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Dyslexia Fact vs. Fiction eBook

Explore this Dyslexia Fact vs. Fiction eBook

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mCLASS Reporting Guide

Take a closer look at our teacher and administrator level reports.

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mCLASS FAQ

Explore our FAQ document to gain more insight into how the program can fit your…

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Boost Reading Program Guide

Learn more about the personalized practice and reinforcement companion to mCLASS…

Get in touch

Ready to discuss how mCLASS can support your specific needs? Please contact your Amplify Account Executive:

Alicia O’Neil

Senior Account Executive

(425) 890-6103

aoneil@amplify.com

Erin Elfving-Strayhan

Senior Account Executive

(971) 291-9854

estrayan@amplify.com

Kristen Rockstroh

Account Executive

(480) 639-8367

krockstroh@amplify.com

Welcome, Washington County ELA Review Committee!

Amplify CKLA and Amplify ELA aren’t your traditional core programs. They’re different to make a difference — and the results are undeniable. Truly built on the Science of Reading, our high-quality ELA solutions help teachers bring evidence-based practices to life in the classroom.

This site includes everything you need for your review, including digital access to teacher and student materials and additional review resources.

Review PK–5 ELA Review 6–8 ELA
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Welcome, Nebraska educators!

Designed from the ground up for the NGSS to teach students to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists and engineers, Amplify Science combines literacy-rich activities with hands-on learning and digital tools to engage students in exploring compelling phenomena in every unit.

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Overview

Developed by UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science, our program features:

  • A phenomena-based approach where students construct a more complex understanding of each unit’s anchor phenomenon.
  • A blend of cohesive storylines, hands-on investigations, rich discussions, literacy-rich activities, and digital tools.
  • Newly crafted units, chapters, lessons, and activities designed to deliver true 3-dimensional learning.
  • An instructional design that supports all learners in accessing all standards.

Hear what these educators have to say about the program. >

Explore your grade level

Get started by watching this class share what they’re figuring out with Amplify Science. >

Then select your grade level below to learn more about how we make this type of rich learning accessible to all students at every grade.

Grades K-5 Grades 6–8

Elementary school

When you’re ready:

  1. Find a summary of each unit below including each unit’s student role and anchor phenomenon.
  2. Download some helpful resources to support your review.
  3. Explore the digital Teacher’s Guide by clicking the orange “Review now” button.
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An illustration from Needs of Plants and Animals unit

Unit 1

Needs of Plants and Animals

Student role: Scientists

Phenomenon: There are no monarch caterpillars in the Mariposa Grove community garden ever since vegetables were planted.

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Unit 2

Pushes and Pulls

Student role: Pinball engineers

Phenomenon: Pinball machines allow people to control the direction and strength of forces on a ball.

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Unit 3

Sunlight and Weather

Student role: Weather scientists

Phenomenon: Students at one school are too cold during morning recess, while students at another are too hot during afternoon recess.

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Unit 1

Animal and Plant Defenses

Student role: Marine scientists

Phenomenon: Spruce the Sea Turtle will soon be released back into the ocean, where she will survive despite predators.

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Unit 2

Light and Sound

Student role: Light and sound engineers

Phenomenon: A puppet show company uses light and sound to depict realistic scenes in puppet shows.

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Unit 3

Spinning Earth

Student role: Sky scientists

Phenomenon: The sky looks different to Sai and his grandma when they talk on the phone at night.

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Unit 1

Plant and Animal Relationships

Student role: Plant scientists

Phenomenon: No new chalta trees are growing in the fictional Bengal Tiger Reserve in India.

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Unit 2

Properties of Materials

Student role: Glue engineers

Phenomenon: Different glue recipes result in glues that have different properties.

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Unit 3

Changing Landforms

Student role: Geologists

Phenomenon: The cliff on which Oceanside Recreation Center is situated appears to be receding.

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Unit 1

Balancing Forces

Student role: Engineers

Phenomenon: The fictional town of Faraday is getting a new train. Unlike typical trains, this one floats, which is causing some concern among the town’s citizens.

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Unit 2

Inheritance and Traits

Student role: Wildlife biologists

Phenomenon: An adopted wolf in Graystone National Park has some traits in common with one wolf pack in the park and other traits in common with a different pack.

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Unit 3

Environments and Survival

Student role: Biomimicry engineers

Phenomenon: Over 10 years, a population of grove snails has changed. Populations with yellow shells have decreased, while those with banded shells have increased.

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Unit 4

Weather and Climate

Student role: Meteorologists

Phenomenon: Three different islands, each a contender for becoming an orangutan reserve, experience different weather patterns.

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Unit 1

Energy Conversions

Student role: System engineers

Phenomenon: The fictional town of Ergstown experiences frequent blackouts. Their electrical system seems to be failing.

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Unit 2

Vision and Light

Student role: Conservation biologists

Phenomenon: The population of Tokay geckos in a rain forest in the Philippines has decreased since the installation of new highway lights.

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Unit 3

Earth’s Features

Student role: Geologists


Phenomenon: A mysterious fossil is discovered in a canyon within the fictional Desert Rocks National Park.

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Unit 4

Waves, Energy, and Information

Student role: Marine scientists

Phenomenon: Mother dolphins in the fictional Blue Bay National Park communicate with their calves despite the distance between them.

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Unit 1

Patterns of Earth and Sky

Student role: Astronomers

Phenomenon: An ancient artifact depicts what we see in the sky at different times of the day, but it appears to be missing a piece.

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Unit 2

Modeling Matter

Student role: Food scientists

Phenomenon: Some ingredients dissolve in a salad dressing while others, like oil and vinegar, appear to separate

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Unit 3

The Earth System

Student role: Water resource engineers

Phenomenon: East Ferris, a city on one side of the fictional Ferris Island, is experiencing a water shortage, while West Ferris is not.

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Unit 4

Ecosystem Restoration

Student role: Ecologists

Phenomenon: The jaguars, sloths, and cecropia trees in a reforested section of a Costa Rican rain forest are not growing or thriving.

Middle school

When you’re ready:

  1. Find a summary of each unit below including each unit’s student role and anchor phenomenon.
  2. Download some helpful resources to support your review.
  3. Explore the digital Teacher’s Guide by clicking the orange “Review now” button.
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LAUNCH

Microbiome

Domain: Life Science

Unit type: Launch

Student role: Microbiological researchers

Phenomenon: The presence of 100 trillion microorganisms living on and in the human body may keep the body healthy.  

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CORE

Metabolism

Domain: Life Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Medical researchers

Phenomenon: Elisa, a young patient, feels tired all the time.  

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ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP

Metabolism Engineering Internship

Domains: Life Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Engineering internship

Student role: Food engineers

Phenomenon: Designing health bars with different molecular compositions can effectively meet the metabolic needs of patients or rescue workers.  

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CORE

Traits and Reproduction

Domain: Life Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Biomedical students

Phenomenon: Darwin’s bark spider offspring have different silk flexibility traits, even though they have the same parents.  

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CORE

Thermal Energy

Domain: Physical Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Thermal scientists

Phenomenon: One of two proposed heating systems for Riverdale School will best heat the school.  

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CORE

Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate

Domains: Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Climatologists

Phenomenon: During El Niño years, the air temperature in Christchurch, New Zealand is cooler than usual.  

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CORE

Weather Patterns

Domains: Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Forensic meteorologists

Phenomenon: In recent years, rainstorms in Galetown have been unusually severe.  

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CORE

Earth’s Changing Climate

Domains: Earth and Space Science, Life Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Climatologists

Phenomenon: The ice on Earth’s surface is melting.  

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Engineering Internship

Earth’s Changing Climate Engineering Internship

Domains: Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Engineering internship

Student role: Civil engineers

Phenomenon: Designing rooftops with different modifications can reduce a city’s impact on climate change.  

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LAUNCH

Geology on Mars

Domain: Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Launch

Student role: Planetary geologists

Phenomenon: Analyzing data about landforms on Mars can provide evidence that Mars may have once been habitable.  

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CORE

Plate Motion

Domain: Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Geologists

Phenomenon: Mesosaurus fossils have been found on continents separated by thousands of kilometers of ocean, even though the Mesosaurus species once lived all together.   

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ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP

Plate Motion Engineering Internship

Domains: Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Engineering internship

Student role: Mechanical engineering interns

Phenomenon: Patterns in earthquake data can be used to design an effective tsunami warning system.  

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CORE

Rock Transformations

Domain: Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Geologists

Phenomenon: Rock samples from the Great Plains and from the Rocky Mountains — regions hundreds of miles apart — look very different, but have surprisingly similar mineral compositions.  

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CORE

Phase Change

Domains: Physical Science, Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Chemists

Phenomenon: A methane lake on Titan no longer appears in images taken by a space probe two years apart.  

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ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP

Phase Change Engineering Internship

Domains: Engineering Design, Physical Science

Unit type: Engineering internship

Student role: Chemical engineering interns

Phenomenon: Designing portable baby incubators with different combinations of phase change materials can keep babies at a healthy temperature.  

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CORE

Chemical Reactions

Domains: Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Forensic chemists

Phenomenon: A mysterious brown substance has been detected in the tap water of Westfield.   

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CORE

Populations and Resources

Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Biologists

Phenomenon: The size of the moon jelly population in Glacier Sea has increased.  

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CORE

Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Ecologists

Phenomenon: The biodome ecosystem has collapsed.  

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LAUNCH

Harnessing Human Energy

Domains: Physical Science, Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

Unit type: Launch

Student role: Energy scientists

Phenomenon: Rescue workers can use their own human kinetic energy to power the electrical devices they use during rescue missions.  

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CORE

Force and Motion

Domain: Physical Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Physicists

Phenomenon: The asteroid sample-collecting pod failed to dock at the space station as planned.   

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ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP

Force and Motion Engineering Internship

Domains: Engineering Design, Physical Science

Unit type: Engineering internship

Student role: Mechanical engineering interns

Phenomenon: Designing emergency supply delivery pods with different structures can maintain the integrity of the supply pods and their contents.  

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CORE

Magnetic Fields

Domain: Physical Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Physicists

Phenomenon: During a test launch, a spacecraft traveled much faster than expected.  

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CORE

Light Waves

Domains: Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Spectroscopists

Phenomenon: The rate of skin cancer is higher in Australia than in other parts of the world.   

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CORE

Earth, Moon, and Sun

Domains: Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Astronomers

Phenomenon: An astrophotographer can only take pictures of specific features on the Moon at certain times.  

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CORE

Natural Selection

Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Biologists

Phenomenon: The newt population in Oregon State Park has become more poisonous over time.  

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ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP

Natural Selection Engineering Internship

Domains: Engineering Design, Life Science

Unit type: Engineering internship

Student role: Clinical engineers

Phenomenon: Designing malaria treatment plans that use different combinations of drugs can reduce drug resistance development while helping malaria patients.   

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CORE

Evolutionary History

Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science

Unit type: Core

Student role: Paleontologists

Phenomenon: A mystery fossil at the Natural History Museum has similarities with both wolves and whales.    

Resources to support your review

Select a topic below to explore helpful resources with more information about Amplify Science, the program’s development, and pedagogy.

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Phenomena and storylines (K–5)

Read more about the real-world phenomena featured in each unit.

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Phenomena and storylines (6–8)

Read more about the real-world phenomena featured in each unit.

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Integrated 5e model

Learn how the 5E elements are integrated throughout every unit.

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[Video] Planning in action (K–5)

Watch how easy it is for Amplify Science teachers to prep their 3-D instruction.

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[Video] Planning in action (6–8)

Watch how easy it is for Amplify Science teachers to prep their 3-D instruction.

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[Video] Hands-on in action (K–5)

Watch Amplify Science students conduct hands-on investigations.

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[Video] Hands-on in action (6–8)

Watch Amplify Science students conduct hands-on investigations.

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[Video] Simulations and modeling tools (K–5)

Watch how students investigate phenomena with the help of digital tools.

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[Video] Simulations and modeling tools (6–8)

Watch how students investigate phenomena with the help of digital tools.

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Summary of Investigations (K–5)

Explore the types of investigations that students conduct.

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Summary of Investigations (6–8)

Explore the types of investigations that students conduct.

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Program structure and components (K–5)

Take a closer look at how the program is organized.

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Program structure and components (6–8)

Take a closer look at how the program is organized.

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[Video] New! Classroom Slides

Learn more about our customizable PowerPoints for every lesson.

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Classwork (6–8)

A new, intuitive approach to reviewing student work online.

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English Learners

Learn how we make learning accessible for English learners.

Amplify Science California supports you every step of the way on your journey to the California NGSS.
Students needing support

Learn how we make learning accessible for students who need more support.

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Students ready for more

Learn how we make learning more rigorous for students ready for a challenge.

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[Video] Literacy in action (K–5)

Watch students use scientific text to obtain information and practice reading skills, while using writing prompts to create arguments using evidence

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[Video] Literacy in action (6–8)

Watch students use scientific text to obtain information and practice reading skills, while using writing prompts to create arguments using evidence.

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Literacy-rich science instruction (K–5)

Immersing young students in reading, writing, and arguing like real scientists and engineers.

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Active Reading in grades 6–8

Engaging middle school students in complex science texts.

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Accessibility

Read more about text design and accessibility, including embedded Read-Aloud audio.

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Approach to assessment (K–5)

Learn about our embedded formative and summative assessments.

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Approach to assessment (6–8)

Learn about our embedded formative and summative assessments.

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NGSS Benchmark assessments

Learn more about the Next Generation Science Standards Benchmark assessments created by Amplify.

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NGSS alignment (K–5)

NGSS alignment by performance expectation.

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NGSS alignment (6–8)

NGSS alignment by performance expectation.

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Remote and hybrid learning guide

Amplify is here to help! Amplify Science will soon feature product enhancements and new resources that will help manage the new landscape of back-to-school 2020.

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Spanish-language supports

Learn more about the Spanish-language supports in Amplify Science.

Ready to start exploring with digital access?

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Contact an Amplify representative

Laina Armbruster
larmbruster@amplify.com
(602) 791-4135

Bob McCarty
rmccarty@amplify.com
(435) 655-1731

Kristin McDonald
kmcdonald@amplify.com
(515) 240-0244

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Amplify Desmos Math lab classes

Hello math rock star!

Be one of the first to get your hands on our latest and most exciting new ideas for Amplify Desmos Math K–5 by joining our spring lab classes.

Spring lab classes are perfect for educators who:

  • Love math
  • Are interested in innovative new ways of teaching and learning, using print or digital tools for instruction
  • Are excited about the opportunity to share feedback on early prototypes so you can have an impact on math education
  • Have flexibility in their instructional calendar to try new things with their students this April, May and June

Sign up for our spring lab classes.

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Flexible, social problem-solving experiences both online and off

Amplify Desmos Math makes productive discourse easier to facilitate and more accessible for students. The program provides teachers with easy-to-follow instructional supports that makes the program more effective and enjoyable for both you and your students.

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Signs you might be an amazing lab class teacher:

  • You love math.
  • You know young people are capable of just about anything.
  • You understand that giving candid feedback can help the next generation of students redefine what amazing looks like.
  • We are looking for a diverse set of classrooms and districts, with a variety of technology used (remote, hybrid, 1:1, blended—you name it!) and demographics (urban, suburban, rural).

Lab class teachers will receive:

  • Teacher and student prototype materials
  • Training with an Amplify Desmos Math expert
  • Compensation for your time

Amplify will collect feedback in a number of ways:

  • Quick surveys
  • Virtual interviews

Amplify may ask to visit your classroom if possible.

Want to learn more about how you could get involved with lab classes spring 2023? Sign up here.

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Welcome to Grade 7

Disciplinary Core Idea: Ecosystems (MS-LS2)

Look below to learn more about our Matter and Energy in Ecosystems unit and to find select lessons and instructional materials related to the teaching and learning of this disciplinary core idea.

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About this unit

Matter and Energy in Ecosystems is the last of nine units taught at this grade level. During this unit, students take on the role of ecologists and figure out why a sealed biodome mysteriously crashed despite following the advice of experts.

Review Step 1: Watch this video >

This video explains just a few of the topics students learn about throughout the entire year.

Review Step 2: Download the Unit Guide

Before diving into the lessons below, use review this guide to get a big picture understanding of how this unit is organized, the key questions that guide learning, and how the storyline develops across chapters.

Lessons about Ecosystems

Amplify Science California is a multi-modal program, not a traditional textbook. Therefore, multiple components are utilized in the teaching and learning of the NGSS standards.

Review Step 3: Watch this video >

This video explains the instructional materials used to teach.

Review Step 4: Download lessons and instructional materials

Scroll down to find select lessons and instructional materials used in teaching Ecosystems. Below each description, you’ll find links to download the PDFs your committee requested.

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Teacher’s Reference Guide

Available digitally and in print, our unit-specific reference guides are chock full of helpful resources, including scientific background knowledge, planning information and resources, color-coded 3-D Statements, detailed lesson plans, tips for delivering instruction, and differentiation strategies.

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Classroom Slides

These customizable PowerPoints are available for every lesson of the program and make delivering instruction a snap with visual prompts, colorful activity instructions, investigation set-up videos and animations, and suggested teacher talk in the notes section of each slide.

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Materials Kits

Our kits include enough non-consumable materials to support 200 student uses. In other words, you have enough materials to support all five periods and small groups of 4-5 students each. Plus, our unit-specific kits mean you just grab the tub you need and then put it all back with ease.

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Simulations and Practice Tools

Our digital Simulations and Practice Tools are powerful resources for exploration, data collection, and student collaboration. They allow students the ability to explore scientific concepts that might otherwise be invisible or impossible to see with the naked eye.

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Consumable Notebooks

Available for every unit, our Student Investigation Notebooks contain instructions for activities and space for students to record data and observations, reflect on ideas from texts and investigations, and construct explanations and arguments.

Notebook for this unit

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Student Edition Hardcover

This durable Student Edition is grade-level specific and contains all of the articles that students refer to throughout the year. Districts may choose to pair these traditional student texts with our digital student experience or new 2-volume consumable notebook set.

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Coming Soon

Unlike other publishers, we don’t make you wait until your next adoption to get the latest and greatest from Amplify. We’re always launching new and exciting features. What’s more, we’ll push them out to you even after you adopt us!

See what’s coming for 2020-2021

In addition to reviewing the “printed” resources above, we invite you to explore our program digitally.

Watch the video to the right plus the ones below showing you how to navigate our digital platform. Then following the instructions below. >

  • Click the orange button below to access the platform.
  • Choose Teacher to continue.
  • Select Grade 7 from the drop-down menu.
  • Click on the Matter and Energy in Ecosystems unit to find your program materials.
Access the digital platform now

Navigating a Core Unit

Core units introduce a real-world problem and support students as they figure out the anchoring phenomenon and gain an understanding of the unit’s DCIs, SEPs, and CCCs.

Navigating Classwork and Reporting

Classwork is our new online grading tool that gives you quick and easy access to unreviewed work, student portfolios of work, and automatically generated differentiation groups.

Other resources

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Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

Get a big picture overview of this unit with an at-a-glance view of each chapter…

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Grade 7 NGSS Alignment

See how our program addresses 100% of the NGSS Standards.

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Grade 7 English components

Take a closer look at our grade 7 print components.

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Grade 7 Spanish components

Learn more about what components are available in Spanish.

Boost Reading pilot for mCLASS® and Acadience™ Reading schools

Hooray! We’re thrilled you’re considering giving Boost Reading a try! This site contains all the resources you’ll need to learn more about the program and get started with your pilot. We’re confident you’re going to love how Boost Reading puts your mCLASS and Acadience Reading data to work.

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Resources to support your pilot

What is Boost Reading?

Boost Reading is a digital reading program that complements ELA programs with adaptive and targeted practice in foundational reading skills. While it can be used on its own, Boost Reading also integrates with mCLASS and Acadience Reading, which means that you get extra benefits like automatic rostering and placement in the program based on a student’s mCLASS composite score. From that point forward, the program takes every student on a personalized journey that addresses gaps and bolsters foundational skills at a pace that supports their individual development.

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Digital progress report showing reading skills for Taylor in Grade 2. Trouble spots highlighted for decoding VC and CVC words. Progress bars and teacher options visible.

How do I get started with Boost Reading?

Good news! Boost Reading has already been enabled within your mCLASS and Acadience Reading accounts. To get started with the program, you’ve got only two steps left: adjusting your student login settings and setting up your student devices. The resource below will walk you through how to do both.

Note: Boost Reading works on most classroom devices, including Windows Devices with Windows 7+, Chromebooks with Chrome OS, and Mac devices with OS 10.11+ or iOS 11+.

What else can you tell me about Boost Reading?

As students engage in skill practice, their paths through the game world adapt to meet their unique learning needs. Boost Reading includes more than 40 standards-aligned games that build language, foundational skills, and comprehension skills, while also developing:

  • Phonological awareness
  • Phonics
  • Vocabulary
  • Text analysis
  • Comprehension
  • Microcomprehension (i.e., the smaller aspects of comprehension that make up the reader’s mental model of a text)

Some additional resources that you might find helpful:

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For questions, please contact your Amplify representative

Robert “Bob” McCarty
Senior Account Executive
Email: rmccarty@amplify.com
Phone: (435) 655-1731

Boost Reading pilot for mCLASS®schools

Hooray! We’re thrilled you’re considering giving Boost Reading a try! This site contains all the resources you’ll need to learn more about the program and get started with your pilot. We’re confident you’re going to love how Boost Reading puts your mCLASS data to work.

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Resources to support your pilot

What is Boost Reading?

Boost Reading is a digital reading program that complements ELA programs with adaptive and targeted practice in foundational reading skills. While it can be used on its own, Boost Reading also integrates with mCLASS, which means that you get extra benefits like automatic rostering and placement in the program based on a student’s mCLASS composite score. From that point forward, the program takes every student on a personalized journey that addresses gaps and bolsters foundational skills at a pace that supports their individual development.

A laptop and tablet displaying mClass with Boost Reading software, featuring fun, colorful graphics of a school and nature scene on the laptop, and a user interface for progress tracking on the tablet.
Digital progress report showing reading skills for Taylor in Grade 2. Trouble spots highlighted for decoding VC and CVC words. Progress bars and teacher options visible.

How do I get started with Boost Reading?

Good news! Boost Reading has already been enabled within your mCLASS accounts. To get started with the program, you’ve got only two steps left: adjusting your student login settings and setting up your student devices. The resource below will walk you through how to do both.

Note: Boost Reading works on most classroom devices, including Windows Devices with Windows 7+, Chromebooks with Chrome OS, and Mac devices with OS 10.11+ or iOS 11+.

What else can you tell me about Boost Reading?

As students engage in skill practice, their paths through the game world adapt to meet their unique learning needs. Boost Reading includes more than 40 standards-aligned games that build language, foundational skills, and comprehension skills, while also developing:

  • Phonological awareness
  • Phonics
  • Vocabulary
  • Text analysis
  • Comprehension
  • Microcomprehension (i.e., the smaller aspects of comprehension that make up the reader’s mental model of a text)

Some additional resources that you might find helpful:

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For questions, please contact your Amplify representatives:

Dianne Lee
California Sales Director
dilee@amplify.com
(949) 246-2083

Christina Lugo
Pilot Coordinator – Statewide
clugo@amplify.com
(949) 838-7600

JoAnna Chocooj
Pilot Coordinator – Northern California
jchocooj@amplify.com
(707) 290-1728

Brooke Johnson
Pilot Coordinator – Southern California
bjohnson@amplify.com
(858) 349-2134

Welcome to your Amplify Science pilot!

We’re thrilled to welcome you to the Amplify family, and we look forward to making your experience with Amplify Science successful from day one.

On this site, you’ll find resources, tips, videos, and other helpful information designed to support you throughout your pilot experience.

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Tips for getting started successfully

It takes time to learn any new program and get used to its patterns and flow—time that you aren’t always afforded in a pilot situation. Based on our work with thousands of pilot teachers who are now happy users, we can tell you with 100% confidence that it gets easier. In no time, you’ll be preparing and delivering all your lessons with ease.

Until you become comfortable with the organization of each unit and how one lesson flows into the next, the following resources will be key in helping you prepare to teach your first unit.

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Lesson Overview

Reading this short summary is a great way to get a quick snapshot of the learning that will take place during the day ahead. It includes a short description of the lesson, student learning objectives, and an at-a-glance list of activities.

Where to find it? Log into the digital Teacher’s Guide and navigate to the lesson you want to teach by following this click path: Grade Level > Unit > Chapter > Lesson. Next, scroll to the Lesson Brief section and click Overview. This same information is also found in your printed Teacher’s Reference Guide.

Material and preparation tips

Also found in the Lesson Brief section of your digital Teacher’s Guide and printed Teacher’s Reference Guide is a complete list of materials that you’ll need to gather as well as step-by-step lesson preparation tips organized by:

  • Before the Day of the Lesson
  • Immediately Before the Lesson
  • At the End of the Day
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3-D Statements

Color-coded for easy readability and quick scanning, our 3-D Statements can be found at point-of-use for every unit and lesson, making it easy to pinpoint the exact SEPs, DCIs, and CCCs that will be targeted on any given day.

Where to find them? Log into the digital Teacher’s Guide and navigate to any Unit Guide or Lesson Brief and click the expandable box called 3-D Statements. A complete list of 3-D Statements can also be found in the back of any printed Teacher’s Reference Guide.

Coherence Flowcharts

These are another great tool for helping you visualize the flow of a unit and the connections between the questions that drive students’ experiences and:

  • The evidence they gather
  • The solutions they figure out
  • The new questions they generate

Where to find them? Log into the digital Teacher’s Guide, navigate to your desired unit, scroll to the Unit Guide, and look in the Printable Resources section.

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Amplify Science California supports you every step of the way on your journey to the California NGSS.

Support is always within reach

Your role as a pilot teacher is important. Your district is counting on you not only to evaluate how Amplify Science works in your classroom, but also to pick a reliable and supportive long-term partner. We feel confident that we’re that partner, and we look forward to proving that to you during your pilot experience.

Just as it will be when you become a customer, support during your pilot will always be within reach through the following channels.

Pilot support coordinator

Your dedicated pilot support coordinator has extensive experience delivering training, rostering students, answering both pedagogical and technical questions, and delivering demonstration lessons. Said another way, he or she is here to help. So, don’t hesitate to reach out.

Who is my pilot support coordinator? Look for his or her contact information in the pilot support brochure that you received during your pilot implementation training.

Amplify Science California supports you every step of the way on your journey to the California NGSS.

Intercom chat

In addition to traditional lines of communication, our Intercom feature gives you the ability to chat with our customer support, technical support, and pedagogical support teams in real time directly from the digital platform. This ensures that issues that arise in the classroom can be addressed as quickly as possible.

Support teams can be reached from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. PST, Monday through Friday.

Email

Our customer support, technical support, and pedagogical support teams can also be reached by email at help@amplify.com.

Support teams can be reached from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday.

RF.K.2.A.i Recognize rhyming words

Skill

RF.K.2.A.i Recognize rhyming words

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.A: Recognize and produce rhyming words.

Description

  • Mastery: Student is able to identify words that rhyme from the last part of the word (dime, time). They can also identify rhyming when it occurs at the second to the last part of the word too (picky, tricky).
  • Acquiring: Student is able to identify similar sounds in oral speech. Student is able to identify which part of the word of the word (rime) is important for rhyming.

Probes

T: Do these words rhyme? moon, land
S: no

T: Do these words rhyme? moon, spoon
S: yes

T: Which of these words rhyme? mat, cat, sun
S: mat, cat

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

Rhyming Game Bingo

During Transitions

Reinforce Skills/Independent Work Time – Independent Alone/Small Group Center Activity

Display (e.g. Anchor Chart):

Source: Primary Press

Source: Make, Teach & Make

Considerations & Reminders

  • Teachers should not present words or complex pictures to students when assessing this skill. Phonological awareness addresses the ability for the student to hear similar sounds in oral speech. Students should not be rhyming with print at this point.
  • Rhyming is sometimes confused for alliteration. Teachers should make sure that they use true rhymes in their examples; this makes the concept of rhyming most comprehensible for students.
  • Why is rhyming important?

RF.K.2.A2 Count Words in a Spoken Sentence

Skill

RF.K.2.A2 Count Words in a Spoken Sentence

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.B: Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.

Description

  • Mastery: Student is able to produce a sample sentence and count the words without difficulty.
  • Acquiring: Student is able to hear the groups of sounds that make up words. Student can count words in a sentence with the aid of the teacher using counter or other manipulative.

Probes

T: I will say a sentence. Tell me how many words there are in the sentence. “The cat is happy.”
S: The cat is happy. 4

T: I will say a sentence. Tell me how many words there are in the sentence. “There is a small blue bird.”
S: There is a small blue bird. 6

T: Say a sentence and tell me how many words there are in the sentence?
S: (eg. The dog is cute. 4)

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

Counting Words in a Sentence p1-20

Reinforce Skills/ Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

Display (e.g. anchor chart):

A child arranges red and yellow square tiles on a colorful, laminated grid placed on a wooden table.

Source: Adventures in Literacy Land

You may use this board to differentiate your instruction. Use the board for students who are working with long sentences. Cut the board for students who are using sentences with a few words.

Considerations & Reminders

  • Teachers should consider the length of the sentence. Students should be able to repeat the sentence if necessary, to count the number of words.
  • Some students may be able to count the number of words, while the sentence is stated. Others may need to repeat the sentence and count. This probe does not look at speed, but whether or not the student can hear groups of sounds that make up words.
  • Hear and Count Words in a Sentence (instructional teacher video)
  • Word Count in a Sentence (instructional teacher video)

RF.K.2.A.ii Produce Rhyming Words

Skill

RF.K.2.A.ii Produce rhyming words

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.A: Recognize and produce rhyming words.

Description

  • Mastery: Student is able to produce words that rhyme from the rime (e.g. dime, time; picky, tricky). They can also produce rhyming with words in which the rhymes occurs at the second to the last part of the word (e.g. hallway, say, anyway).
  • Acquiring: Student is able to produce similar sounds in oral speech. Student is able to produce which part of the word of the word (rime) is important for rhyming.

Probes

T: Tell me a word that rhymes with moon.
S: spoon

T: What rhymes with rim?
S: [real words] dim, gym, him, Kim, Tim or [nonsense words] bim, fim, lim, mim, nim, pim, sim, vim

T: Tell me two words that rhyme.
S: mat, cat

T: Tell me two words that do not rhyme.
S: bat, ball

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

During Transitions

Reinforce Skills/ Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

Display (e.g. anchor chart):

Source: Printablee

Four illustrated words: cat with a cat, rat with a rat, bat with a bat, and hat with a top hat, each matching the corresponding image with the word.

Source: Tumblr

Phonological awareness does not refer to print. These images show words; however, you could use only the pictures to focus on the skill of rhyming.

Source: Link

Source: For The Love of First

Source: Tot Schooling

Considerations & Reminders

  • Teachers should not present words or complex pictures to students when assessing this skill. Phonological awareness addresses the ability for the student to hear similar sounds in oral speech. Students should not be rhyming with print at this point.
  • Rhyming is sometimes confused for alliteration. Teachers should make sure that they use true rhymes in their examples; this makes the concept of rhyming most comprehensible for students.
  • Why is rhyming important?

RF.1.2.B.ii: Orally Produce Single-Syllable CVC Words by Blending Three Phonemes

Skill

RF.1.2.B.ii: Orally Produce Single-Syllable CVC Words by Blending Three Phonemes

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2.B: Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.

Description

  • Mastery: Student is able to orally produce a series of CVC words with accuracy and speed, when teacher provides phonemes with definite pauses in between each phoneme.
  • Acquiring: Student is able to produce the VC words with the support of gestures (moving hands/sounds together) to represent the blending of the three phonemes. The teacher may need to elongate sounds with minimal pause between phonemes and may need to repeat phonemes.

Probes

T: /s/ /oo/ /n/. What’s the word?
S: soon

T: /l/ /ŭ/ /k/. What’s the word?
S: luck

T: /b/ /ă/ /t/. What’s the word?
S: bat

T: /d/ /ĭ/ /ng/. What’s the word?
S: ding

T: /r/ /ă/ /sh/. What’s the word?
S: rash

T: /ch/ /ā/ /n/. What’s the word?
S: chain

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

During Transition

Reinforce Skills/Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

Display (e.g. Anchor Chart):

Source: Reading Rockets

Considerations & Reminders

  • As students begin to learn phoneme blending skills, it is easier to blend words with continuous initial sounds (e.g., /m/, /s/, /i/) than words with stop sounds (e.g., /t/, /q/, /p/). For example, “ssssuuuunnn” is easier to orally blend than “caaaat.” When introducing words with continuous sounds, exaggerate by holding on to them: rrrrrring; for words with stop sounds, use iteration (rapid repetition): k-k-k-k-katie.
  • When blending phonemes, it is always important to be mindful of the lapse of time between each phoneme presented. The shorter the pause, the easier it is for a student to hear the whole word. Longer pauses between the phonemes creates a little more of a challenge for the student to put the sounds back into the word.
  • Teachers can use the body to blend phonemes for kinesthetic learners. Starting from the shoulders, slide your hand down to the elbow then to the wrist to demonstrate blending 3-phonemes words. Once you increase the pause between each phoneme, tapping each sound from shoulder, elbow, to wrist is helpful for some students to distinguish the three phonemes.
  • Teachers may consider choosing CVC words that are not so commonly used by the students in order to gage his/her ability to blend three phonemes vs. hearing and repeating a familiar word.
  • Blending Explained
  • Teaching Blending

RF.1.2.B.i: Orally Produce VC/CV Words by Blending Two Phonemes

Skill

RF.1.2.B.i: Orally Produce VC/CV Words by Blending Two Phonemes

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2.B: Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.

Description

Goal: Given a spoken onset and rime, the student can say the word.

  • Mastery: Student is able to orally produce a series of VC/CV words with accuracy and speed, when teacher provides phonemes with definite pauses in between each phoneme.
  • Acquiring: Student is able to produce the VC/CV words with the support of gestures (moving hands/sounds together) to represent the blending of the two phonemes. The teacher may need to elongate sounds with minimal pause between phonemes and may need to repeat phonemes.

Probes

T: /ă/ /m/. What’s the word?
S: am

T: /ŏ/ /n/. What’s the word?
S: on

T: /ĭ/ /t/. What’s the word?
S: it

T: /d/ /ā/. What’s the word?
S: day

T: /p/ /ī/. What’s the word?
S: pie

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

During Transition

Reinforce Skills/Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

Display (e.g. Anchor Chart):

Source: Kindergarten Superkids

*Teacher would give the individual sounds and have students orally blend it (i.e. students are not reading print)

Source: Twin Speech Language & Literacy LLC

Considerations & Reminders

  • As students begin to learn phoneme blending skills, it is easier to blend words with continuous initial sounds (e.g., /m/, /s/, /i/) than words with stop sounds (e.g., /t/, /q/, /p/). For example, “aaaaammmmmm” is easier to orally blend than “daaaaaaaaayyyyy.” When introducing words with continuous sounds, exaggerate by holding on to them: rrrrrring; for words with stop sounds, use iteration (rapid repetition): k-k-k-k-katie.
  • When blending phonemes, it is always important to be mindful of the lapse of time between each phoneme presented. The shorter the pause, the easier it is for a student to hear the whole word. Longer pauses between the phonemes creates a little more of a challenge for the student to put the sounds back into the word.
  • When identifying or combining sound sequences, a CV pattern should be used before a VC pattern, followed by a CVC pattern (e.g., pie, egg, red).
  • Teachers can use the body to blend phonemes for kinesthetic learners. Starting from the shoulders, slide your hand down to the elbow then to the wrist to demonstrate blending 3-phonemes words. Once you increase the pause between each phoneme, tapping each sound from shoulder, elbow, to wrist is helpful for some students to distinguish the three phonemes.
  • Teachers may consider choosing VC/CV words that are not so commonly used by the students in order to gage his/her ability to blend three phonemes vs. hearing and repeating a familiar word.
  • Blending Explained
  • Teaching Blending

RF.K.2.C.i: Blend Onsets and Rimes of Single-Syllable Spoken Words

Skill

RF.K.2.C.i: Blend Onsets and Rimes of Single-Syllable Spoken Words

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.C: Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.

Description

Goal: Given a spoken onset and rime, the student can say the word.

  • Mastery: Student is able to immediately produce word when given the onset and rime. The word may include beginning blends.
  • Acquiring: Student is able to produce word when given parts of the word with the teacher’s help (e.g. teacher has to repeat the onset-rime several times, teacher gives a shorter pause between the onset-rime). The word might not include any beginning blends.

Probes

T: Put the parts together to make the word. /m/-/ap/
S: map

T: Put the parts together to make the word. /f/-/it/
S: fit

T: Put the parts together to make the word. /s/-/pan/
S: span

T: Put the parts together to make the word. /b/-/lock/
S: block

T: Put the parts together to make the word. /t/-/rick/
S: trick

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

During Transition

Reinforce Skills/Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

Display (e.g. Anchor Chart):

Two cartoon figures wearing medical scrubs, face masks, and stethoscopes stand under the words "Word Doctor.

Source: Tunstall’s Teaching Tidbits

Considerations & Reminders

  • Teachers should be conscious about the time between each onset and rime. The longer the break between the onset and rime, the harder it is for the child to put the word back together. This gap in time may create a challenge for the student to remember the spoken sounds.
  • As students progress in this skill, it may be more challenging for students to blend words with beginning blends.

RF.K.2.B.ii: Segment, Count, and Pronounce Syllables in Spoken Words

Skill

RF.K.2.B.ii: Segment, Count, and Pronounce Syllables in Spoken Words

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.B: Count, pronounce, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words.

Description

  • Mastery: Student accurately produces word and counts, segments, and pronounces the syllables.
  • Acquiring: Student is given words or pictures and he/she counts, segments, and pronounces the syllables for most word.

Probes

T: How many parts are in the word tiger?
S: 2

T: What are the parts of the word tiger?
S: ti-ger

T: How many parts are in the word dangerous?
S: 3

T: What are the parts of the word dangerous?
S: dan-ger-ous

T: How many parts are in the word beautiful?
S: 3

T: What are the parts of the word beautiful?
S: beau-ti-ful

T: How many parts are in the word multiplication?
S: 5

T: What are the parts of the word multiplication?
S: mul-ti-pli-ca-tion

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

During Transition

Reinforce Skills/Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

Display (e.g. Anchor Chart):

Source: Mrs. Taft’s Kindergarten Class

Source: Make, Take & Teach

Considerations & Reminders

  • When teaching phonemic awareness, teachers must remember to limit text and words presented to students. Students at this stage are only learning about hearing word parts.
  • Pictures used for support this learning should be developmentally appropriate and within students’ lexicon.
  • Some teachers believe that counting and segmenting sounds are two discrete skills. Some students may count and repeat the syllables simultaneously, while others need to count before they segment the word parts.
  • Some students may prefer the kinesthetic clapping or foot tapping of separate syllables that involves their body to feel the sounds. Others might respond to lighter movements like using their hands for the syllable parts.

RF.K.2.B Segment Compound Words

Skill

RF.K.2.B Segment Compound Words

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2.B: Orally produce single-syllable words by blending sounds (phonemes), including consonant blends.

Description

  • Mastery: Student is able to produce a compound word and segment the parts. Compound word might not be commonly used, but not necessarily unfamiliar.
  • Acquiring: Student is able to give the parts of a compound word, when provided with familiar compound words.

Probes

T: Can you break the word cupcake into its two smaller parts?
S: cup-cake

T: Can you break the word butterfly into its two smaller parts?
S: butter-fly

T: Can you break the word watermelon into its two smaller parts?
S: water-melon

T: Can you give me a compound word? Can you break it into its two smaller parts?

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

During Transition

Reinforce Skills/Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

Display (e.g. Anchor Chart):

Source: A Teacher’s Idea

Considerations & Reminders

When segmenting compound words, teachers may want to keep an ear out for students that begin to confuse onset and rimes with the segmenting of compound words.

RF.K.2.C.ii: Segment Onsets and Rimes of Single-Syllable Spoken Words

Skill

RF.K.2.C.ii: Segment Onsets and Rimes of Single-Syllable Spoken Words

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.C: Blend and segment onsets and rimes of single-syllable spoken words.

Description

  • Mastery: Student is able to differentiate between words that have the same rime, but different onsets, and vice versa. Student is able to segment and produce the onset and rime of a given word. The word may include beginning blends.
  • Acquiring: Student is able to detect initial sound in spoken words. Students is able to detect rime when onset is deleted from a spoken word. The word might not include beginning blends.

Probes

T: Do you hear /t/ at the beginning of the word top or hop?
S: top

T: Say the word cat in two parts- the first sound, then the rest of the word.
S: /c/-/at/

T: Say sat. Now say sat without the /s/.
S: /at/

T: What part of the word changes in the words cake, bake, make?
S: The first sound or onset (/c/, /b/, /m/)

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

During Transition

Reinforce Skills/Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

Display (e.g. Anchor Chart):

Source: Miss Kindergarten

Source: Mary Had A Little Classroom

Source: Twinkl

Considerations & Reminders

  • Teachers should remember that students are still developing an ear for the various parts of words and the sounds they make at this stage. We want to focus on students’ ability to hear and manipulate sounds (all done orally only – no print), before they focus on the letter(s) representation of these sounds.
  • The skill of segmenting onset-rimes is more difficult than that of blending onset-rimes. Activities listed for both segmenting and blending onset-rimes should only be used once students get to this skill of segmenting onset-rimes (and not while still working on blending onset-rimes).

RF.K.3.A: Demonstrate Basic Knowledge of One-to-One Letter-Sound Correspondences by Producing the Primary Sound for Each Consonant

Skill

RF.K.3.A: Demonstrate Basic Knowledge of One-to-One Letter-Sound Correspondences by Producing the Primary Sound for Each Consonant

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.A: Demonstrate basic knowledge of one-to-one letter-sound correspondences by producing the primary sound or many of the most frequent sounds for each consonant.

Description

  • Mastery: Student is able to automatically produce the primary sound to each consonant grapheme.
  • Acquiring: Student is able to produce primary sound to each consonant grapheme, with the aid of sound/spelling card and/or related association.

Probes

T: Look at these letters. Can you tell me the sound each letter makes?

Be sure to ask if he or she knows of another sound for the letters g and c. If it is incorrect, note the sound the student gives for each incorrect letter. If no sound is given, circle the letter. If the student cannot say the sound for three or more consecutive letters, say: Look at all of the letters and tell me which sounds you do know.

  d l n s x z j  
  t y p c h m r  
  k w g b f q v  

Copyright ©1999, 2008 by CORE. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

During Transition

Reinforce Skills/Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

Display (e.g. Anchor Chart):

A whiteboard displays colorful magnetic letters scattered beneath the text: "Letter Sounds Race. Practice letter recognition, letter sounds, and get the kids moving!.

Source: Inspiration Laboratories

Considerations & Reminders

  • Teachers must remember to immediately correct students if they mispronounce the sounds of any letter. Teachers and students should not add the schwa sound after consonants. Click here for correct pronunciation.
  • Teachers should use regular words and pictures that have clear examples of the most common sound of each letter.

RF.K.2.D.i: Isolate and Pronounce the Initial Phonemes in Three-Phoneme Words

Skill

RF.K.2.D.i: Isolate and Pronounce the Initial Phonemes in Three-Phoneme Words

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.D: Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/).

Description

  • Mastery: Student is able to detect if two or more words have the same initial sound.
  • Acquiring: Student is able to produce the initial sound of a given word.

Probes

T: Do you hear /k/ at the beginning of sit?
S: no

T: What is the first sound in lap?
S: /l/

T: Say a word that has /d/ in the beginning?
S: (e.g. dog or other word beginning with /d/)

T: Which words have /g/ at the beginning? Goat, great, ginger
S: goat and great

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

During Transition

Reinforce Skills/Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

**Students need to practice these first with the teacher before working independently or with a partner.
**Use this word list for the activities below to focus on the initial phoneme.

Display (e.g. Anchor Chart):

Source: Make, Take & Teach

Considerations & Reminders

  • As students begin to isolate individual sounds, teachers must be careful to articulate each sound clearly for the students. Teachers should consider proximity during instruction and that all students can see proper mouth movements and accuracy of pronunciation.
  • Focus only on the initial phonemes in three-phoneme words (identifying medial vowel and final sounds are covered in the next two skills).
  • Teachers should be careful not add the schwa when pronouncing individual sounds for students.

RF.K.3.B: Associate the Long and Short Vowel Sounds with Their Common Spellings (Graphemes)

Skill

RF.K.3.B: Associate the Long and Short Vowel Sounds with Their Common Spellings (Graphemes)

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.3.B: Associate the long and short sounds with the common spellings (graphemes) for the five major vowels.

Description

  • Mastery: Student is able to automatically produce the primary sounds to each vowel grapheme.
  • Acquiring: Student is able to produce primary sounds to each vowel grapheme, with the aid of sound/spelling card and/or related association.

Probes

T: Can you tell me the sounds of each letter? If the student names the letter, count it as the long vowel sound. Then ask: Can you tell me another sound for the letter? The student should name the short vowel sound.

e _ _ i _ _ a _ _ o _ _ u _ _ l = long sound; s = short sound

Record“l” on the first line for the long sound (letter name) and“s” for the short sound on the second line. If the student makes an error, record the error over the letter.

Copyright ©1999, 2008 by CORE. Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use.

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

During Transition

Reinforce Skills/Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

Display (e.g. Anchor Chart):

Make sure that the example you use for the long /u/ sound (e.g. cute, mute) does not have the /oo/ sound (e.g. moon, tune, flute).
Source: The Second Grade Superkids & Beyond

Considerations & Reminders

Sound/Spelling systems vary between publishers. Do not confuse the /oo/ sound in moon, flute, and tune for the long u sound; rather, think of the long /u/ sound in mute and cute.

RF.K.2.D.ii: Isolate and Pronounce the Final Sounds in Three-Phoneme Words

Skill

RF.K.2.D.ii: Isolate and Pronounce the Final Sounds in Three-Phoneme Words (not including CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/)

Standard

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.K.2.D: Isolate and pronounce the initial, medial vowel, and final sounds (phonemes) in three-phoneme (consonant-vowel-consonant, or CVC) words (This does not include CVCs ending with /l/, /r/, or /x/).

Description

  • Mastery: Student is able to detect if two or more words have the same final sound.
  • Acquiring: Student is able to produce the final sound of a given word.

Probes

T: Do you hear /p/ at the end of the word sat?
S: no

T: What is the last sound in fin?
S: /n/

T: Say a word that has the /t/ sound at the end?
S: (e.g. cat or other word with the /t/ sound at the end)

T: Which words have /k/ at the end? Truck, miss, and flick
S: truck and flick

Activities and Resources

Small Group Instruction – Direct Instruction

During Transition

Reinforce Skills/Independent Work Time – Independent/Small Group Center Activity

Display (e.g. Anchor Chart):

Source: Mrs. Gilchrist’s Class

Considerations & Reminders

  • As students begin to isolate individual sounds, teachers must be careful to articulate each sound clearly for the students. Teachers should consider proximity during instruction and that all students can see proper mouth movements and accuracy of pronunciation.
  • Teachers should be careful not add the schwa when pronouncing individual sounds for students.
  • Focus only on the final phoneme in three-phoneme words (identifying medial vowel are covered in the next skill).

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Why is building knowledge so important?

Background knowledge—coupled with comprehension strategies—fuels students’ capacity to understand texts, answer questions, and grapple with ideas.

Students bring different bodies of knowledge into school. Some are whizzes at baseball or mechanics; some visit museums, have tons of books at home, and know the word “yacht.” That means their comprehension of a given topic or text will correlate with what they already know. But what happens when they learn the same content together? A recent independent study showed that a knowledge-building literacy curriculum in elementary school raised test scores and helped eliminate income-based opportunity gaps.

It is our responsibility as educators to bring the world into the classroom for all students and help them grow their literacy skills.

Literacy instruction has typically focused on decontextualized skills—finding the main idea, making inferences—before, or instead of, the content of texts and resources that students engage with. Many teachers may have been trained to “put the skills and strategies in the foreground, like a skill of the week, then bring in texts that they find suited for demonstrating the skill or strategy,” says Natalie Wexler, author of The Knowledge Gap. But science shows that harnessing skills and strategies to content is actually more effective. That is, using a coherent and systematic progression of content that helps knowledge and skills build on each other has been shown to result in better student outcomes.

“The advantage of a coherent curriculum is that the topics it covers can build on one another, with one unit providing a foundation of knowledge for others that come later, both throughout a single school year and across grade levels,” according to Barbara Davidson and David Liben. Along the way, students also cultivate curiosity and confidence, accelerating the entire process. So the more you know, the faster you learn—and that lasts a lifetime.

Getting started with knowledge based learning

Effective literacy instruction must celebrate the experiences students have but not assume each student has specific pieces of prior knowledge. Rather, it must build knowledge in the classroom. Students (and teachers) need curricula that expose them to a diverse array of new topics—spanning history, science, literature, culture, and the arts—in an intentional sequence that builds a rich and common knowledge base from which all students can draw.

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Professional development to support your shift to the Science of Reading

Ignite literacy transformation with Amplify’s Science of Reading: The Learning Lab—an inspiring three-course series.

  • Course 1: Foundations to the Science of Reading
  • Course 2: Advanced Topics in the Science of Reading: Assessment and Reading Difficulties
  • Course 3: Applied Structured Literacy

Crafted to the standards of the International Dyslexia Association, this self-paced online series provides unparalleled, research-backed instruction. Explore enriching activities, curated resources, and learn from Susan Lambert, chief academic officer and host of Science of Reading: The Podcast.

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Before and after knowledge building: What knowledge looks like in the classroom

Making connections to what students already know

Before: Teachers “activate” students’ prior knowledge before reading.
After: Teachers build students’ knowledge explicitly for students to leverage later as background knowledge.

Developing reading comprehension

Before: Teachers focus instruction on comprehension strategies (e.g., “strategy of the day” instruction).
After: Teachers focus on content and use comprehension strategies to help students gain knowledge of that content.

Introduction of new topics and information

Before: Students learn about content-area topics individually in disconnected units of instruction.
After: Students learn topics through a coherent approach that builds knowledge within and across units of instruction.

See the remarkable difference shifting to a knowledge-building approach can make in your school. Our enlightening flyer guides you through a before-and-after journey, illustrating the profound impact of knowledge building on learning. Check it out!

What to look for in a knowledge-building literacy curriculum:

It develops content knowledge.

The program should immerse students in a given domain for weeks—that’s how they acquire academic knowledge. The content should also develop from grade to grade, so that students learning about Renaissance art can reflect on and compare to what they previously learned about art in the Middle Ages.

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It leverages read-alouds for exposure to complex language.

In early grades, students’ listening comprehension outpaces their reading comprehension. Interactive read-alouds can be used to expose students to academic language and rich vocabulary. With background knowledge, vocabulary words are “the main support beams in the comprehension house.” This approach also helps teachers introduce students to new information and experiences—in a supportive and interactive environment.

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It introduces students to a wide variety of topics and content.

A content-rich curriculum exposes students to broad knowledge over time in a systematic, cumulative way, which is more effective than spending several months on just one topic. And while that’s happening, students are participating in enriching discussions and writing activities so they can further interact with the content, promoting deeper engagement and supporting retention of both the knowledge and associated vocabulary.

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It builds both knowledge and foundational skills.

Knowledge building is just one component of literacy development. A content-rich curriculum that helps students build both knowledge (language comprehension) and skills (word recognition) takes into account both sides of the Reading Rope, giving students everything they need to build the foundation for a lifetime of literacy success. Instead of learning to read so they can read to learn, students who use a content-rich curriculum learn to read and learn about the world at the same time, enabling them to understand what they’re reading.

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“Shifting from balanced literacy to a knowledge-building curriculum was a huge change for us. [Amplify] CKLA systematically builds knowledge from unit to unit and across grade levels. Students are constantly making connections to what they learned earlier in the year. We are excited to see the connections that they make after they have had a few years of the program. Student engagement has significantly increased. They are excited about the topics that they are learning. I never would have thought that students would find the War of 1812 or ancient Greek civilizations fascinating, but they do!”

—Christina Pina, Instructional Data Specialist, Chicopee Public Schools, Chicopee, MA

Data’s essential role in your Science of Reading implementation

Support teachers and students in working toward literacy goals by leading with data as you shift to the Science of Reading. With tools like ongoing progress monitoring and a robust Multi-Tiered System of Supports, we’ll show you how data can give your students the literacy instruction they deserve.

Building buy-in for change—with data

You can use literacy data to harness buy-in for a paradigm shift, monitor student progress, and support your transition to the Science of Reading. But which data measures best identify areas for growth and reveal the path to student achievement?

Our free ebook, The Story That Data Tells, will help you take the first steps in using data to guide your journey toward impactful change..

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“I had to dig into and learn: What is [the Science of Reading] all about? How are we gonna be using this data instructionally, and then take that data and use it with our kids? So that’s really how we got the ball rolling.”

—Corey Beil, Interventionist and Instructional Coach

Quaker Community School District, Pennsylvania

Getting started with a data-driven literacy implementation

As any experienced educator can agree, change is not straightforward in the classroom. This is especially true when it comes to shifting to the Science of Reading, a process that requires meticulous planning, open communication, and—most importantly—data.

Discover which data to focus on throughout the school year, and how to use it to direct your implementation—whether you’re just starting the shift, or already implementing the Science of Reading.

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Align your MTSS to the Science of Reading

Learn more about MTSS in literacy principles and how to align it with the Science of Reading.

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The five guiding principles for an effective MTSS

To provide your students with literacy instruction that meets their needs, you need seamless planning and plenty of forethought. Deliver the instruction, assessment, and personalized learning your students deserve with a Multi-Tiered System of Supports grounded in data and the Science of Reading.

Read about the five guiding principles that can help you align your MTSS with the Science of Reading in our free ebook Systems of Success: Getting Started With a Multi-Tiered System of Supports Aligned to the Science of Reading.

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Review the five guiding principles

An effective MTSS framework requires collaboration from all stakeholders (such as teachers, administrators, and caregivers) to ensure students have access to the right instructional support at the right time.

Frequent collection and interpretation of high-quality data is essential to identifying student needs, monitoring progress, and guiding decision-making. Universal screening and progress monitoring data are used to evaluate the effectiveness of all tiers in an MTSS, and to identify students at risk.

An MTSS provides increasing levels of support for students when they need it. It also focuses on prevention first to reduce the need for intervention later.

Implementing evidence-based instruction and interventions with fidelity improves outcomes for all students. A focus on all students, not just those in need of additional support, ensures that all students can access high-quality instruction.

In an MTSS framework, decisions are based on research and the constantly evolving needs of all students and schools.

Season 5, Episode 5: Implementing Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports

Hear from educator Brittney Bills, Ed.D., as she discusses her districts’ experience learning to use data, avoid burnout, and sustain ongoing improvements.

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What Does Data Tell Us? Building Buy-In and Determining Areas of Need With Data

Data can paint a clear picture of where your students are, where they need to go, and how the Science of Reading can get them there. Hear from Amplify Executive Director of Learning Science Danielle Damico about the story that data tells, how to use data to build buy-in, and the kind of data you should be collecting to ensure a successful implementation.

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Starting Your Science of Reading Shift With Screening: How to Use Assessment Data as a Building Block of MTSS

Screening and assessment data can drive MTSS-aligned change management in your district, supporting you as you navigate and sustain lasting transformation. Learn more about the importance of universal screening in your literacy implementation.

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Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) se enorgullece de ofrecer Amplify Caminos, una auténtica solución de artes del lenguaje en español.
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Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) es un programa de artes del lenguaje para los grados PreK-5 que combina un enfoque multisensorial de la fonética con textos enriquecidos cuidadosamente secuenciados para desarrollar el conocimiento del contenido.
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Amplify ELA ayuda a los niños de 6.º a 8.º grado a leer y comprender textos complejos, animándolos a lidiar con ideas interesantes y encontrar relevancia para ellos mismos.
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Amplify Desmos Math es un plan de estudios básico de matemáticas creado desde jardín de infantes hasta Álgebra 1.
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Amplify Science es un plan de estudios atractivo para los grados K-8 diseñado por expertos del Lawrence Hall of Science de UC Berkeley.
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Boost Lectura es un programa basado en la Ciencia de la Lectura creado para acelerar la alfabetización en español para estudiantes de K-2. Leer más.
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Boost Reading le brinda a su hijo la oportunidad de aprender y practicar habilidades de alfabetización dentro de un mundo de historias atractivo que se adapta a cada estudiante a medida que avanza en el programa.
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mCLASS es un sistema de evaluación e instrucción que ayuda a medir el desarrollo de alfabetización y matemáticas de su hijo. Ayuda a determinar dónde se encuentra su hijo en su viaje de lectura y matemáticas. Leer más.
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mCLASS® Lectura es un evaluador universal para K-6 que ayuda a los educadores a acelerar el crecimiento en lectura de los estudiantes de habla hispana. Leer más.
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Welcome, Ellensburg, to Amplify Desmos Math!

Amplify Desmos Math K-5 thoughtfully combines conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application. Each lesson is designed to tell a story by posing problems that invite a variety of approaches before guiding students to synthesize their understanding of the learning goals.

Scroll to learn more about the program and explore sample materials.

About the program

We believe in math that motivates. Our structured approach to problem-based learning builds on students’ curiosity to develop lasting grade-level understandings for all students. 

The program motivates students with interesting problems they are eager to solve. Teachers can spend more time where it’s most impactful: creating a collaborative classroom of learners.

A powerful suite of math resources

Amplify Desmos Math combines the best of problem-based lessons, intervention, personalized practice, and assessments into a coherent and engaging experience for both students and teachers.  Feel free to explore our grade-level ancillary samplers to learn more about assessment and reporting, intervention, and differentiation:

Grade K Ancillary Sampler

Grade 1 Ancillary Sampler

Grade 2 Ancillary Sampler

Grade 3 Ancillary Sampler

Grade 4 Ancillary Sampler

Grade 5 Ancillary Sampler

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Assessment

mCLASS® Assessments, along with daily formative checks, measure not only what students know, but how they think. The asset-based assessment system provides teachers with targeted, actionable insights, linked to core and intervention resources. Visit our mClass Math site to learn more.

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Core instruction

Amplify Desmos Math lessons pair problems students are eager to solve with clear instructional moves for teachers. With low-floor, high-ceiling tasks every student can actively participate and be a part of the math community. Unit- and lesson-level core assessments give teachers data at their fingertips to guide and differentiate instruction.

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Differentiation

Boost Personalized Learning activities help students access grade-level math through engaging, independent digital practice. Responsive Feedback adjusts to students’ work, providing item-level adaptivity to further support their learning and offer personalized differentiation. Visit our Boost Math site to learn more. 

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Embedded intervention

Integrated resources like Mini-Lessons, Fluency Practice, and Math Adventures provide targeted intervention on a specific concept or skill connected to the daily lesson. Extensions are also available to stretch students’ understanding.

Multilingual Learners

To support multilingual/English learners, Amplify Desmos Math incorporates research-based Math Language Routines (MLRs) by providing language modality strategies like sentence frames where appropriate, both in the teacher language provided for each task and in the differentiation support section found throughout the program. For further information on math language development, please see pg. 82 of the Amplify Desmos Math Program Guide.

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Review Resources

To support your review of Amplify Desmos Math here are links to important K-5 review resources:

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K-5 sample materials

Click the links in the drop-down sections below to explore sample materials from each grade.  To see sample student responses, please click on the Teacher Edition pages and scroll to “Sample Student Work” (first one is about 30 pages in) or click on Intervention and Extension resources.   

For helpful navigation tips and more program information, download the Amplify Desmos Math Program Guide.

You can also watch a product expert walk through a lesson and the available program components.

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Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Kindergarten Amplify Desmos Math.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Counting and Comparing Objects.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

A digital activity screen, crafted in the style of Amplify Desmos Math, shows two paths with different quantities of mushrooms. The user is prompted to choose the path with more mushrooms. A bear is on the left side of the screen.

In this lesson, students apply their understanding of how to compare groups of images as they determine which group has more or fewer and then compare their strategies by guiding a bear through a path that has more mushrooms than the other.

Grade 1 math curriculum overview displaying six units with instructional and assessment days: counting, addition, subtraction, numbers to 10, comparing numbers, measuring length, and geometry—aligned with the New York Math standards.
Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 1 Amplify Desmos Math.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Story Problems in Maui.

A digital math exercise, amplified by Desmos Math, showcases a story problem about adding kalo plants with three illustrations and a filled-out number sentence 3 + 4 = 7. A "Check" button is present. This tool aligns perfectly with New York math standards.
Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

An educational game screen, inspired by New York math standards, shows a subtraction problem, "4 - 1," with a frog moving along numbered lily pads to reveal the answer "3.

In this lesson, students find differences when subtracting 1 and 2 from the same number by helping a frog reach a lily pad where it can eat a bug.

A curriculum overview for Grade 2 in New York Math displaying 8 units, including topics like comparisons, addition, subtraction, and geometric shapes, with details on the number of instructional and assessment days. This plan integrates resources from Amplify Desmos Math to enrich learning experiences.
Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 2 Amplify Desmos Math.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Adding and Subtracting.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

An educational activity where users must select the block with the correct number to make a total of 10 using the given block numbers. The UI, inspired by New York math standards, features a caterpillar and two tree stumps to amplify engagement with Desmos Math tools.

In this lesson, students find differences when subtracting 1 and 2 from the same number by helping a frog reach a lily pad where it can eat a bug.

An educational curriculum outline for Grade 3 with seven units covering various mathematics topics, including multiplication, shapes, fractions, and measurement. Suggested instructional days are provided. The New York Math approach ensures a thorough understanding of each concept.
Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 3 Amplify Desmos Math.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Concepts of Area Measurement.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

Cover of the Amplify Desmos Math Grade 3 Centers Resources book, featuring a 3D letter "C" in blue and white on a minimalistic background, perfect for aligning with New York math standards.
Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

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Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

A page titled "Activity 2" features a table showing counts of rabbits, raccoons, and foxes, an image of animal stickers, and a bar graph representing the number of each animal, designed to amplify your New York math lesson with engaging visual data.

Students compare data represented on bar graphs with different scales by using animal stickers to create scaled bar graphs.

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Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 4 Amplify Desmos Math.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Size and Location of Fractions.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math has student print materials and digital recommendations.

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Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math, Grade 4: Intervention and Extension Resources," featuring a geometric illustration and a blue and orange color scheme inspired by New York math standards.
Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

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Students choose tube lengths to connect to platform heights for hamster homes, identifying possible heights using what they know about multiples.

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Program structure

Get to know the content and structure of Grade 5 Amplify Desmos Math.

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Teacher Edition pages

Planning and instructional guidance is visual, organized, and easy-to-follow. To help you review the program, we have included samples from a complete sub-unit on this site: Unit 2, Sub-Unit 1: Fractions as Quotients.

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Digital experience

Explore our digital experience! Every lesson in Amplify Desmos Math has student print materials and digital recommendations.

Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math: Student Edition, Grade 5" featuring students engaged in various mathematical activities outside, such as block building, measuring, and gardening—a perfect resource aligning with New York math standards.
Student Edition pages

Motivate students with mathematics that is both rigorous and delightful.

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Centers Resources

Engaging, hands-on games for students to play collaboratively to strengthen their understanding of key skills and concepts.

Cover of "Amplify Desmos Math Grade 5: Intervention and Extension Resources," featuring a large, stylized number five in purple against a light purple background with minimal geometric patterns, ideal for New York math curriculum support.
Intervention and Extension Resources

Additional resources to reinforce and extend key concepts, including Mini-Lessons and Extensions.

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Students decompose a figure into rectangular prisms and determine the volume of the figure by adding the volumes of the individual prisms.

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Alicia O’Neil

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aoneil@amplify.com

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Kindergarten Skills Map

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Confirmed: Knowledge matters.

Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) for K–5 and Amplify ELA for 6–8 are high-quality, knowledge-building literacy programs recognized by the Knowledge Matters Campaign.

Our shared message: Background knowledge is essential to literacy and learning.

High-quality curriculum recognized

Rigorous evaluators have affirmed the quality of both Amplify CKLA and Amplify ELA. Now each curriculum has been recognized by the Knowledge Matters Campaign as a literacy program that excels in building knowledge.

Learn more about Amplify’s programs

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Knowledge fuels comprehension.

The Science of Reading reveals knowledge as an essential pillar of reading comprehension, and even lifelong literacy. That’s why leading scientists say knowledge building must be incorporated into reading instruction from the beginning—and continued throughout every subsequent grade level.

Discover the Science of Reading

The more you know, the faster you learn.

That’s the message of the Knowledge Matters Campaign, and it’s the foundation of Amplify CKLA and Amplify ELA. Both content-rich literacy programs systematically braid knowledge building with skills instruction, creating a curriculum that enables all students to build reading comprehension and confidence alike.

Learn more about the Knowledge Matters Campaign

Lleve el mundo a los estudiantes con un plan de estudios de alfabetización comprobado de PreK a 5.º grado

Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) es el plan de estudios líder en alfabetización temprana basado en la Ciencia de la lectura. Mediante la combinación del desarrollo de conocimientos y de destrezas fundamentales a partir de la investigación, nuestra instrucción orienta a los educadores en el desarrollo de lectores, escritores y pensadores capaces.
Con una poderosa plataforma en línea y un plan de estudios paralelo de lengua y literatura en español, Amplify CKLA ofrece una solución integral para educadores y estudiantes de PreK a 5.º grado. For English version, please click here.

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Los resultados son fruto del conocimiento previo

El plan de estudios de alfabetización de Amplify CKLA de PreK a 5.º grado equipa a los estudiantes con un rico conocimiento que se construye intencionalmente para inspirar curiosidad e impulsar resultados. Explore las investigaciónes que revelan la eficacia del plan de estudios basado en el conocimiento, así como el logro de Amplify CKLA como intervención educativa de conformidad con la ESSA (nivel 1 de evidencia fuerte).

Amplify CKLA serves

38,000+

Salones de clase

2,700,000+

Estudiantes

50

Estados de EE. UU. y D.C.

Revisado de forma independiente y rigurosa

Amplify CKLA se encuentra entre los pocos planes de estudio que es tanto reconocido por la campaña Knowledge Matters (por su excelencia en construir conocimiento intencionalmente) y como calificado verde en EdReports, obteniendo puntuaciones verdes en todos los criterios.

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Nuestro enfoque

Basado en la Ciencia de la lectura y siguiendo el principio de Core Knowledge, el plan de estudios Amplify CKLA para PreK a 5.º grado combina conocimientos de contenido ricos y diversos en historia, ciencias, literatura y artes con una instrucción sistemática de destrezas fundamentales basada en la investigación.

Basado en la Ciencia de la lectura

Como la primera casa editorial en crear un plan de estudios basado en la Ciencia de la lectura, ponemos la investigación en acción con una instrucción explícita y sistemática de destrezas fundamentales junto con una secuencia comprobada de construcción de conocimientos. En colaboración con expertos y profesionales de la educación, proporcionamos recursos poderosos que generan resultados reales. Explore nuestras historias de éxito de Ciencia de la lectura.

Desarrolla destrezas fundamentales con instrucción explícita y sistemática

El alcance y la secuencia basados en la investigación de Amplify CKLA progresan desde el desarrollo de destrezas simples hasta el más complejo, comenzando con la conciencia fonológica y fonémica. La instrucción le guía en la enseñanza explícita de las 150 ortografías de los 44 sonidos del inglés, con una progresión intencional y una revisión de las destrezas para preparar a sus estudiantes para el éxito.

Adopta una metodología demostrada de adquisición de conocimientos

Siguiendo la Core Knowledge Sequence, un enfoque coherente, acumulativo y de contenido específico para desarrollar conocimientos, los estudiantes profundizan y hacen conexiones entre áreas de contenido para construir una base de conocimientos sólida que les permita comprender textos complejos. Vea cómo se ha demostrado que el plan de estudios Core Knowledge mejora los puntajes de lectura y elimina las brechas en el rendimiento.

Creado en colaboración con la Core Knowledge Foundation

Amplify CKLA es el líder en materiales educativos de alta calidad para lengua y literatura de primaria, creado en colaboración con la Core Knowledge Foundation para ayudar a los estudiantes a desarrollar con eficacia un conocimiento profundo del contenido y destrezas fundamentales.

CONOCER MÁS SOBRE LA CORE KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION

Cultivar la alfabetización bilingüe con programas paralelos en inglés y español

Amplify Caminos es el compañero perfecto en lengua y literatura del idioma español para Amplify CKLA. Los programas alineados combinan un rico conocimiento del contenido con una instrucción sistemática de destrezas fundamentales basada en la Ciencia de la lectura que sigue los principios de alfabetización bilingüe, y respalda múltiples modelos de enseñanza.

CONOCER MÁS SOBRE AMPLIFY CAMINOS

Estudio de eficacia de Amplify CKLA

Evidencia de conformidad con la ESSA (nivel 1): la adquisición de
conocimientos con Amplify CKLA mejora los logros.

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Qué se incluye

El programa proporciona atractivos materiales impresos y multimedia diseñados para construir una base sólida y rica en lectoescritura en todos los salones de clase.

CoreELD y complementos

Materiales de alta calidad para los maestros

Los maestros de Amplify CKLA brindan instrucción de manera eficaz con recursos impresos y digitales, que incluyen:

  • Guías para el maestro con diferenciación integrada.
  • Evaluaciones formales e informales.
  • Diapositivas de lecciones listas para usar y personalizables.
  • Libros comerciales y Guías literarias.
  • Recursos docentes y desarrollo profesional a pedido.

Recursos inmersivos para estudiantes

Los estudiantes de Amplify CKLA se mantienen interesados con una amplia gama de recursos impresos y digitales, que incluyen:

  • Descodificables originales y Libros grandes de lectura en voz alta (K a 2.º grado), Libros de lectura (3.er a 5.º grados) y libros comerciales (K a 5.º grado).
  • Cuadernos de actividades para estudiantes con evaluaciones integradas (K a 5.º grado).
  • Unidades de investigación para investigaciones independientes desarrollados en torno a un libro comercial (K a 5.º grado).
  • Diario del poeta y Diario del escritor (libros de lectura con espacio para escribir para 4.º y 5.º grados).
  • Misiones de conocimiento para apoyar el aprendizaje inmersivo basado en problemas en los grados 3.º a 5.º.

Materiales prácticos de fonética

La fonética multisensorial y los recursos de destrezas fundamentales ayudan a los estudiantes a practicar destrezas clave utilizando enfoques divertidos y variados que desarrollan la independencia.

  • Carpetas para la práctica de ortografía (K).
  • Tarjetas de letras (K a 2.º grado).
  • Tarjetas de sílabas (K a 2.º grado).
  • Tarjetas de imágenes (K a 3.er grado).
  • Tarjetas de combinación de imágenes (K).
  • Rotafolios de códigos de consonantes y vocales (1.er y 2.º grados).
  • Biblioteca de sonido digital exclusiva.

Experiencia digital robusta

Los recursos para maestros y estudiantes de Amplify CKLA están disponibles a través de una plataforma de experiencia digital que mejora la instrucción y le ahorra tiempo. Con todo lo que necesita en un solo lugar, puede planificar lecciones, presentar contenido y revisar el trabajo de los estudiantes de manera eficaz.

  • Presentaciones de lecciones con diapositivas listas para usar y personalizables.
  • Herramienta dinámica para estudiantes con revisión en vivo.
  • Experiencia interactiva y amigable para los estudiantes.
  • Integración LMS.
  • Videos animados de Desarrollo de conocimiento
  • Lecturas en voz alta grabadas.
  • Sitio web de desarrollo profesional.
  • Apoyo al programa en tiempo real por correo electrónico, chat en vivo y teléfono.

Programa para estudiantes del idioma inglés

Language Studio, diseñado para Amplify CKLA, brinda instrucción diaria alineada con WIDA para que los estudiantes del idioma inglés profundicen su inglés académico.

Programa de exploración de escritura

Writing Studio, un complemento único para Amplify CKLA, ofrece una inmersión profunda en la redacción de información, narrativa y opinión para formar escritores fuertes y apasionados.

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Explore otros programas basados en la Ciencia de la lectura

Todos los programas de nuestro paquete de alfabetización están diseñados para que se respalden y complementen entre sí. Aprenda más sobre nuestros programas relacionados:

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Boost Reading in Action

Boost Reading (formerly Amplify Reading) immerses students in an engaging game world while delivering the skills practice and supports they need to become proficient readers. While students are making progress in the game world and receiving personalized feedback, teachers receive meaningful data to track their growth. 

Inside the Classroom

Engaging, personalized learning

Using the science behind engagement and motivation, we built Boost Reading to deliver compelling narrative experiences where progress in the storyline is mapped to reading growth, helping students understand the value of effort and practice.

What teachers and students say about Boost Reading

“When I’m using Boost Reading, I feel as if I’m not even reading, I feel as if I’m playing a game. It’s a whole new world,” said one Boost Reading student. To hear from real teachers and students about their experiences with Boost Reading, watch the video on the left.

Spotlights

Student motivation

We don’t want students just to learn to read. We want students to love to read. Students using Boost Reading enter immersive story worlds that evolve as they develop language and decoding skills, having fun while building confidence in their own ability every step of the way.

Personalized instruction

Students embark on personalized journeys that match their profiles to a comprehensive range of skills—from foundational skills to comprehension to close reading. Every decision students make helps Boost Reading deliver them the right skills at the right time.

Based on the Science of Reading

Boost Reading is part of Amplify’s greater early literacy ecosystem that provides instruction proven to move the needle on reading growth. Extend and support core instruction using high-quality materials that provide more than just practice. Learn more about our research-based reading curriculum in this video.

Part of the mCLASS® literacy suite

Educators can use data from mCLASS with DIBELS® 8th Edition to place students into the Boost Reading learning progression in the spot that’s exactly right for their abilities and areas of need, with no additional assessment required.

TESTIMONIALS

“I usually don’t like reading a lot but, this was fun and exciting. It was able to teach me more than I already know. I didn’t expect it to be this fun!”

5th grade student
Brooklyn

TESTIMONIALS

“Boost Reading has been a great way for me to add differentiation in my classroom. My students love working on it…I also love that I can monitor how they are doing and adjust small group instruction to help them.”

1st grade teacher
Providence Hall Charter School, Utah

TESTIMONIALS

“Students enjoy practicing reading and reading skills through this program. It was made with young minds in mind.”

Irma Aldana
2nd grade teacher, Estrella Elementary, California

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Ready to see what Boost Reading would look like in your classroom? Simply complete the form to request a demo, and an Amplify sales representative will be in touch.

Bring the world to students with a proven PreK–5 literacy curriculum

Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) is the leading early literacy curriculum grounded in the Science of Reading. By combining knowledge-building and research-based foundational skills, our instruction guides educators in developing strong readers, writers, and thinkers.

With a powerful online platform and a parallel Spanish language arts curriculum, Amplify CKLA provides a comprehensive solution for PreK–5 educators and students. Para la versión en español, haga clic aquí.

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Background knowledge drives results

The Amplify CKLA PreK–5 literacy curriculum equips students with rich knowledge that intentionally builds to inspire curiosity and drive results. Explore research revealing the power of our knowledge-based curriculum including a study that meets qualifications for ESSA Tier I: Strong Evidence.

Amplify CKLA serves

38,000+

Classrooms

2,700,000+

Students

50

U.S. States and D.C.

Independently and rigorously reviewed

Amplify CKLA is among the few curricula that is both recognized by the Knowledge Matters Campaign—for its excellence in intentionally building knowledge—and rated all-green on EdReports, earning green scores across all gateways.


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Our approach

Grounded in the Science of Reading and following the Core Knowledge approach, the Amplify CKLA PreK–5 curriculum combines rich content knowledge in history, science, literature, and the arts with systematic, research-based foundational skills instruction.

Grounded in the Science of Reading

As the first publisher to build a curriculum based on the Science of Reading, we put research into action with explicit systematic foundational skills instruction alongside a proven knowledge-building sequence. In collaboration with education experts and practitioners, we provide powerful resources that drive real results. Explore our Science of Reading success stories.

Developing foundational skills with explicit, systematic instruction

Amplify CKLA’s research-based scope and sequence progresses from simple to more complex skill development, starting with phonological and phonemic awareness. Instruction guides you in explicitly teaching the 150 spellings for the 44 sounds of English, with an intentional progression and review of skills to set your students up for success.

Following a proven knowledge-building approach

Following the Core Knowledge Sequence–a content-specific, cumulative, and coherent approach to building knowledge–students dig deeper and make connections across content areas to build a robust knowledge base for comprehending complex texts. See how the Core Knowledge curriculum is proven to improve reading scores and eliminate achievement gaps.

Built in partnership with the Core Knowledge Foundation

Amplify CKLA is the premier high-quality instructional materials offering for elementary language arts, built in partnership with the Core Knowledge Foundation to help students effectively develop deep content knowledge and foundational skills.

Learn more about the Core Knowledge Foundation

Cultivating biliteracy with parallel English and Spanish programs

Amplify Caminos is the perfect Spanish language arts partner to Amplify CKLA. The aligned programs combine rich content knowledge with systematic foundational skills instruction grounded in the Science of Reading that follows biliteracy principles, and supports multiple teaching models.

Learn more about Amplify Caminos

Amplify CKLA efficacy study

Tier I ESSA Evidence: Amplify CKLA knowledge-building improves achievement.

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What’s included

The program provides engaging print and multimedia materials designed to build a robust literacy-rich foundation in every classroom.

CoreELD and companions

High-quality teacher materials

Amplify CKLA teachers effectively deliver instruction with print and digital resources, including:

  • Teacher Guides with embedded differentiation.
  • Formal and informal assessments.
  • Ready-made and customizable lesson slides.
  • Trade books and Novel Guides.
  • Teacher resources and on-demand professional development.

Immersive student resources

Amplify CKLA students stay engaged with a variety of print and digital resources, including:

  • Original decodables and read-aloud Big Books (K–2), Student Readers (3–5), and trade books (K–5).
  • Student Activity Books with embedded assessments (K–5).
  • Research units for independent research built around a trade book (K–5).
  • Poet’s Journal and Writer’s Journal (write-in student readers for Grades 4–5).
  • Quests for the Core to support immersive, problem-based learning in Grades 3–5.

Hands-on phonics materials

Multisensory phonics and foundational skills resources help students practice key skills using fun, varied approaches that build independence.

  • Chaining Folder (K)
  • Letter Cards (K–2)
  • Syllable Cards (K–2)
  • Image Cards (K–3)
  • Blending Picture Cards (K)
  • Consonant and Vowel Code Flip Books (1–2)
  • Exclusive digital Sound Library

Robust digital experience

Amplify CKLA teacher and student resources are available through a digital experience platform that enhances instruction and saves you time. With everything you need in one place, you can effectively plan lessons, present content, and review student work.

  • Ready-made yet customizable lesson presentation slide decks
  • Dynamic live-review student tool
  • Interactive and student-friendly experience
  • LMS integration
  • Knowledge Builder animated videos
  • Recorded Read-Alouds
  • Professional development website
  • Real-time program support via email, live chat, and phone

English Language Learner program

Language Studio, designed for Amplify CKLA, provides WIDA-aligned daily instruction for English Language Learners to deepen their academic English.

Writing explorations program

A unique companion for Amplify CKLA, Writing Studio provides a deep dive into informational, narrative, and opinion writing to build strong, passionate writers.

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Explore more programs based on the Science of Reading

All of the programs in our literacy suite are designed to support and complement each other. Learn more about our related programs:

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Amplify Caminos is a K–5 Spanish language arts program and curriculum designed t…

Boost Reading

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mCLASS

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Dyslexia: Early screening for risk

Dyslexia is one of the most common forms of learning disability, with some estimates suggesting that it may affect more than 17 percent of school-age students (Shaywitz, 2004). Although there are many different forms of reading difficulty, dyslexia is primarily characterized by difficulty in word-level reading ability, often due to deficits in automaticity or phonological processing.

Universal screening is an essential practice for identifying reading difficulties in the early grades, including characteristics of dyslexia. According to the International Dyslexia Association (IDA), early identification of reading difficulties helps get students the support they need and prevents further difficulty.

Amplify’s universal and dyslexia screening in one too

Measure what matters 

mCLASS® with DIBELS 8th Edition® provides a formative assessment solution that supports the identification of students at risk for reading difficulties, including difficulty related to dyslexia. DIBELS 8th Edition was developed by the University of Oregon with the primary focus of ensuring that the measures are able to meet state-level dyslexia screening requirements.

How mCLASS identifies students at risk of dyslexia

When screening for risk, nothing can replace the power of listening to a child read—listening to their strengths as a reader AND their struggles. 

With mCLASS, teachers administer predictive one-minute assessment measures that involve listening to students interact with sounds, letters, words, and text while screening for reading difficulties.

They will document all behaviors simultaneously on a mobile device. Accurate, efficient collection of data allows for immediate analysis that results in a clear identification of risk, not only for reading difficulty but also for dyslexia. 

Research and statistics

Identifying at-risk students: What comes next?

“90 percent of students who struggle in third grade will continue to struggle at the end of elementary school if they do not receive intervention.

Research and statistics about dyslexia in early literacy

Identifying at-risk students: What comes next?

“74 percent of students who are poor readers in third grade will be poor readers in ninth grade, and, in general, have a higher risk of academic failure and school dropout. ”

Research and statistics about dyslexia in early literacy

Identifying at-risk students: What comes next?

“According to a 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress study, only 35 percent of fourth-grade students were proficient in reading. Most of these children will spend the rest of their time in school trying to catch up. ”

Research and statistics about dyslexia in early literacy

Dyslexia toolkit
This toolkit offers answers for educators looking to learn about dyslexia and how to screen for it.

Download the toolkit

mClass solutions

mCLASS Instruction

mCLASS Instruction provides teachers with a single view of the personalized, blended instruction (teacher-led and online) that is available to support individual student or small-group needs in skill areas directly assessed in the mCLASS assessment. 

Employ teacher-led instruction for whole classes, small-groups, and individual students, including activities created by Susan Hall, author of I’ve DIBEL’d, Now What, are provided for skill practice.

Additional instructional resources for comprehension include grade-level passages that provide more practice.

Boost Reading

Get online student instruction and practice with Boost Reading, which places students in a personalized instruction path based on mCLASS assessment data and adapts based on progress in the curriculum. Students engage with skills-based games as well as an eReader.

mCLASS intervention

Receive rigorous, teacher-led intervention with mCLASS Intervention to address students most in need of support.

mCLASS Home Connect

Teachers can download a letter with student assessment results to send home to parents

and guardians, or use as a basis for discussion at conferences. Home Connect letters describe how the measures relate to skills development. Progress bars indicate the student’s performance on each measure.

Home Connect extends reporting to parents and guardians in a way that is easily understood and provides suggestions for positive action.

Resources

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Dyslexia Screening and DIBELS 8th E…

mCLASS helps reveal to educators the early warning signs of reading difficulty o…

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Steps for Interviewing

Amplify Professional Learning Specialist Applicants

Congratulations on being invited to interview for the Professional Learning Specialist role!

Please take these three steps in order to schedule and prepare for your interview.

Step 1: Review the PLS Flipbook
Step 2: Schedule your Interview
Step 3: Prepare for your Interview

Interviews will take place from April 14th to April 25th.

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Step 1: Review the PLS Flipbook >

Amplify Professional Learning Specialists (PLS) will be responsible for facilitating high-quality professional development (PD) to teachers and school leaders, ensuring educators feel confident taking steps to implement our programs and ultimately drive student success. 

Please read the PLS flipbook to ensure you have a clear understanding of the role and ensure this is the right fit for you. These details are captured in pages 16 – 29 of the flipbook.

Several key PLS responsibilities are highlighted below:

  • Delivering remote and onsite professional development for approximately 30-40 educators per session during the summer season (May – September 2025), possibly longer.
  • Must be available to be scheduled during normal school hours (Monday–Friday) in all U.S. time zones.
  • Must be available a minimum of three days per week on Monday through Friday from July 7–August 22. Three consecutive days is strongly recommended as it will potentially lead to more onsite delivery opportunities.
  • PLSs who are current educators and returning to full-time roles at school/districts must have a return to work date after August 22nd.
  • May not be unavailable for more than 1 week between July 21–August 15. Must be available August 18–22.
  • Traveling via car, plane, and/or public transportation, sometimes with minimal advance notice and including overnight stay at hotels.   
  • Paying all travel-related expenses in advance, with reimbursements being processed 2-3 weeks following submission of the expense reimbursement requests.

Please reach out to pls_hiring@amplify.com if you have additional questions.

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Step 2: Schedule Your Interview

Our second round of interviews will take place between April 14th – April 25th. 

Please schedule an interview for the specific role for which you have applied: 

  • Literacy or STEM Candidates: schedule a 30 minute interview below in the calendar titled “PLS Interviews: April” 
  • Bilingual Candidates: schedule a 45 minute interview on the “Bilingual PLS Interviews: April” only. You do not need to sign up for a separate 30 minute interview.
  • Once you have scheduled your interview, you should receive a confirmation email from Calendly.  If you do not receive this email, please reach out to PLS_hiring@amplify.com for support.

If you need to reschedule your interview, you may do so directly by clicking the reschedule link in the confirmation email from Calendly to select a new interview option during the current interview window.  Once you have rescheduled, you will receive a new confirmation email and updated calendar invitation. Please do not sign up for more than one interview.

We ask that you only reschedule if absolutely necessary and request at least 24 hours notice prior to your interview day/time.

Step 3: Prepare for Interview

Prior to your scheduled interview, prepare your interview activity! Please view the video to the right for help preparing. 

  • Guidance for the task can be found here: PLS Performance Task Guidance Document
  • You should come ready to share your screen via Google Meet and present the provided activity in under 5 minutes.
  • Talking points are included for each screen to guide your presentation.
  • During your interview we will be looking for proficiency with the following tech skills: independently sharing screen, speech matching animation, and moving from screen to screen with ease.

Offer, Onboarding, and Training

  • Qualified candidates will receive an offer via email.  The offer will include your product placement and regional assignment.
  • If you accept the offer, our partner contracting agency will reach out to you to provide the necessary documentation to begin the onboarding process. This will include a background check. You will also need to provide college transcripts, please begin gathering these items.
  • Once you have completed the onboarding process with our partner contracting agency, you will begin your official Amplify PLS onboarding process on June 2nd. A majority of onboarding will be remote, with one in person training on June 24th – 25th. More details to come!
  • Once you are certified, our PD Operations team will begin to schedule you for PD engagements within your region and across the country!

Info Session

Get more details from PD staff members about the PLS role, regional placement, the onboarding process, and ongoing support.

We will address the most common questions we receive:

  1. What is the role of a PLS?
  2. Where will I deliver sessions?  What content will I deliver?
  3. How will onboarding work?
  4. How will I be supported?

This session will be recorded and posted here following the session.

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Hear from our Professional Learning Specialists

“I have been able to connect with teachers and support them in their implementation of Amplify products. I especially love coaching opportunities where I have time to see teachers in action, model lessons for them, and debrief and problem solve what is going on in their classrooms. I would have loved that opportunity when I was in the classroom.”

Amy Wiktor

Professional Learning Specialist

Hear from our Professional Learning Specialists

“I feel like I have learned so much about the Science of Reading, facilitation, and am inspired by the positive contribution I can make to both teachers and students. I am putting something positive back into the world and spreading kindness every day! Very fulfilling.”

Jennifer Piehl

Professional Learning Specialist

Hear from our Professional Learning Specialists

“I’ve had a lot of new experiences and love the networking involved throughout the Amplify community. Seeing new places in different parts of the country has been incredible, as well! Plus, the work environment has been the most positive, uplifting, and motivational workplace I’ve ever been a part of! ”

Justin Suder-Grose

Professional Learning Specialist

Thank you for your interest!

Contact us with questions at pls_hiring@amplify.com

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Welcome to mCLASS® Lectura for grades K–6!

On this site, you’ll find resources to guide you in your review.

mCLASS with DIBELS 8th Edition teacher-administered assessment

About the program

Aligned to the Science of Reading, mCLASS ® Lectura allows teachers to connect with their students through observational assessment and in the language most comfortable to them. Used in tandem with DIBELS ® 8th Edition, mCLASS Lectura provides you with a full dual-language solution. Know exactly how to monitor and support all the Spanish-speaking students in your classroom with features like:

  • Assessment measures validated using the latest research in Spanish literacy development. 
  • Universal and dyslexia screening in one tool.
  • Instructional activities to build Spanish literacy skills.
  • Reports in English and Spanish.
Watch a webinar to learn more.
Spanish reading assessment

A program that addresses the classroom inequities Spanish-speaking students face in early literacy

Spanish-speaking students have been underserved and misclassified for decades. By combining mCLASS Lectura and mCLASS with DIBELS 8th Edition, you’ll be able to understand where your Spanish-speaking students are in their English and Spanish literacy paths.

Resources to support your review

Download the resources below before you review the program to better understand the program structure, components, digital resources, and more.

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Dyslexia screening: Catch at-risk students early

Early intervention is critical. With mCLASS Lectura, educators can provide universal and dyslexia screening through one single powerful tool—no additional assessment system required.

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Assessment measurement videos

mCLASS Lectura’s teacher-administered assessment provides for streamlined data collection, emphasizing measures of the most important skills. The measures are administered in the manner that is most appropriate for the developmental stage of the child as well as the skills being assessed.

Fluidez en nombrar letras (FNL)

Students are asked to identify as many uppercase and lowercase letter names as they can in one minute.

Fluidez en los sonidos de letras (FSL)

Students are asked to identify the sounds of as many uppercase and lowercase letters as they can in one minute.

Fluidez en los sonidos de sílabas (LSS)

Students are presented with a page of printed orthographically regular Spanish syllables and asked to read as many syllables as they can in one minute.

Fluidez en las palabras (FEP)

Students are presented with a page of real words and asked to decode as many words as they can in one minute.

Fluidez en la lectura oral (FLO)

Students are presented with an authentically written informational or narrative passage of Spanish connected text and asked to read as much of the passage as they can in one minute.

¿Qué Queda? (QQ)

Students are presented with a word orally and then the examiner omits part of the word (i.e., compound word part, syllable, or phoneme). Students are asked to identify what word remains after the word part has been elided.

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Fluidez en la segmentación de sílabas (FSS)

Students are presented with words orally and asked to segment words into syllables. (No video is currently available for this measure.)

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Science of Reading resources hub

The Science of Reading is complex, so your understanding of it should be, too. That’s why our resource pages break it all down for you, from word recognition and comprehension to dyslexia and Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports. Equip yourself with the knowledge you need to make the greatest difference to your students!

Select a resource:

Amplify’s Science of Reading overview

Learn the ins and outs of the Science of Reading—what it means, and why its principles matter.

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Science of Reading FAQ

Get early literacy guidance with our Science of Reading FAQ.

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Science of Reading: The Podcast

Listen to the latest insights from researchers and practitioners in early reading.

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Science of Reading programs

Achieve next-level literacy growth with a cohesive Science of Reading suite.

EXPLORE NOW 

Science of Reading success stories

We’ve helped thousands of Science of Reading champions make the shift, and they’re eager to share the secrets of their long-term success with fellow educators like you.

LEARN MORE 

Science of Reading webinars

Get on-demand professional development to build and refine your toolkit of Science of Reading resources and instructional practices.

WATCH NOW 

Science of Reading Star Awards

Nominate a literacy changemaker for our prestigious Science of Reading Star Awards!

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Science of Reading data and MTSS

Fortify your Science of Reading implementation using essential data and a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS).

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Change management

Educational change doesn’t happen overnight, or by itself. We’ll walk you through the process to help you make literacy success a lasting reality in your classroom.

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Knowledge building

Learn the ins and outs of the Science of Reading—what it means, and why its principles matter.

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Dyslexia and the Science of Reading

Discover how assessment and instruction grounded in the Science of Reading helps identify children at risk of developing dyslexia at the earliest possible moments, creating the widest opportunity for intervention.

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Science of Reading professional development course

Learn everything you need to know about Science of Reading instruction with Amplify’s Chief Academic Officer and host of Science of Reading: The Podcast Susan Lambert.

ENROLL NOW 

The Science of Writing

Explore the Science of Writing, and how you can use it with the Science of Reading to unlock life-changing literacy outcomes.

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Join our User Research Community!

Help shape Amplify products.

Educators and students are at the center of what we do. That’s why we test our products with real users, visit classrooms across the country, and gather ideas and feedback from educators like you! This is how we ensure that we’re developing new products that meet your needs, as well as continuously improving our existing products to better support your classrooms.

That’s where our User Research Community comes in. This is a group of valued educators we look to for their expertise! They regularly participate in research and feedback opportunities and share their insights with our Product teams.

We hope you’ll consider joining Amplify’s User Research Community. When we have a study that’s a good fit for you, our team will reach out with details and next steps.

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Why participate in user research?

Make an impact

Help influence and improve Amplify products by sharing your feedback and ideas

Get sneak peeks

Learn about new products and features that Amplify teams are working on

Connect with us

Share your thoughts and feedback directly with Amplify product development teams

Enjoy thank-you gifts

Receive incentives as a thank you for your time

What to expect

When you sign up to join the Amplify User Research Community, we’ll ask you some questions that will help us match you with research studies. When an opportunity sounds like a good fit, we’ll send you an email and share the details up front, such as study topic, research format, time commitment, and compensation. Then, you can decide if you’d like to participate.

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Frequently asked questions

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We’re looking for all types of educators to join our User Research Community: new Amplify users, power users, and everyone in between. We’re also looking for people who don’t use our products. If you work in a school setting or support schools, we want to hear from you. Here are some of the people we’d love to connect with:

  • Classroom teachers (PreK–12)
  • Biliteracy teachers
  • Special education teachers
  • Interventionists
  • Coaches
  • Curriculum directors
  • School administrators
  • District administrations
  • Parents and caregivers

We have a separate research program for K–12 students. Learn more about our Playtesting program below.

Amplify runs a variety of research studies, and we’ll include the details of the study in our email. When you participate in one of our studies, you might be invited to:

  • Talk to a researcher in a video call: Share your experiences with a specific product.
  • Share your screen: Show us how you use Amplify’s products, try out a prototype, or test new features.
  • Complete a survey: Answer questions about your current practices and/or preferences.
  • Host a school visit: Have a few Amplify employees visit your classroom to observe our programs in action.
  • Participate in a long-form study: These studies may involve a small commitment for several days or over a few weeks. You may be asked to review new materials or designs or to try something out in your classroom. Our researchers may ask you to respond to questions or take notes based on your experience using a product.

The information you provide will only be used to match you with suitable research studies and won’t be shared or sold to external parties. All data is stored on a secure server. See our Privacy Policy for more detail.

Amplify’s goal is to design welcoming product experiences. To do this well, it’s important for us to get feedback from everyone. We collect demographic information to help ensure that study participants represent the educators, students, and school environments we serve. All questions are optional and your information is kept confidential in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

You can opt out at any time by clicking unsubscribe in any of our research emails.

We typically offer e-gift cards as a way of saying thank you to those who participate in our research studies. We’ll include the exact details of the thank-you gift in the email invitation for the session. If your session is eligible for a thank-you gift card, you should receive it within five business days after completing your session. Please note that not all study participants will receive a thank-you gift.

Amplify Playtesting Program

A fun and empowering experience for kids

Students in our Playtesting Program provide feedback on new Amplify games and features as they’re being developed. Our researchers work one-on-one with students for 30 minutes at a time, inviting them to interact with new games and designs and gathering their feedback. We then integrate that feedback directly into our product development. It’s a chance for students to share their thoughts and ideas and have a real impact on the programs we’re building.

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Who can participate?
Any students in kindergarten through grade 12 this school year can be part of our playtesting program, with parental permission.

What are the perks?
Aside from a fun time and a sneak peek at what’s in development, all students receive a $20 Amazon gift card for participating in a playtesting session.

When, where, and how do kids participate?
When playtesting needs arise, our User Research team will reach out to parents/caregivers to schedule a Google Meet session at a time that’s convenient for you and your child.

How can I sign my child up?
To enroll your student, please fill out this consent form. Your child will then be added to our playtesting program database. When a playtesting opportunity arises that we think would be a good fit, we’ll reach out!

Welcome, Florida middle school educators!

Amplify ELA Florida is the program built for Florida middle school teachers and students. We designed the program to help ensure the B.E.S.T standards are covered; the skills are taught; the test is prepped for; and your students are scaffolded and encouraged. We want you to spend your time bringing the text to life, making the classroom hum, and letting every student know you are paying attention to their growth.

Amplify ELA Florida Program Guide

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Instruction matters

Florida’s new standards have been crafted to give your students the B.E.S.T. Amplify ELA Florida’s lessons explore the most compelling aspect of a text and target the standards that best support that analysis through reading, writing, and communication. These key standards are identified as the lesson’s Spotlight benchmark.  Strategic connections are attained in the program through:

  • Florida model texts including rich literature and compelling non-fiction, taught in engaging new ways for today’s learners.
  • Benchmark stacks that build connections within lessons and across units.
  • Foundational instruction that targets key standards and multiple learning modes.
  • Writing that builds directly from reading complex text and is evaluated by Amplify’s Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE).
  • Reading with the B.E.S.T. Modules have been built to guide teachers and students as they begin to work with Florida’s new reading standards, providing an introduction to each grade-level B.E.S.T. Reading Benchmark. (Example module: Grade 6, Understanding Rhetoric)

    Knowledge matters

    Texts in the Amplify ELA Florida Edition curriculum cover a wide range of topics, themes, and genres with differentiated supports that ensure that all students can work through each reading and lesson. Taken as a whole, the texts show students a diverse picture of the world and help foster a lifelong love of reading. Comprehension develops as students engage with literary and informational text selections that are complex, rich, and meaningful. 

    Texts were selected for Amplify ELA Florida Edition using the following criteria: 

    • Text complexity as defined by qualitative, quantitative, and reader and task measurements as required by the B.E.S.T. Standards and the Amplify Text Complexity Index
    • Balance of literary and informational texts
    • Varied representation of genres: novels, plays, poetry, biographies, and other full-length texts
    • Diverse cultures, perspectives, and authors
    • Engaging texts that extend learning and support students as they build knowledge
    • Grade-appropriate texts, with scaffolding and compelling activities to support student engagement with 100% authentic texts
    • A library with more than 700 complete books, both classic and contemporary, encompassing a wide range of genres, topics, and cultural perspectives
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    Curriculum matters

    Amplify ELA Florida is a blended curriculum designed specifically for grades 6–8. The heart of every lesson is the text. Each grade includes six units centered on literary or informational texts, delivered in several forms of media. Your classroom will also benefit from two or three immersive, project-based experiences and a dedicated Story Writing unit.

    • Full B.E.S.T. coverage: Standards are clearly labeled in each lesson, so teachers can save time planning and get back to what they love: teaching. Also included are Benchmark Modules that support teachers’ and students’ introduction to the new standards for Florida.
    • Five levels of differentiation: Based on each student’s needs and the performance measures within Amplify ELA reports, a teacher can choose the differentiation level that’s the right fit for everyone.
    • Embedded Assessments: Teachers benefit from uninterrupted instructional time and a continuously updated picture of each student’s progress with key skills and standards.
    • Powerful feedback tools: Comprehensive tools help teachers maximize both the quantity and quality of feedback.
    • Robust reporting: Our reporting app offers information on student progress to help inform instructional decisions.

      All in one place: Embedded teacher support, differentiation tools, student data, text, and other curriculum features—they’re all right there.

      Materials

      Amplify ELA Florida Edition is a blended curriculum that seamlessly integrates print and digital resources to be used in any learning environment. The resources are designed to facilitate instruction for planning, teaching, learning, and assessment.

      Student materials

      Available digitally and in print, the student materials guide middle schoolers through complex texts and writing with the following:

      • Student Edition will engage students with high-quality narrative and informational texts.
      • Digital experience will provide videos, a library of more than 700 texts, audio supports, and other online experiences that capture their attention.
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      Poetry in America videos

       Amplify ELA Florida has rich digital experiences that students to read, think, and write like authors. Our  “Poetry in America” videos include interpretations by Shaquille O’Neal, Angela Duckworth, Regina Spektor,  Shiza Shahid, Anson Dorrance, Elizabeth Alexander, Duy Doan, and Richard Blanco.


      To the left, Richard Blanco reads his poem “Looking for the Gulf Motel.”

      Teacher materials

      Available digitally and in print, the Teacher Edition contains all of the information teachers need to facilitate classroom instruction, including:

      • From detailed lesson plans.
      • Video teacher tips embedded in the lesson.
      • B.E.S.T. standards alignment and assessments including exit tickets.
      • Real-time differentiation strategies.
      • Clarify and Compare lessons.
      • Robust reporting.
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        Professional learning

        Amplify employs a national cohort of more than 50 ELA facilitators, all of whom have experience as former classroom teachers and many of whom are former school and/or district leaders. Our professional learning team has decades of experience working with large districts across the nation. Amplify has experience supporting district launches over multiple years and has partnered with districts of all sizes nationwide. We partner deeply with districts and tailor professional learning to their unique needs.

        Florida ELA Implementation

        Florida Review Resources

        Florida Program Guide

        Literature for Florida

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        Welcome, Florida K–5 educators!

        Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) Florida is the program built on the latest Science of Reading research. Using a fundamentally different approach to language arts, Amplify CKLA Florida sequences deep content knowledge with research-based foundational skills.

        Amplify CKLA Florida Program Guide

        Built on the science of reading

        The cornerstones of reading comprehension in Florida assert that foundational instruction matters; knowledge matters; and curriculum matters. Amplify CKLA Florida is built on the Science of Reading. To support you before your review, we put together a Science of Reading Toolkit that will provide some insight into the research behind the Science of Reading. It will also show why we designed Amplify CKLA for Florida educators to mirror this critical research.

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        Foundational instruction matters

        Amplify CKLA Florida’s first design principle is a research-based, explicit, and systematic 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 for students 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. Decodable chapter books that feature dynamic plots and characters make kids want to read more. The engaging stories feature children who discover fossils, a grandmother who flies hang gliders, and more.

        Knowledge matters

        Amplify CKLA Florida’s second design principle is that reading comprehension depends more on relevant background knowledge than on mastery of reading strategies. Knowledge builds on knowledge.

        Our approach to building background knowledge is based on three pillars often overlooked in other programs. 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.
        • Amplify and ReadWorks have partnered to provide Amplify CKLA Florida classrooms a way to expand knowledge in connected yet varied ways.
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              Password: FLReviewer
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        Curriculum matters

        Amplify CKLA was built on the science of reading research to meet the all standards in a vertically and horizontally aligned, coherent, and cumulative knowledge-based curriculum. To encourage a broader view of literacy, our intentional design embraces history, art, science, music and other disciplines to ensure that all West Virginia students have a level playing field. 

        What’s included

        Amplify CKLA provides engaging print and multimedia materials—accessible from anywhere—that are designed to provide a robust, literacy-rich foundation in every classroom.

        Proven high-quality teacher materials

        Teacher supports include research-based lessons that integrate foundational literacy skills and cross-curricular content knowledge.

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        Student materials

        Engaging student resources include dynamic decodable chapter books and content-rich, cross-curricular Readers.

        Digital resources

        Access the program’s online resources anywhere, anytime, from any device.

        • Digital Hub
        • Knowledge Builder animated videos (example from Grade 2)
        • Sound Library songs and videos (examples from Kindergarten)
        • eReader
        • Vocabulary App
        • Recorded Read-Alouds
        • Professional development website
        • Real-time program support via email, live chat, and phone
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        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.

        • Large and Small Letter Cards
        • Spelling Cards
        • Chaining Folders
        • Digital Big Books

        Florida Resources

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        Professional learning

        Amplify employs a national cohort of more than 50 ELA facilitators, all of whom have experience as former classroom teachers and many of whom are former school and/or district leaders. Our professional learning team has decades of experience working with large districts across the nation. Amplify has experience supporting district launches over multiple years and has partnered with districts of all sizes nationwide. We partner deeply with districts and tailor professional learning to their unique needs.

        Amplify CKLA Florida Implementation Guide

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        Welcome, Middle School Science Reviewers!

        Thank you for taking the time to review Amplify Science for grades 6–8. On this site, you’ll find all the resources you need to learn more about this engaging and robust NGSS program. Plus, we make it easy to experience our program firsthand with a live demo account that features our interactive learning platform.

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        Overview

        With Amplify Science, students don’t just passively learn about science concepts.

        No matter where your students are learning—whether at school or at home—they take on the role of scientists and engineers to actively investigate and make sense of real-world phenomena. They do this through a blend of cohesive and compelling storylines, hands-on investigations, collaborative discussions, literacy-rich activities, and interactive digital tools.

        Listen to these educators share how the program empowers students to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists and engineers every day.

        EdReports All-Green

        Amplify Science for grades K–8 has been rated all-green by EdReports.

        Read the review on EdReports.

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        Program structure

        Our cyclical lesson design ensures students receive multiple exposures to concepts through a variety of modalities.

        As they progress through the lessons within a unit, students build and deepen their understanding, increasing their ability to develop and refine complex explanations of the unit’s phenomenon. It’s this proven program structure and lesson design that enables Amplify Science to address 100% of the NGSS in fewer days than other programs.

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        Unit Sequence

        Our lessons follow a structure that is grounded in regular routines while still being flexible enough to allow for a variety of learning experiences.
         
        In fact, our multi-modal instruction offers more opportunities for students to construct meaning, and practice and apply concepts than any other program. What’s more, our modular design means our units can be flexibly arranged to support your instructional goals.

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        Unit 1

        Microbiome

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Launch

        Student role: Microbiological researchers

        Phenomenon: The presence of 100 trillion microorganisms living on and in the human body may keep the body healthy.  

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        Unit 2

        Metabolism

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Medical researchers

        Phenomenon: Elisa, a young patient, feels tired all the time.  

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        Unit 3

        Metabolism Engineering Internship

        Domains: Life Science, Engineering Design

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Food engineers

        Phenomenon: Designing health bars with different molecular compositions can effectively meet the metabolic needs of patients or rescue workers.  

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        Unit 4

        Traits and Reproduction

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Biomedical students

        Phenomenon: Darwin’s bark spider offspring have different silk flexibility traits, even though they have the same parents.  

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        Unit 5

        Thermal Energy

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Thermal scientists

        Phenomenon: One of two proposed heating systems for Riverdale School will best heat the school. 

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        Unit 6

        Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate

        Domains: Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Climatologists

        Phenomenon: During El Niño years, the air temperature in Christchurch, New Zealand is cooler than usual.  

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        Unit 7

        Weather Patterns

        Domains: Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Forensic meteorologists

        Phenomenon: In recent years, rainstorms in Galetown have been unusually severe.  

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        Unit 8

        Earth’s Changing Climate

        Domains: Earth and Space Science, Life Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Climatologists

        Phenomenon: The ice on Earth’s surface is melting.  

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        Unit 9

        Earth’s Changing Climate Engineering Internship

        Domains: Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Civil engineers

        Phenomenon: Designing rooftops with different modifications can reduce a city’s impact on climate change.  

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        Unit 1

        Geology on Mars

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Launch

        Student role: Planetary geologists

        Phenomenon: Analyzing data about landforms on Mars can provide evidence that Mars may have once been habitable. 

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        Unit 2

        Plate Motion

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Geologists

        Phenomenon: Mesosaurus fossils have been found on continents separated by thousands of kilometers of ocean, even though the Mesosaurus species once lived all together.  

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        Unit 3

        Plate Motion Engineering Internship

        Domains: Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Mechanical engineering interns

        Phenomenon: Patterns in earthquake data can be used to design an effective tsunami warning system.  

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        Unit 4

        Rock Transformations

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Geologists

        Phenomenon: Rock samples from the Great Plains and from the Rocky Mountains — regions hundreds of miles apart — look very different, but have surprisingly similar mineral compositions.  

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        Unit 5

        Phase Change

        Domains: Physical Science, Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Chemists

        Phenomenon: A methane lake on Titan no longer appears in images taken by a space probe two years apart

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        Unit 6

        Force and Motion Engineering Internship

        Domains: Engineering Design, Physical Science

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Mechanical engineering interns

        Phenomenon: Designing emergency supply delivery pods with different structures can maintain the integrity of the supply pods and their contents.  

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        Unit 7

        Chemical Reactions

        Domains: Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Forensic chemists

        Phenomenon: A mysterious brown substance has been detected in the tap water of Westfield.  

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        Unit 8

        Populations and Resources

        Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Biologists

        Phenomenon: The size of the moon jelly population in Glacier Sea has increased. 

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        Unit 9

        Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

        Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Ecologists

        Phenomenon: The biodome ecosystem has collapsed.  

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        Unit 1

        Harnessing Human Energy

        Domains: Physical Science, Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

        Unit type: Launch

        Student role: Energy scientists

        Phenomenon: Rescue workers can use their own human kinetic energy to power the electrical devices they use during rescue missions.  

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        Unit 2

        Force and Motion

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Physicists

        Phenomenon: The asteroid sample-collecting pod failed to dock at the space station as planned.

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        Unit 3

        Phase Change Engineering Internship

        Domains: Engineering Design, Physical Science

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Chemical engineering interns

        Phenomenon: Designing portable baby incubators with different combinations of phase change materials can keep babies at a healthy temperature.  

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        Unit 4

        Magnetic Fields

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Physicists

        Phenomenon: During a test launch, a spacecraft traveled much faster than expected.  

        Illustration of Earth with arrows and wavy lines representing solar radiation entering the atmosphere, showing a focus on the Asia-Pacific region.

        Unit 5

        Light Waves

        Domains: Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Spectroscopists

        Phenomenon: The rate of skin cancer is higher in Australia than in other parts of the world.

        A city skyline at night with a prominent full moon, stars in the sky, and a bridge silhouette on the left.

        Unit 6

        Earth, Moon, and Sun

        Domains: Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Astronomers

        Phenomenon: An astrophotographer can only take pictures of specific features on the Moon at certain times.  

        Four low-poly dinosaurs with missing body sections are standing in a row; one is yellow, and the others are green. They have purple spikes and red patches on their bodies.

        Unit 7

        Natural Selection

        Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Biologists

        Phenomenon: The newt population in Oregon State Park has become more poisonous over time.  

        Red geometric background with icons including a mosquito, DNA strand, bar chart, and world map inside a hexagon.

        Unit 8

        Natural Selection Engineering Internship

        Domains: Engineering Design, Life Science

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Clinical engineers

        Phenomenon: Designing malaria treatment plans that use different combinations of drugs can reduce drug resistance development while helping malaria patients.  

        Two giant tortoises with long necks stand near water; one tortoise feeds on leaves from a tree while the other is near dense vegetation.

        Unit 9

        Evolutionary History

        Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Paleontologists

        Phenomenon: A mystery fossil at the Natural History Museum has similarities with both wolves and whales.    

        Access program

        Watch the video to the right plus the ones below showing you how to navigate our digital platform. When you’re ready, follow the instructions below to log into our live demo account.

        • Click the orange button below to access the platform.
        • Choose the resources you’d like to review.
        • Pick your grade level from the drop-down menu.
        • Scroll down to find additional grade-level resources.
        Access the digital platform now

        Navigating an Engineering Internship (Part 1)

        This Part 1 video demonstrates how Engineering Internship units invite students to design solutions for real-world problems as interns for a fictional company called Futura. In the process, they apply and deepen their learning from Core units.

        Navigating an Engineering Internship (Part 2)

        This Part 2 video demonstrates how to use the Futura Workspace to manage the immersive experience of the Engineering Internship units. This includes guidance on how to create student groups, how to review student work, and how to send students targeted feedback on their designs.

        Navigating our reporting tools

        Teachers of Amplify Science grades 6–8 have access to a feature called Reporting. When unit assessments are administered digitally, the Reporting tool enables teachers to analyze student performance on the unit assessments.

        Differentiation post-assessment

        Every core unit of Amplify Science 6–8 features a formal formative assessment opportunity at the mid-way point, or “Critical Juncture,” of the unit, which provides an important opportunity for differentiation.

        Resources

        An adult sits on a couch using a laptop while a child next to them does homework in a notebook.

        Remote and Hybrid Learning Guide

        Learn more about new product enhancements and resources to help you and your sta…

        Two students collaborate at a desk, discussing a science workbook. Other students are visible in the background, engaged in the vibrant atmosphere of the classroom.

        Course structure for 6–8

        Take a closer look at how the program is organized.

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        Unit phenomena for 6–8

        Take a closer look at the middle school unit phenomena featured in each grade le…

        A laptop screen displays a simulation about Earth's energy system, with surrounding images showing diagrams and energy flow models.

        Classroom Slides for 6–8

        Classrooms Slides for middle school are coming soon! These customizable PowerPoi…

        A laptop screen displaying a map with three ecosystem options, each illustrated by different animal icons and accompanied by relevant data lists.

        Sims for 4–8

        Take a closer look at the digital Simulations included at each grade level.

        A student reviews a science textbook and looks at a laptop in a classroom, while other students work together on their science projects in the background.

        Active reading in 6–8

        Learn how we support students in learning how to interact with scientific texts….

        A young person wearing gloves looks through a microscope at a table with laboratory supplies, including bottles, slides, and a tray, against a plain blue background.

        Investigations for 6–8

        Explore the types of investigations that take place in middle school classrooms….

        A collection of assorted electronic components and supplies, including batteries, motors, wires, switches, rubber bands, small propellers, cups, solar panel, bulbs, and fasteners.

        Materials Kits for 6–8

        See what components come in our materials kits!

        Two students sit at desks writing in notebooks and using laptops in a classroom setting.

        Approaches to assessment in 6–8

        Learn about our middle school embedded assessments.

        Get in touch

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        Have questions? Bob McCarty is standing by and ready to help.

        Robert “Bob” McCarty
        Senior Account Executive
        (435) 655-1731
        rmccarty@amplify.com

        Amplify Desmos Math Summer bridge program

        This upcoming back-to-school season is sure to be anything but normal. It will be critical to use the summer months to tend to unfinished learning and prepare students for the math to come. 

        Illustration of a virtual classroom screen with nine diverse children displayed in a grid format, each in separate colored squares.
        Text message conversation between two children discussing an enjoyable online math lesson, with one child admitting to cheating.

        Thinking ahead

        Amplify is offering free complete middle school and Algebra 1 units that support a number of typical summer school or bridge programs. The lessons are based on the highly rated Illustrative Mathematics program and designed to make problem-based instruction easier for teachers and more exciting for students.

        Units available (June 2020)

        COURSE UNITS  
        6
        		 Expressions and Equations (19 lessons)
        Key for algebra readiness (variables)
        		 Rational Numbers (19 lessons)
        Key for algebra readiness (negatives)
        7
        		 Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities (23 lessons)
        Key for algebra readiness
        		 Angles, Triangles, and Prisms (18 lessons)
        8
        		 Associations in Data (9 lessons)
        Data and modeling skills are critical
        		 Exponents and Scientific Notation (15 lessons)
        Understanding exponential behavior in today’s world is critical
        Algebra 1
        		  Introduction to Exponentials (22 lessons)
        Understanding exponential behavior in today’s world is critical
        		  Introduction to Quadratic Functions (23 lessons)
        A key connection to physics

        Find a complete list of lessons available here.

        Materials available June 2020

        • Complete unit Teacher’s Guide available online or for printing
          • Delivery format: Google Docs
        • Complete unit Student Edition pages available online or for printing
          • Delivery format: Google Docs
        • Digital lessons
          • Delivery format: Desmos
        • Pre- and post-assessments
          • Delivery format: Desmos and Google Docs
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        Making the materials work for you

        We’re offering free, asynchronous professional learning resources to help your teachers quickly get up to speed with the Amplify Desmos Math lessons. These resources include:

        • Quick-start videos for each unit, including a unit overview and a walkthrough of the print and digital lessons.
        • Pacing suggestions for a variety of summer school scenarios.
        • Regularly scheduled office hours in July and August with an Amplify Desmos Math product expert.

        Proposed learning models

        Icons representing three educational models: in-school lessons, mix of at-home and in-school lessons, and digital lessons, each with brief descriptions.
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        Samples

        Printable Google Docs

        Including Teacher Edition pages, Student Edition pages, and practice

        Digital lessons powered by Desmos

        A closer look at grades 6–8 (domain)

        Amplify Science is based on the latest research on teaching and learning and helps teachers deliver rigorous and riveting lessons through hands-on investigations, literacy-rich activities, and interactive digital tools that empower students to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists.

        In the 6–8 classroom, this looks like students:

        • Collecting evidence from a variety of sources.
        • Making sense of evidence in a variety of ways.
        • Formulating convincing scientific arguments.

        Is your school implementing the domain model? Click here.

        Collage of four images showing children engaged in educational activities such as conducting experiments and crafting in a classroom setting.

        Program structure

        Our cyclical lesson design ensures students receive multiple exposures to concepts through a variety of modalities. As they progress through the lessons within a unit, students build and deepen their understanding, increasing their ability to develop and refine complex explanations of the unit’s phenomenon.

        It’s this proven program structure and lesson design that enables Amplify Science to teach less, but achieve more. Rather than asking teachers to wade through unnecessary content, we designed our 6–8 program to address 100% of the NGSS in fewer lessons than other programs.

        Scope and sequence

        Every year our grades 6–8 sequence consists of 9 units, with each unit containing 10–19 lessons. Lessons are written to last a minimum of 45-minutes, though teachers can expand or contract the timing to meet their needs.

        A grid of educational icons, each representing a different science topic, such as earth and space science, life science, and physical science, with titles and lesson counts.

        Unit types

        Each unit delivers three-dimensional learning experiences and engages students in gathering evidence from a rich collection of sources, while also serving a unique purpose.

        In grades 6–8, there are three types of units:

        • One unit is a launch unit.
        • Three units are core units.
        • Two units are engineering internships.
        Launch units

        Launch units are the first units taught in each year of Amplify Science. The goal of the Launch unit is to introduce students to norms, routines, and practices that will be built on throughout the year, including argumentation, active reading, and using the program’s technology. For example, rather than taking the time to explain the process of active reading in every unit in a given year, it is explained thoroughly in the Launch unit, thereby preparing students to actively read in all subsequent units.

        Core units

        Core units establish the context of the unit by introducing students to a real-world problem. As students move through lessons in a Core unit, they figure out the unit’s anchoring phenomenon, gain an understanding of the unit’s disciplinary core ideas and science and engineering practices, and make linkages across topics through the crosscutting concepts. Each Core unit culminates with a Science Seminar and final writing activity.

        Engineering Internship units

        Engineering Internship units invite students to design solutions for real-world problems as interns for a fictional company called Futura. Students figure out how to help those in need, from tsunami victims in Sri Lanka to premature babies, through the application of engineering practices. In the process, they apply and deepen their learning from Core units.

        Units at a glance

        Geology on Mars

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Launch

        Student role: Planetary geologists

        Phenomenon: Analyzing data about landforms on Mars can provide evidence that Mars may have once been habitable.    

        Plate Motion

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Geologists

        Phenomenon: Mesosaurus fossils have been found on continents separated by thousands of kilometers of ocean, even though the Mesosaurus species once lived all together.    

        Plate Motion Engineering Internship

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Mechanical engineering interns

        Phenomenon: Patterns in earthquake data can be used to design an effective tsunami warning system.    

        Rock Transformations

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Geologists

        Phenomenon: Rock samples from the Great Plains and from the Rocky Mountains — regions hundreds of miles apart — look very different, but have surprisingly similar mineral compositions.    

        Earth, Sun, and Moon

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Astronomers

        Phenomenon: An astrophotographer can only take pictures of specific features on the Moon at certain times.    

        Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Climatologists

        Phenomenon: During El Niño years, the air temperature in Christchurch, New Zealand is cooler than usual.    

        Weather Patterns

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Forensic meteorologists

        Phenomenon: In recent years, rainstorms in Galetown have been unusually severe.    

        Earth’s Changing Climate

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Climatologists

        Phenomenon: The ice on Earth’s surface is melting.    

        Earth’s Changing Climate Engineering Internship

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Civil engineers

        Phenomenon: Designing rooftops with different modifications can reduce a city’s impact on climate change.    

        Microbiome

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Launch

        Student role: Microbiological researchers

        Phenomenon: The presence of 100 trillion microorganisms living on and in the human body may keep the body healthy.    

        Metabolism

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Medical researchers

        Phenomenon: Elisa, a young patient, feels tired all the time.    

        Metabolism Engineering Internship

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Food engineers

        Phenomenon: Designing health bars with different molecular compositions can effectively meet the metabolic needs of patients or rescue workers.    

        Traits and Reproduction

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Biomedical students

        Phenomenon: Darwin’s bark spider offspring have different silk flexibility traits, even though they have the same parents.    

        Populations and Resources

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Biologists

        Phenomenon: The size of the moon jelly population in Glacier Sea has increased.    

        Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Ecologists

        Phenomenon: What caused the mysterious crash of a biodome ecosystem?    

        Natural Selection

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Biologists

        Phenomenon: The newt population in Oregon State Park has become more poisonous over time.    

        Natural Selection Engineering Internship

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Clinical engineers

        Phenomenon: Designing malaria treatment plans that use different combinations of drugs can reduce drug resistance development while helping malaria patients.  


        Evolutionary History

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Paleontologists

        Phenomenon: A mystery fossil at the Natural History Museum has similarities with both wolves and whales.    

        Harnessing Human Energy

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Launch

        Student role: Energy scientists

        Phenomenon: Rescue workers can use their own human kinetic energy to power the electrical devices they use during rescue missions.    

        Force and Motion

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Physicists

        Phenomenon: The asteroid sample-collecting pod failed to dock at the space station as planned.    

        Force and Motion Engineering Internship

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Mechanical engineering interns

        Phenomenon: Designing emergency supply delivery pods with different structures can maintain the integrity of the supply pods and their contents. 

        Magnetic Fields

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Physicists

        Phenomenon: During a test launch, a spacecraft traveled much faster than expected.    

        Thermal Energy

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Thermal scientists

        Phenomenon: One of two proposed heating systems for Riverdale School will best heat the school.    

        Phase Change

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Chemists

        Phenomenon: A methane lake on Titan no longer appears in images taken by a space probe two years apart.    

        Phase Change Engineering Internship

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Chemical engineering interns

        Phenomenon: Designing portable baby incubators with different combinations of phase change materials can keep babies at a healthy temperature.    

        Chemical Reactions

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Forensic chemists

        Phenomenon: A mysterious brown substance has been detected in the tap water of Westfield.    

        Light Waves

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Spectroscopists

        Phenomenon: The rate of skin cancer is higher in Australia than in other parts of the world.    

        Resources

        Pilot support brochure for grades 6–8 (Domain…

        Unit phenomena for grade 6-8 (Domain)

        Take a closer look at the unit phenomena featured in each grade level.

        Classroom Slides for 6–8

        Your new hands-free TG is coming soon! These PowerPoints for every lesson make t…

        What’s so phenomenal about phenomena?

        Learn actionable strategies that will help you implement 3-D teaching and learni…

        Planning Guide for grades 6–8 (Domain)

        Check out these tips for planning to teach.

        Active reading in grades 6–8

        Scientists read and write with purpose too.

        Investigations for grades 6–8 (Domain)

        Explore the types of investigations that take place in 6–8 classrooms.

        A laptop screen displaying a map with three ecosystem options, each illustrated by different animal icons and accompanied by relevant data lists.

        Sims for grades 4–8

        Take a closer look at the digital simulations included at each grade level.

        Approaches to assessment at 6–8

        Learn about our embedded assessments.

        A closer look at grades 6–8

        Amplify Science is based on the latest research on teaching and learning and helps teachers deliver rigorous and riveting lessons through hands-on investigations, literacy-rich activities, and interactive digital tools that empower students to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists.

        In the 6–8 classroom, this looks like students:

        • Collecting evidence from a variety of sources.
        • Making sense of evidence in a variety of ways.
        • Formulating convincing scientific arguments.

        Is your school implementing the domain model? Click here.

        Collage of four images showing children engaged in educational activities such as conducting experiments and crafting in a classroom setting.

        Program structure

        Our cyclical lesson design ensures students receive multiple exposures to concepts through a variety of modalities. As they progress through the lessons within a unit, students build and deepen their understanding, increasing their ability to develop and refine complex explanations of the unit’s phenomenon.

        It’s this proven program structure and lesson design that enables Amplify Science to teach less, but achieve more. Rather than asking teachers to wade through unnecessary content, we designed our 6–8 program to address 100% of the NGSS in fewer lessons than other programs.

        Scope and sequence

        Every year our grades 6–8 sequence consists of 9 units, with each unit containing 10–19 lessons. Lessons are written to last a minimum of 45-minutes, though teachers can expand or contract the timing to meet their needs.

        A grid of educational icons, each representing a different science topic, such as earth and space science, life science, and physical science, with titles and lesson counts.

        Unit types

        Each unit delivers three-dimensional learning experiences and engages students in gathering evidence from a rich collection of sources, while also serving a unique purpose.

        In grades 6–8, there are three types of units:

        • One unit is a launch unit.
        • Three units are core units.
        • Two units are engineering internships.
        Launch units

        Launch units are the first units taught in each year of Amplify Science. The goal of the Launch unit is to introduce students to norms, routines, and practices that will be built on throughout the year, including argumentation, active reading, and using the program’s technology. For example, rather than taking the time to explain the process of active reading in every unit in a given year, it is explained thoroughly in the Launch unit, thereby preparing students to read actively in all subsequent units.

        Core units

        Core units establish the context of the unit by introducing students to a real-world problem. As students move through lessons in a Core unit, they figure out the unit’s anchoring phenomenon, gain an understanding of the unit’s disciplinary core ideas and science and engineering practices, and make linkages across topics through the crosscutting concepts. Each Core unit culminates with a Science Seminar and final writing activity.

        Engineering Internship units

        Engineering Internship units invite students to design solutions for real-world problems as interns for a fictional company called Futura. Students figure out how to help those in need, from tsunami victims in Sri Lanka to premature babies, through the application of engineering practices. In the process, they apply and deepen their learning from Core units.

        Units at a glance

        Microbiome

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Launch

        Student role: Microbiological researchers

        Phenomenon: The presence of 100 trillion microorganisms living on and in the human body may keep the body healthy.  

        Metabolism

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Medical researchers

        Phenomenon: Elisa, a young patient, feels tired all the time.  

        Metabolism Engineering Internship

        Domains: Life Science, Engineering Design

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Food engineers

        Phenomenon: Designing health bars with different molecular compositions can effectively meet the metabolic needs of patients or rescue workers.  

        Traits and Reproduction

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Biomedical students

        Phenomenon: Darwin’s bark spider offspring have different silk flexibility traits, even though they have the same parents.  

        Thermal Energy

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Thermal scientists

        Phenomenon: One of two proposed heating systems for Riverdale School will best heat the school. 

        Ocean, Atmosphere, and Climate

        Domains: Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Climatologists

        Phenomenon: During El Niño years, the air temperature in Christchurch, New Zealand is cooler than usual.  

        Weather Patterns

        Domains: Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Forensic meteorologists

        Phenomenon: In recent years, rainstorms in Galetown have been unusually severe.  

        Earth’s Changing Climate

        Domains: Earth and Space Science, Life Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Climatologists

        Phenomenon: The ice on Earth’s surface is melting.  

        Earth’s Changing Climate Engineering Internship

        Domains: Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Civil engineers

        Phenomenon: Designing rooftops with different modifications can reduce a city’s impact on climate change.  

        Geology on Mars

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Launch

        Student role: Planetary geologists

        Phenomenon: Analyzing data about landforms on Mars can provide evidence that Mars may have once been habitable. 

        Plate Motion

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Geologists

        Phenomenon: Mesosaurus fossils have been found on continents separated by thousands of kilometers of ocean, even though the Mesosaurus species once lived all together.  

        Plate Motion Engineering Internship

        Domains: Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Mechanical engineering interns

        Phenomenon: Patterns in earthquake data can be used to design an effective tsunami warning system.  

        Rock Transformations

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Geologists

        Phenomenon: Rock samples from the Great Plains and from the Rocky Mountains — regions hundreds of miles apart — look very different, but have surprisingly similar mineral compositions.  

        Phase Change

        Domains: Physical Science, Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Chemists

        Phenomenon: A methane lake on Titan no longer appears in images taken by a space probe two years apart

        Force and Motion Engineering Internship

        Domains: Engineering Design, Physical Science

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Chemical engineering interns

        Phenomenon: Designing portable baby incubators with different combinations of phase change materials can keep babies at a healthy temperature. Domains: Engineering Design, Physical Science

        Chemical Reactions

        Domains: Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Forensic chemists

        Phenomenon: A mysterious brown substance has been detected in the tap water of Westfield.  

        Populations and Resources

        Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Biologists

        Phenomenon: The size of the moon jelly population in Glacier Sea has increased. 

        Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

        Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Ecologists

        Phenomenon: The biodome ecosystem has collapsed.  

        Harnessing Human Energy

        Domains: Physical Science, Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

        Unit type: Launch

        Student role: Energy scientists

        Phenomenon: Rescue workers can use their own human kinetic energy to power the electrical devices they use during rescue missions.  

        Force and Motion

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Physicists

        Phenomenon: The asteroid sample-collecting pod failed to dock at the space station as planned.

        Force and Motion Engineering Internship

        Domains: Engineering Design, Physical Science

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Chemical engineering interns

        Phenomenon: Designing emergency supply delivery pods with different structures can maintain the integrity of the supply pods and their contents.

        Magnetic Fields

        Domain: Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Physicists

        Phenomenon: During a test launch, a spacecraft traveled much faster than expected.  

        Light Waves

        Domains: Physical Science, Life Science, Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Spectroscopists

        Phenomenon: The rate of skin cancer is higher in Australia than in other parts of the world.

        Earth, Moon, and Sun

        Domains: Earth and Space Science, Physical Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Astronomers

        Phenomenon: An astrophotographer can only take pictures of specific features on the Moon at certain times.  

        Natural Selection

        Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Biologists

        Phenomenon: The newt population in Oregon State Park has become more poisonous over time.  

        Natural Selection Engineering Internship

        Domains: Engineering Design, Life Science

        Unit type: Engineering internship

        Student role: Clinical engineers

        Phenomenon: Designing malaria treatment plans that use different combinations of drugs can reduce drug resistance development while helping malaria patients.  

        Evolutionary History

        Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Core

        Student role: Paleontologists

        Phenomenon: A mystery fossil at the Natural History Museum has similarities with both wolves and whales.    

        Resources

        Pilot support brochure for 6–8 (Integrated)

        Unit phenomena for 6–8

        Take a closer look at the unit phenomena featured in each grade level.

        Classroom Slides for 6–8

        Your new hands-free TG is coming soon! These PowerPoints for every lesson make t…

        What’s so phenomenal about phenomena?

        Learn actionable strategies that will help you implement 3-D teaching and learni…

        Active reading in 6–8

        Scientists read and write with purpose too.

        Investigations for 6–8

        Explore the types of investigations that take place in middle school classrooms….

        A laptop screen displaying a map with three ecosystem options, each illustrated by different animal icons and accompanied by relevant data lists.

        Sims for 4–8

        Approaches to assessment in 6–8

        Learn about our middle school embedded assessments.

        A closer look at grades K–2

        Amplify Science is based on the latest research on teaching and learning and helps teachers deliver age-appropriate, high-quality, literacy-rich instruction that enables students to take on the roles of scientists and engineers to solve real-world phenomena every day.

        In the K–2 classroom, this looks like students:

        • Collecting evidence from a variety of sources.
        • Making sense of evidence in a variety of ways.
        • Formulating convincing scientific arguments.
        A collage shows science activities: toothpick structure, two kids reading, two kids pouring liquid into cups, and a light experiment with shadows.

        Program structure

        Our cyclical lesson design ensures students receive multiple exposures to concepts through a variety of modalities. As they progress through the lessons within a unit, their understanding gradually builds and deepens, ultimately leading to their ability to develop and refine increasingly complex explanations of the unit’s phenomenon.

        It’s this proven program structure and lesson design that enables Amplify Science to teach less, but achieve more. Rather than asking teachers to wade through unnecessary content, we designed our K–2 program to address 100% of the NGSS in just 66 days.

        Scope and sequence

        Every year of our K–2 consists of 3 units and 66 total lessons. Said another way, each unit contains 20 lessons plus two dedicated assessment days (a Pre-Unit Assessment and End-of-Unit Assessment).

        Lessons at grades K–1 are written for a minimum of 45-minutes, and grade 2 lessons are written for a minimum of 60-minutes—though teachers can expand or contract the timing to meet their needs.

        Grid of nine educational subject cards for kindergarten, grade 1, and grade 2, each listing curriculum topics like "needs of plants and animals" and "engineering design" with lesson durations.

        Unit types

        While every unit delivers three-dimensional learning experiences and engages students in gathering evidence from a rich collection of sources, each unit also emphasizes a particular science and engineering practice.

        In each grade K–2:

        • One unit emphasizes the practice of investigation.
        • One unit emphasizes the practice of modeling.
        • One unit emphasizes the practice of engineering design.
        Investigation Units

        Investigation units focus on the process of strategically developing investigations and gathering data to answer questions. Students are first asked to consider questions about what happens in the natural world and why, and are then involved in designing and conducting investigations that produce data to help answer those questions.

        Modeling Units

        Modeling units provide extra support to students engaging in the practice of modeling. Students use physical models, investigate with computer models, and create their own diagrams to help them visualize what might be happening on the nanoscale.

        Engineering Design Units

        Engineering design units provide opportunities for students to solve complex problems by applying science principles to the design of functional solutions, and iteratively testing those solutions to determine how well they meet preset criteria.

        Units at a glance

        Needs of Plants and Animals

        Domains: Life Science, Earth and Space Science, Engineering Design

        Unit type: Investigation

        Student role: Scientists

        Phenomenon: There are no monarch caterpillars in the Mariposa Grove community garden since vegetables were planted. 

        Pushes and Pulls

        Domains: Physical Science, Engineering Design

        Unit type: Engineering design

        Student role: Pinball engineers

        Phenomenon: Pinball machines allow people to control the direction and strength of forces on a ball.  

        Sunlight and Weather

        Domains: Earth and Space Science, Life Science, Engineering Design

        Unit type: Modeling

        Student role: Weather scientists

        Phenomenon: Students at Carver Elementary School are too cold during morning recess, while students at Woodland Elementary School are too hot during afternoon recess.  

        Animal and Plant Defenses

        Domain: Life Science

        Unit type: Modeling

        Student role: Marine scientists

        Phenomenon: Spruce the Sea Turtle lives in an aquarium and will soon be released back into the ocean, where she will survive despite ocean predators.  

        Light and Sound

        Domains: Physical Science, Engineering Design

        Unit type: Engineering design

        Student role: Light and sound engineers

        Phenomenon: A puppet show company uses light and sound to depict realistic scenes in puppet shows.  

        Spinning Earth

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Investigation

        Student role: Sky scientists

        Phenomenon: The sky looks different to Sai and his grandma when they talk on the phone.  

        Plant and Animal Relationships

        Domains: Life Science, Engineering Design

        Unit type: Investigation

        Student role: Plant scientists

        Phenomenon: No new chalta trees are growing in the fictional Bengal Tiger Reserve in India.  

        Properties of Materials

        Domains: Physical Science, Engineering Design

        Unit type: Engineering design

        Student role: Glue engineers

        Phenomenon: Different glue recipes result in glues that have different properties.  

        Changing Landforms

        Domain: Earth and Space Science

        Unit type: Modeling

        Student role: Geologists

        Phenomenon: The cliff that Oceanside Recreation Center is situated on appears to be receding over time.  

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        About the event

        Join us for two days of interactive and inspirational talks with math education leaders from around the country to discuss where math education is headed. Meet like-minded K–12 leaders as well as change-makers from major universities, EdTech companies, and professional learning organizations dedicated to improving teacher experiences and student outcomes in mathematics. 

        We’re hosting an optional pre-conference workshop featuring Patrick Callahan and Chris Weber on Monday, March 2. The pre-conference starts at 12 p.m.

        What to expect:

        • Two full days of keynote and breakout sessions covering a variety of K–12 math topics
        • Sessions led by district leaders sharing their work to raise math achievement
        • Evening networking events
        • Engaging speakers with a variety of expertise
        • Insights you can put to use in your district immediately

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        Jason Zimba

        Founding Partner of Student Achievement Partners

        Lead writer of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

        Sunil Singh

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        Lead writer of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

        Christina Lincoln-Moore

        Founding Partner of Student Achievement Partners

        Lead writer of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics

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        Event agenda

        Monday, March 2

        Arrivals

        Pre-conference workshop featuring Chris Weber and Patrick Callahan

        Sessions begin at 1 p.m. Pacific and include:

        • Adult and Student Mindsets and Math Supports
        • Enhanced Mathematics

        3:00 p.m. Hotel check-in available

        6:00 p.m. Welcome reception and dinner

        Tuesday, March 3

        8:30 a.m. Sessions begin

        Sessions include:

        • Math milestones with Jason Zimba
        • Unfinished learning with Phil Daro
        • Powerful moments in math class with Mike Flynn
        • Utilizing math history to embrace equity, failure, and authentic problem-solving in leadership communities with Sunil Singh
        • Radical change in high school mathematics: Addressing wicked problems of tracking, acceleration, and curricular change with Mike Steele

        6:30 p.m. Evening event

        Wednesday, March 4

        8:30 a.m. Sessions begin

        Sessions include:

        • Embedding problem-solving into your curriculum with Fawn Nguyen
        • Writing in mathematics: The power of mathematics explanations with Jessica Balli
        • Talk Number 2 Me: Mathematics and mindfulness with Christina Lincoln-Moore
        • Writing in mathematics: The power of mathematical explanations with Patrick Callahan

        4:00 p.m. Departures

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        Baltimore City Schools and Amplify have partnered to provide virtual reading tutoring services. Amplify Tutoring aligns with the mission of Amplify in extending the reach of classroom teachers and supporting rigorous and riveting learning experiences for students. The purpose of this high impact tutoring is to support and accelerate student achievement in foundational literacy skills in order to address unfinished learning and achievement gaps. Classroom teachers teach foundational literacy skills in whole group and small group settings; Amplify tutoring is one way to support teachers in meeting the needs of their students by providing additional opportunities for struggling students to work in small groups with a tutor. 

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        Additional resources

        Log In to Amplify Tutoring

        Logging in with a personal device

        1. If you’re already logged into Clever, go to tutor.amplify.com and click Log In with Clever. You will be taken directly to Amplify Tutoring.
        2. If you’re NOT logged into Clever, go to tutor.amplify.com and click Log In with Clever.
        3. Scan the Clever badge OR enter your school name and your Clever username and password and click Log in
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        Logging in with a shared device

        1. If you’re using a shared device, go to tutor.amplify.com and click Log In with Amplify.
        2. Enter your Amplify Reading username and password.
        3. Click Log in.

        Logging in for the first time

        After you log in for the first time, scroll down to complete the welcome tutorial.

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        Join a Tutoring Session

        1. After you log in, click your class.
        2. Click Blackboard Collaborate and then click Join session.
        3. In the list that displays, click your class name to join the scheduled session. Note: You can only join a session at the time it is scheduled. If the scheduled session isn’t in progress, you will see “Room disabled” under Blackboard Collaborate.
        4. If you’re joining for the first time, click Allow to give your browser permission to use the microphone and camera. Check to make sure each is working.
        5. To stop seeing onscreen instructions: click Later under Start Tutorial, then click X on the next prompt.

        You should now be able to see and hear your tutor and the other students in your session.

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        1. To test audio and video, you must first join a session. Audio and video settings can only be tested in a session.
        2. Open the Collaborate panel by clicking the purple icon in the lower-right corner of the page.
        3. Click the My Settings icon in the panel that opens.
        4. Click Set up your camera and microphone.
        5. Test your microphone, and grant permission to your microphone if asked.
        6. Test your camera, and grant permission to your camera if asked.

        Your tutor and the other students in your session should now be able to see and hear you.

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        Webinars

        View our latest webinars for more information

        Amplify Tutoring – Scheduling Training Session for School POCs

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        Student-friendly resources

        Student log-in instructions

        Here is a PDF of student log-in instructions

        Download PDF

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        Additional resources

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        Amplify family letter

        Here is an Amplify family letter for your use.

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        Student inventory of devices

        How to obtain an additional inventory of student devices PDF

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        Family Letter- Pivoting to Remote Learning

        Here is an Amplify Family Letter- Pivoting to Remote Learning for your use.

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