For all middle school students (with the exception of those that take the alternate assessment), the Layer I 6-8 English Language Arts program in the Albuquerque Public Schools is:

Amplify

This program will first be used in: School Year 2024-2025

This program will be used through: School Year 2029-2030

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This program includes teacher materials and student consumables. Online access is available for both students and teachers through Classlink.

Publisher info about program

ELA 6-8 resources for a strong start (log in to your Amplify account to access links)

• Amplify ELA PD Library collection: The central collection for implementation guides, lesson internalization guidance, courses, and additional ELA resources.

Teacher resources for early classroom practice

• Data Conferences with Students: A resource for beginning conversations with students about their learning data.

• Facilitating Discussions with Polls: A Grade 6 example of using polls to support discussion and participation.

• Skill Modules: An overview of the skill module experience and how it fits within instruction.

• Writing Across a Unit: Planning Guide: Planning support for making writing instruction visible across a unit.

• Write an Essay sub-units: Skills Progression: A progression reference for essay-writing skills.

• Writing across core units: Grade 6, Grade 7, and Grade 8: Grade specific planning references.

Important information: these programs were replaced by Amplify in School Year 2024-2025.

myPerspectives, Springboard, and Engage NY materials may be recycled now, if you have not already.

For more information on how to properly recycle/discard outdated instructional materials, see the Instructional Materials Frequently Asked Questions document, or reach out to Rachel Altobelli or Sara Sabol.

Through the end of school year 2023-2024, there were three options for core 6-8 ELA, including:

myPerspectives (Savvas)

Engage NY 

Springboard