Differentiation Levels Reference Chart

The Amplify ELA curriculum is designed so that, whenever possible, one engaging activity serves the needs of every student, providing appropriate challenge and access for all. The program was built on the principles of Universal Design for Learning and reviewed by CAST, a non-profit education research and development organization. In cases when Amplify’s Universal Design cannot meet the needs of all learners, the program provides materials that enable teachers to deliver differentiated instruction to help each and every student meet grade-level standards.

Six levels to support all students

	CORE		MODERATE	__
	Designed for students reading and writing at grade level. Universal Design for Learning principles provide the foundation for these activities aimed at supporting students in reading and understanding complex texts.		Designed for students who need clear and strategic supports for vocabulary, language, and syntax in complex texts, including ELLs at the Expanding level. Supports include guiding questions, a list of ideas to consider, sentence starters, and simplified language in Writing Prompts.
	SUBSTANTIAL		LIGHT
	Designed for students with learning disabilities or who need significant scaffolding to read complex text. Supports include Writing Prompts broken into small segments, graphic organizers, shortened reading passages, guiding questions, simplified Writing Prompts, and/or sentence starters.		Designed for students approaching grade level and often able to work independently with vocabulary, language, and syntax in complex texts, including ELLs at the Bridging level. Supports include sentence starters.
	ELL/DEV		CHALLENGE
	Designed for English Language Learners (ELLs) at the Developing level. Supports include simplified vocabulary, word banks, visual cues, prompts broken into small segments, shortened reading passages, guiding questions, and/or sentence starters.		Designed for students who read and understand text at their grade level easily and fluently. The Core Writing Prompts often provide an appropriate challenge for these students. The Challenge prompts may ask students to compare two sections of text, create counterarguments, or find evidence to support both sides of an argument. __