As this calendar year winds down, we’re reflecting on your essential role and impact as a teacher.
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As this calendar year winds down, we at Amplify are reflecting on your essential role and impact as a teacher. We hope the upcoming mid-year break is an opportunity to recharge and reset for the second half of the school year!
Monthly downloadable
Monthly downloadable

To help your students celebrate the upcoming season, we’ve created winter-themed downloadable activities for younger and older students, in both English and Spanish.

Announcements

Did you miss our virtual author visit with Janae Marks?

If you’re looking for an enrichment opportunity for your ELA students this month, watch the recording of our engaging event with author Janae Marks, whose novel From the Desk of Zoe Washington is featured in our robust Amplify Library collection. You can even use the publisher’s discussion questions to guide a classroom conversation!

Now on demand: Three Classroom Strategies to Prepare Your Students for High School webinar series

Watch recorded sessions to supplement your professional development and learn more about:

  • How introducing your middle school students to Shakespeare can foster deep engagement.
  • Effective ways to model a Socratic seminar that encourages students to use critical thinking skills.
  • Leveraging research units to develop critical thinkers outside the scope of literature.

Advice and answers

New video: The Amplify ELA student experience

Watch our new video to learn more about what curriculum navigation looks like for Amplify ELA students, and be sure to share with your classes!

How can the Start Class and Eyes Up features help me manage my middle school classroom?

To help manage a classroom where devices are being used, use the Start Class and Eyes Up features embedded in your Amplify ELA lessons.

Spotlight
Kara Heyn

Kara Heyn

Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District, Iowa

“I love the online grading piece. That saves a lot of time for an educator. There are several apps that are quite engaging, especially the mysteries and detective apps. We love the online library....The students and I have learned together, which doesn't happen often, but you appreciate it a lot more when you do. You can have success and make mistakes together and realize it is all a part of the process”

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