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We hope you’re embracing spring in your classrooms this month! The season is a time of growth, so we’re eager to continue helping you make the most of your experience with our programs. Have you been keeping up with our Seeds of Knowledge? Every week, we post tips and tricks for using the curriculum across various topics, including pacing, differentiation, instructional practices, and more! Check out the complete list of resources.

Teacher Appreciation Week is just around the corner, and we’re so thankful that you continue to show up every day to shape and inspire the minds of new generations. If you’d like to send a positive note to a colleague or plan a fun activity for your students, download these printable cards to get the creativity and gratitude flowing!

Announcements

Exciting updates are coming!

Did you know there are several new and exciting features that will be released for the upcoming school year? Check out what’s new for Amplify ELA customers.


Teacher Appreciation Week: A celebration for all that you do!

To commemorate Teacher Appreciation Week this year, we at Amplify want to show our gratitude for the work that you do. Every day from May 2–6, we’ll be giving away special prizes ranging from Amplify swag to Little Free Libraries to special treats for your school! You can check out the schedule of all the exciting new things to come on our Teacher Appreciation Week page, and enter for any and all of the giveaways that interest you. Winners will be posted on the website daily beginning May 2—and don’t forget to continue the celebration on our Facebook groups!


Did you miss our ELA product webinars?

If you weren’t able to tune into our ELA webinar series Helping Middle School Students Prepare for High School Literacy Success last month, check out the recordings for Teaching Literacy and Exploration in Middle School ELA and Teaching Research Skills in the Middle School ELA Classroom, both led by Amplify ELA senior product specialist Kamilah Simpson!

Spotlight
Terri Ostergard

Terri Ostergard

Amplify Ambassador, Red Bluff Union Elementary School District, CA

“I LOVE Amplify as a curriculum. It is the most well-balanced curriculum I have worked with in 27 years of teaching. My primary role is to assist teachers in the implementation of the curriculum and to support their classroom work.”

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TEACHER TIP

Insight from an Amplify Ambassador

We all love teacher tips! Jason Shelangouski is an Amplify Ambassador and grade 8 ELA teacher. He had the following advice about Amplify ELA: “To save time in the lesson, I sometimes will preview the questions to see which ones they can answer while listening, which ones we can skip, and which ones we need to discuss. That way, they get the most out of the lesson without having to necessarily answer every single thing, every single time.”

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Staci, a member of our Amplify ELA Facebook group, recently shared how her school goes above and beyond for the grade 6 unit The Titanic Collection to get the kids talking: “We will add portholes which will be questions and answers of research the kids have done … We love this unit, and the kids do, too!”

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