Teacher Program Guide

This guide provides information on the California edition of Amplify’s ELA and ELD curriculum.

Amplify ELA: Program Overview

Introduction to program themes
Strategic use of technology and multimedia
Authors and advisors
Teachers explain: The Amplify ELA classroom
Program at a glance

Planning your year

Grade overviews

Unit overview and alignments

Amplify ELA: Instruction, assessment, and feedback

Pedagogical approach

Skill instruction and practice

Assessment and feedback

Rigorous instruction for all students

What’s worth reading: Texts to build knowledge and skills

Amplify ELA: Extended learning

Focus on reading

The World of Lexica

Home-school connection

Student Work Collection and Rubrics

Professional development

Amplify ELD: Program description and resources

Pedagogical approach

Program organization

ELD formative assessment guide

ELD guide for communication and collaboration

Contrastive analysis charts

Amplify ELA units: Background information for ELD instruction

Appendix

Research base