South Carolina review for grades K–5

SC CKLA Program Guide

CKLA Research Guide

CKLA Assessment Brochure

SC College and Career Readiness Correlations K-5:
Please use the provided Amplify credentials to access the CKLA content cited below.

Each Skills unit or Knowledge domain is linked to its corresponding Teacher Guide. The bolded lessons are linked to lesson segments or direct examples of the SC College- and Career-Readiness standards expressed in the Amplify CKLA South Carolina Edition Teacher Guides.

• Kindergarten
• Grade 1
• Grade 2
• Grade 3
• Grade 4
• Grade 5

SC Instructional Strategies & Routines K-5

• Kindergarten 
• Grade 1
• Grade 2
• Grade 3
• Grade 4
• Grade 5

SC CKLA Navigation Guide

Scope and Sequence

K Skills Scope and Sequence
K Knowledge Scope and Sequence

1st Skills Scope and Sequence
1st Knowledge Scope and Sequence

2nd Skills Scope and Sequence
2nd Knowledge Scope and Sequence

3rd Scope and Sequence

4th Scope and Sequence

5th Scope and Sequence

In the video below, Amplify’s Chief Academic Officer Susan Lambert shares the big picture of CKLA, and explains why it was created and the impact it’s making across the country.

Through a unique, evidence-based two-strand approach, Amplify CKLA helps students master foundational skills and build a robust knowledge base–both of which are necessary for accessing and comprehending complex texts.

Grades K–2: Dedicated knowledge building and explicit skills instruction
Every day, students in Grades K–2 complete one full lesson that builds foundational reading skills in the Amplify CKLA Skills Strand, as well as one full lesson that builds background knowledge in the Amplify CKLA Knowledge Strand. Through learning in each of these strands, students develop the early literacy skills necessary to help them become confident readers and build the context to understand what they’re reading.

Grades 3–5: Integrated instruction
In Grades 3–5, Knowledge and Skills are integrated in one set of instructional materials. Lessons begin to combine skills and knowledge with increasingly complex texts, close reading, and a greater writing emphasis. Students can then use their skills to go on their own independent reading adventures.

Built out of the latest research in the Science of Reading, Amplify CKLA delivers explicit instruction in both foundational literacy skills (systematic phonics, decoding, and fluency) and background knowledge in grades K–2 with an integrated approach to explicit instruction in grades 3–5.

Review this Science of Reading toolkit to learn more about the Science of Reading best practices integrated throughout CKLA.

Students build grade-appropriate subject-area knowledge and vocabulary in history, science, literature, and the arts while learning to read, write, and think creatively and for themselves. Our instruction is supported by:

• Knowledge builders that provide a quick overview of each domain with its key ideas.
• Interactive Read-Alouds designed to build knowledge and vocabulary.
• Content-rich anchor texts that support students as they tackle increasingly complex text and sharpen their analytical skills.
• Social and emotional learning paired with lessons in civic responsibility.

Amplify CKLA provides built-in differentiation strategies in every lesson for all students,
including supports for Multi Language Learners.

• Access supports for Multi Language Learners—Integrated ELD supports in each lesson segment
  for Multi Language Learners are specific to students’ mastery of the lesson’s objectives.
• Support and Challenge for all learners—Lessons include Support and Challenge suggestions that provide assistance or opportunities for more advanced work toward the goal of the lesson. These supports are suitable for all learners, including ELLs.
• 30 minutes of Additional Support in every Skills lesson–In the Skills Strand, every lesson concludes with an Additional Support section of recommendations for 30 minutes of extended instruction and activities, directly aligned to the skills taught in the lesson to assist students who need more support in mastering the lesson’s objectives.
• Intervention Toolkit–The Intervention Toolkit provides easy-to-use resources to assist teachers in filling gaps in students’ foundational skills. Teachers will find of hundreds of activities to support phonics, fluency, comprehension, handwriting, and other key skills.

The slides-based Amplify CKLA digital experience enhances instruction while saving you time. Everything you need is all in one place, making it easier than ever to plan lessons, present digital content, and review student work.

• Simplify planning and instruction–Teachers have access to ready-to-use and customizable lesson presentation slides, complete with all the prompts from the print Teacher Guide embedded in the teacher view. As teachers deliver each lesson, students can engage with the content in one cohesive
  experience—through Activity Books, slides, digital components, videos, Student Readers, and more.
• Interactive student activities–Through the Student Home, students can easily access digital lessons with slides, Activity Pages, ebooks, videos, and other interactive resources from one simple dashboard.
• Your teacher command center–You’re provided with the tools you need to ensure a productive digital experience that’s personalized to meet your students’ needs. This includes a teacher home from which to launch and track lessons, LMS integrations such as Google Classroom and Microsoft Teams, and other customizations based on classroom needs.
• Get real-time insights into your students’ work–The innovative live review tool enables you to keep an eye on students drawing, recording audio, uploading and capturing images, and typing or writing in pre-placed text boxes in their Activity Pages.

Ready to explore as a teacher? Follow these instructions:

• Visit learning.amplify.com 
• Select Log in with Amplify.
• Enter the username: t.southcarolina@tryamplify.net
• Enter the password: AmplifyNumber1
• Select CKLA

Ready to explore as a student? Follow these instructions:

• Visit learning.amplify.com 
• Select Log in with Amplify.
• Enter the username:  s.southcarolina@tryamplify.net
• Enter the password: AmplifyNumber1
• Select CKLA

See our Science of Reading solutions in action! Click here to see a real example of how one Ohio district is implementing and educating their K–8 community on the Science of Reading as a response to Ohio’s Plan to Raise Literacy Achievement Initiative.