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Continuating this year, our teachers will be implementing the Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) curriculum for reading/ELA. Our district selected this curriculum after careful consideration and a successful year-long pilot program. We are very excited to see the positive impact this vertically and horizontally aligned, evidence-based program will have on our students’ reading!
Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) is a language arts program for Grades PreK-5 that combines an explicit, multisensory approach to phonics with rich texts carefully sequenced to build content knowledge—so that learning to read and reading to learn develop together. Every day in Grades PreK–2, students complete one full lesson that builds foundational reading skills, as well as one full lesson that builds background knowledge. In Grades 3–5, students start to master the basic skills of reading, further opening up their worlds.
We’ve gathered some resources and information together for you in the links below. We hope you find them useful. If you still have questions, please either submit a question using the second to last link or reach out to your child's teacher.Research on which the program is based
5 Key Shifts to Align Reading Instruction with the Science of Reading
CKLA Program Guide, which showcases connections across grade levels
Newfane Elementary Amplify CKLA Parent Q & A
