3rd-5th Grade: Amplify CKLA 

• Instruction that builds strong foundations in decoding and transcription skills.
•  Intentional knowledge building: build a robust knowledge base that strengthens reading comprehension and writing composition.
• Students strengthen reading, writing, speaking, and listening in the context of a knowledge domain.
•  Daily writing connected to reading: built on the science of writing and how kids acquire writing skills
• Lessons begin to combine skills and knowledge with increasingly complex texts, close reading, and a greater emphasis on morphology. 
• 90 minutes/5 days a week

6th-8th Grade: Amplify ELA

• Students dive into a range of rich and diverse texts, supported by strategic routines and a variety of interactions that develop the critical capacities and build the vocabulary, knowledge, and skills students need to read deeply.
• Students are engaged through dynamic texts, lively classroom discussions, and meaningful digital experiences.
• 60 minutes/5 days a week

• 50 minutes, 5 days/week
• Learn & apply grade-level Common Core standards for Reading and Writing.
• Make meaning of complex texts grade level texts.
• Develop background knowledge through intentional pairing of texts within units.

Students read, write, and engage in discussion about a variety of rich texts and topics. Our common curriculum, SpringBoard ELA, supports college and career readiness by taking an integrated approach to ELA instruction that helps students at all learning levels strengthen their skills in reading and writing, speaking and listening, and critical thinking. In this daily class, teachers facilitate student-centered instruction aligned to grade level Common Core standards by engaging students in close reading, writing in various genres, and doing research. Over the course of high school, students will read and analyze a wide range of texts in genres including poetry, novels, plays, biographies, nonfiction narratives, speeches, and films. They also learn to write in forms including essays, personal narratives, argumentative texts such as editorials, and research papers.

• 50 minutes, 5 days/week
• Learn & apply grade-level Common Core standards for Writing and Language.
• Develop and refine independent writing and research skills.

Freshman Writing Seminar is an introduction to the demands of high school writing that all Mastery students take in 9th grade. It serves as an additional block of literacy instruction to support student proficiency as independent writers. Teachers of this course use a series of Writing Workshops from SpringBoard ELA that offer guided experiences with each stage in the writing process. In each workshop, students write three separate texts: one constructed as a class with direct guidance from the teacher, one collaboratively constructed with peers and teacher support, and one written independently. Over the course of the year, students learn to write in a range of modes including analytical essays, poetry, argumentative essays, and research papers.

• Varies by school, determined by RTII schedules
• Provide targeted intervention for students reading below grade level.
• Identify specific intervention program matched to individual student needs. iReady, Read180, IXL Reading