K-3rd Grade Reading Adoption

We are currently evaluating new instructional resources for Kindergarten through 3rd grade in reading & writing. The materials that we are evaluating are Core Knowledge Language Arts provided by Amplify.

We have not adopted new reading materials for K-3rd grade in more than 20 years. For the past five years, we have been researching the best instructional strategies and materials to to help all students learn to read. After this in-depth research, we are ready to share what we believe are the best reading materials for our students and teachers.

We believe that the best way to help all students learn to read is to provide our teachers with resources and strategies based on evidence of how students develop proficient reading and writing skills, why some students struggle to develop those skills, and how to prevent and intervene with reading difficulties.

Research into the best practices of reading instruction has been done over the past several decades. This collection of research is known as the Science of Reading.

External reviews from EdReports and the Reading League, among other independent organizations, have shown that the Amplify CKLA instructional materials "include strong foundational skills to support young students' reading development." The reviews also found that the materials provide explicit and comprehensive support for teachers to provide guidance and targeted instruction. to help all students develop foundational reading skills. "The texts included with the materials are rich and rigorous, offering students a balance of informational and literary reading over the course of the school year."

Not at this time. We have looked at other reading programs and materials over the past five years. Instead of piloting multiple programs, we researched multiple programs and selected the one that we found to have the strongest foundation in the evidence of effective reading instruction and support.

If our curriculum adoption process does not show support for the Amplify CKLA program, then we will continue to research and evaluate other options for early reading instructional materials.

All materials are available to preview at learning.amplify.com

• Use either Google Chrome or Safari web browser
• Select “Log in with Amplify”
• Use the appropriate username and password below

User name: s1.bonevilleckla2@demo.tryamplify.net

Password: Amplify1-bonevilleckla2

User name: t1.bonevilleckla2@demo.tryamplify.net

Password: Amplify1-bonevilleckla2

Materials are also available in the District Office, located at 3497 North Ammon Road.

• Monday - Thursday from 7:30 am - 4:30 pm from March 18th - March 28th

We would love to hear your thoughts on the Amplify CKLA adoption. Please go to d93.org/amplifythoughts to share your thoughts with us. Also, it would be great to have you check back on this thought exchange to rate what other people have shared about Amplify CKLA.

D93 Live on March 25th

We will hold a special session of D93 Live on March 25th at 7:30 pm to answer our teachers' and parents' questions about Amplify CKLA.

Join the D93 Live by going to d93.org/D93Live

Send an Email

You can also email Jason Lords, Executive Director of Learning & Instruction, at lordsj@d93mail.com to ask questions about the Amplify CKLA materials.

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The K-3rd Curriculum Adoption Committee will meet again on April 1, 2024. In that meeting, the committee will review the feedback we have heard about the proposed materials.

If the committee reaches consensus on making this recommendation to the Board, that recommendation will be presented to the School Board on April 10th during their 7:00 pm meeting.

If the committee does not reach consensus, then we will continue to work through questions and concerns with Amplify or make the decision to evaluate alternative programs instead of Amplify.