¡El futuro es bilingüe! | The future is bilingual!
Promote biliteracy with Amplify Caminos, a K–5 Spanish language arts curriculum that helps teachers inspire students as they become confident readers, writers, and thinkers in Spanish. The program combines rich content knowledge with systematic foundational skills instruction that is grounded in the Science of Reading and supports multiple teaching models. Para la versión en español, haga clic aquí.
Cultivating biliteracy pathways
Amplify Caminos is designed to support any biliteracy model, including English as a Second Language (ESL), transitional bilingual programs, dual language strands, and Spanish immersion programs. Combined with its English language partner, Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA), Amplify Caminos provides a comprehensive biliteracy solution.
Our approach
Grounded in the Science of Reading and following biliteracy principles, Amplify Caminos combines rich, diverse content knowledge with systematic foundational skills instruction to deliver a research-based biliteracy curriculum.
Leveraging the Science of Reading
At the heart of the Science of Reading is the Simple View of Reading, a formula describing how skilled reading requires both language comprehension and word recognition. Amplify Caminos is built on this model, with powerful resources that drive real results.
Developing foundational skills explicitly and systematically
Amplify Caminos instruction is based on how the Spanish language works. Students learn vowel sounds and common sounds before blending them to form syllables and words. Less frequent consonants and other complex elements are presented later, with an intentional progression that sets students up for success.
Building background knowledge drives results
Students dig deeper and make connections across content areas to build a robust knowledge base for comprehending complex texts. Amplify Caminos and Amplify CKLA follow the Core Knowledge Sequence—a content-specific, cumulative, and coherent approach to building knowledge—with parallel topics to support research-based and equitable Tier 1 instruction in Spanish and English.
Explore how Core Knowledge curriculum improves reading scores and eliminates achievement gaps.
Culturally relevant and challenging texts
Students learn about diverse topics and genres while better understanding themselves and the world with a variety of texts. Authentic Spanish literature, including original decodables by Latino and Hispanic authors, and transadapted texts connect knowledge topics and foundational skills instruction to provide a rich learning experience.
Being bilingual is a superpower
Bilingualism is a cognitive strength: Research attributes it to increased attention, improved working memory, greater awareness of language, and more. Honor the unique skills, strengths, and needs of your multilingual learners with Amplify Caminos and Amplify CKLA.
What’s included
Amplify Caminos features engaging print and multimedia materials—accessible from anywhere—designed to provide a robust literacy-rich foundation in every classroom.
High-quality teacher materials
Amplify Caminos teachers effectively deliver instruction with print and digital resources, including:
- Teacher Guides with embedded differentiation.
- Formal and informal assessments.
- Ready-made and customizable lesson slides.
- Bilingual Connections to support cross-linguistic transfer.
- Teacher resources and on-demand professional development.
Immersive student resources
Amplify Caminos students stay engaged with a variety of print and digital resources, including:
- Original decodables and read-aloud Big Books (K–2), Student Readers (3–5), and authentic Spanish literature anthologies (4–5).
- Poet’s Journal and Writer’s Journal (write-in Student Readers for Grades 4–5).
- Student Activity Books with embedded assessments.
- Research units for independent research built around a trade book.
- Multisensory phonics materials:
- Letter Cards (K–2)
- Syllable Cards (K–2)
- Image Cards (K–3)
- Plus, digital anchor charts and a Sound Library.
Robust digital experience
Like Amplify CKLA, Amplify Caminos is proud to be a premier high-quality instructional material (HQIM) offering in elementary language arts, with rich and research-based content—including an expanding library of engaging digital materials—that helps you authentically support, challenge, and engage your students. From digital Teacher Guides to lesson projectables, we provide all the tools needed to successfully deliver every lesson.
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