Teachers, welcome to Amplify ELA!

Welcome to Amplify ELA! To help you know what’s coming next, we created the following visual that outlines the steps of the onboarding process.

To ensure that your first day using Amplify ELA in the classroom goes as smoothly as possible, we recommend reviewing the following checklist at least two weeks ahead of time.

For a quick overview of the content provided in the Amplify ELA program, take a look at our Grade overview brochure. It includes unit topics and themes, skills learned, activity highlights, texts in the unit, and essay prompts.

Whether you’re using the digital program or print, you’ll find that we do everything possible to ensure you’re prepared for each day of instruction.

On the digital program, you’ll find two resources to help with planning:

• Teacher’s Guide—helps you understand and prepare for the unit.
• Lesson Guide—provides support for planning, pacing, and classroom instruction.

Teacher’s Guide

Every Amplify ELA unit includes a Teacher’s Guide, which can be accessed and printed from each unit overview page. In addition to the Teacher’s Guide, we also provide a Unit Guide. The Unit Guide contains the same information as the Teacher’s Guide and can be accessed quickly in digital format.

Lesson Guide

Every Amplify ELA lesson includes a Lesson Guide, which can be accessed and printed from each lesson overview page. In addition to the Lesson Guide, we also provide the Lesson Brief. The Lesson Brief contains the same information as the Lesson Guide and can be accessed quickly in digital format.

The Teacher’s Guide/Unit Guide and Lesson Guide/Lesson Brief follow the same structure for each unit and lesson. We recommend you get familiar with the components of each prior to teaching Amplify ELA.

In the print Teacher Edition, you’ll find a Table of Contents and a Unit Overview at the beginning of each unit. At the beginning of each sub-unit, we break down each lesson as shown in the image below.

Each sub-unit also includes a preparation checklist.

Amplify ELA lessons follow a structure that is grounded in regular routines but flexible enough to allow a variety of learning experiences. Lesson structures vary from day to day, ensuring that students are always engaged.

Take a look at the Amplify ELA Program guide, pages 38-45, to learn more about the lesson structure.

Amplify ELA includes interactive group activities, print materials, and powerful digital tools to support online and offline teaching and learning. Highly adaptable and user-friendly, the program gives schools and teachers flexibility based on their technology resources and preferences.

Components include digital Teacher Edition, print Teacher Edition, teacher projections, digital Student Edition, print Student Edition, and Student Writing Journal.

These online resources will support your instruction and enhance your students’ learning experiences:

• Embedded Assessment Measure—maximize uninterrupted instruction time and allow your students to keep learning without the disruption of step-away performance tests.
• Classwork—review students’ work and easily add scores and comments all in one place.
• Home screen—see a snapshot of class performance, understand which students are doing well and which need additional support, and get quick access to the curriculum.
• Amplify Library—encourage independent reading with access to more than 700 books of various genres and reading levels.
• Vocabulary App—build your students’ vocabulary skills with Amplify’s fun, fully differentiated adaptive Vocab App.

Amplify provides support that other publishers do not. We have built a team of former teachers and administrators who provide pedagogical support for every Amplify curriculum, assessment, and intervention program. This service is free for all educators who are using our programs and includes:

• Guidance for developing lesson plans and intervention plans
• Information locating standards and other planning materials
• Support with administering and interpreting assessment data and more
• Recommendations and tips for day-to-day teaching with Amplify programs

To reach our pedagogical team, use our live chat within your program, call (800) 823-1969, or email edsupport@amplify.com

Our technical and program support is included and available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, through a variety of channels, including a live chat program that enables teachers to get immediate help in the middle of the school day.

For your most urgent questions:

• Use our live chat within your program
• Call our toll-free number: (800) 823-1969

For less urgent questions: email help@amplify.com