Meet Amplify CKLA
Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts® (CKLA) 3rd Edition is a comprehensive early literacy curriculum, grounded in the Science of Reading. With Amplify CKLA, you’ll have the instruction and guidance of proven, evidence-based practices to help all of your students become strong readers, writers, and thinkers.
Watch the program overview video, in which Susan Lambert, host of Science of Reading: The Podcast, provides an overview of the unique structure and components of Amplify CKLA for Grades K–5.
Our Approach
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Amplify CKLA’s curriculum mirrors the Simple View of Reading and the Reading Rope, which combine the powerful structure of explicit, systematic foundational skills instruction with intentional knowledge building.
Built on 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.
Two separate strands of knowledge and skills instruction in Grades K–2 merge into a singular strand in Grades 3–5, developing the language comprehension and word recognition skills needed for reading and writing proficiency.
Making connections across grades
Amplify CKLA’s Knowledge Sequence is a content-specific, cumulative, and coherent approach to knowledge building. Our 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.
Integrating reading and writing every day
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
Engaging with high-quality, authentic literature
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.
Transforming the Teacher Digital Experience
Amplify CKLA gives teachers access to amazing resources and tools, including ready-to-use, customizable teacher presentation slides and digital assessments, all in one place, to deliver lessons while also providing real-time feedback.
To further support instruction, remediation and intervention resources are also available throughout the program, along with on-demand professional development.
Facilitate improved digital assessments and reporting
Amplify CKLA offers auto-scored digital assessments for immediate insights into student mastery and tailored instruction needs.
Standards-based reporting with interactive dashboards provides detailed outcomes for individual or group performance review.
