Amplify ELA

With the mid-year break on the horizon, we hope you find time to relax, recharge, and prepare for the exciting second half of the school year!

How can I get my students excited about poetry?

Reading poetry is a great way to promote creative thinking in your classroom and cement your students’ literacy skills. Watch the recording of our webinar with poet Richard Blanco to learn practical guidance on how to engage your class!

How can I improve literacy among middle school students?

With the most recent NAEP report showing that 30% of eighth-grade students are performing below the basic level in reading, it’s critical that we improve literacy for these students to succeed, both now and in the future. But how? Our new infographic, Four steps for improving literacy in middle school, shares four evidence-based practices that can help, including the explicit teaching of vocabulary. Discover how you can improve literacy outcomes for your students!

This month we asked Jason Shelangouski, one of our Amplify Ambassadors, to tell us about a helpful program recommendation he’d like to share with others. He said:

“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.”