In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May, we encourage you to spark conversations with your students about how Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have contributed to the culture, history, and achievements of the United States.

Download and display this virtual background as you honor Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by reading Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan or multiple other authors from the Amplify curriculum.

What’s new for back to school

We hope you’ll be as excited about these important program updates as we are! Click here for in-depth details on each product improvement and new feature we’re adding for the new school year, including:

• Classwork submission notifications: Receive an alert each time students hand in and resubmit activities. Notifications will appear at the corner of your Classwork banner and include quick links to the activities.
• Automatic Writing Evaluation (AWE) improvements: New Use of Evidence auto-score and conventions details toggle will identity up to ten common grammatical errors in student writing activities.
• And much, much more!

Lesson planning feedback 

Amplify is seeking your thoughts on improvements to our lesson planning materials and curriculum organization. Schedule a 1-hour call and receive a $50 DonorsChoose gift card as a thank you for your time. 

We want to hear from you!

We're always striving to make Amplify as powerful as possible for your classroom. To that end, we'd love to hear feedback on what you do to customize lessons for your students.