Amplify CKLA pilot to replace ELC?

[Anonymous]

I heard there is a CKLA pilot going on to potentially replace the ELC with just having kids in regular classes with differentiation through CKLA's regular methods (is that just the computer games they do in all the grades?)

Does anyone know anything about what the pilot involves, who will be making the decisions about it and when that might happen, and if there might be any opportunities for parents to give input?

[Anonymous]

There was another post on this maybe a Mo th ago that had info. Search the archives.

[Anonymous]

Is this also honors for all?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this also honors for all?

Actually CKLA is teaching all kids to read. With Benchmark they weren't teaching anybody to read except those in ELC.

Some kids figured it out on their own, many families supplemented/hired tutors. Many did not learn to read. Disgraceful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this also honors for all?

Actually CKLA is teaching all kids to read. With Benchmark they weren't teaching anybody to read except those in ELC.

Some kids figured it out on their own, many families supplemented/hired tutors. Many did not learn to read. Disgraceful.

Okay this is an exaggeration. ELC doesn’t start until 4th grade and Benchmark only was introduced during the pandemic and RGR was added for the last 2-3 years. Obviously many kids were being taught to read, some knew beforehand, some families hired tutors, and some struggled.

Personally if they aren’t going to adopt Core Knowledge overall, I hope they omit the Science and Social Studies CKLA units and instead give that time back to the actual Science and SS curricula. Curricula which should still include vocabulary and thinking questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this also honors for all?

Actually CKLA is teaching all kids to read. With Benchmark they weren't teaching anybody to read except those in ELC.

Some kids figured it out on their own, many families supplemented/hired tutors. Many did not learn to read. Disgraceful.

Okay this is an exaggeration. ELC doesn’t start until 4th grade and Benchmark only was introduced during the pandemic and RGR was added for the last 2-3 years. Obviously many kids were being taught to read, some knew beforehand, some families hired tutors, and some struggled.

Personally if they aren’t going to adopt Core Knowledge overall, I hope they omit the Science and Social Studies CKLA units and instead give that time back to the actual Science and SS curricula. Curricula which should still include vocabulary and thinking questions.

Benchmark did not provide explicit reading instruction. So during the time and in the classrooms they used Benchmark they were not teaching kids to read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this also honors for all?

Actually CKLA is teaching all kids to read. With Benchmark they weren't teaching anybody to read except those in ELC.

Some kids figured it out on their own, many families supplemented/hired tutors. Many did not learn to read. Disgraceful.

Okay this is an exaggeration. ELC doesn’t start until 4th grade and Benchmark only was introduced during the pandemic and RGR was added for the last 2-3 years. Obviously many kids were being taught to read, some knew beforehand, some families hired tutors, and some struggled.

Personally if they aren’t going to adopt Core Knowledge overall, I hope they omit the Science and Social Studies CKLA units and instead give that time back to the actual Science and SS curricula. Curricula which should still include vocabulary and thinking questions.

Benchmark did not provide explicit reading instruction. So during the time and in the classrooms they used Benchmark they were not teaching kids to read.

However there was a supplemental phonics curriculum for the last two years. (Really Great Reading)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this also honors for all?

Actually CKLA is teaching all kids to read. With Benchmark they weren't teaching anybody to read except those in ELC.

Some kids figured it out on their own, many families supplemented/hired tutors. Many did not learn to read. Disgraceful.

Okay this is an exaggeration. ELC doesn’t start until 4th grade and Benchmark only was introduced during the pandemic and RGR was added for the last 2-3 years. Obviously many kids were being taught to read, some knew beforehand, some families hired tutors, and some struggled.

Personally if they aren’t going to adopt Core Knowledge overall, I hope they omit the Science and Social Studies CKLA units and instead give that time back to the actual Science and SS curricula. Curricula which should still include vocabulary and thinking questions.

Benchmark did not provide explicit reading instruction. So during the time and in the classrooms they used Benchmark they were not teaching kids to read.

However there was a supplemental phonics curriculum for the last two years. (Really Great Reading)

And who got exposure to that curriculum? Benchmark is actually detrimental to strong reading skills so everyone was essentially getting untaught.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this also honors for all?

Actually CKLA is teaching all kids to read. With Benchmark they weren't teaching anybody to read except those in ELC.

Some kids figured it out on their own, many families supplemented/hired tutors. Many did not learn to read. Disgraceful.

Okay this is an exaggeration. ELC doesn’t start until 4th grade and Benchmark only was introduced during the pandemic and RGR was added for the last 2-3 years. Obviously many kids were being taught to read, some knew beforehand, some families hired tutors, and some struggled.

Personally if they aren’t going to adopt Core Knowledge overall, I hope they omit the Science and Social Studies CKLA units and instead give that time back to the actual Science and SS curricula. Curricula which should still include vocabulary and thinking questions.

Before Benchmark it was even worse - C 2.0. I know it's hard to believe, becuase Benchmark was terrible, but MCPS's own home-grown curriculum was even worse. My kid learned to read becuase I explicitly taught her the phonics. I was not going to risk her not learning when both DH and I have dyslexia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this also honors for all?

Actually CKLA is teaching all kids to read. With Benchmark they weren't teaching anybody to read except those in ELC.

Some kids figured it out on their own, many families supplemented/hired tutors. Many did not learn to read. Disgraceful.

Okay this is an exaggeration. ELC doesn’t start until 4th grade and Benchmark only was introduced during the pandemic and RGR was added for the last 2-3 years. Obviously many kids were being taught to read, some knew beforehand, some families hired tutors, and some struggled.

Personally if they aren’t going to adopt Core Knowledge overall, I hope they omit the Science and Social Studies CKLA units and instead give that time back to the actual Science and SS curricula. Curricula which should still include vocabulary and thinking questions.

Benchmark did not provide explicit reading instruction. So during the time and in the classrooms they used Benchmark they were not teaching kids to read.

However there was a supplemental phonics curriculum for the last two years. (Really Great Reading)

And who got exposure to that curriculum? Benchmark is actually detrimental to strong reading skills so everyone was essentially getting untaught.

I have a current 3rd grader. The entire grade used really great reading (RGR) in both 1st and 2nd grader, along with benchmark.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this also honors for all?

Actually CKLA is teaching all kids to read. With Benchmark they weren't teaching anybody to read except those in ELC.

Some kids figured it out on their own, many families supplemented/hired tutors. Many did not learn to read. Disgraceful.

Okay this is an exaggeration. ELC doesn’t start until 4th grade and Benchmark only was introduced during the pandemic and RGR was added for the last 2-3 years. Obviously many kids were being taught to read, some knew beforehand, some families hired tutors, and some struggled.

Personally if they aren’t going to adopt Core Knowledge overall, I hope they omit the Science and Social Studies CKLA units and instead give that time back to the actual Science and SS curricula. Curricula which should still include vocabulary and thinking questions.

Benchmark did not provide explicit reading instruction. So during the time and in the classrooms they used Benchmark they were not teaching kids to read.

However there was a supplemental phonics curriculum for the last two years. (Really Great Reading)

And who got exposure to that curriculum? Benchmark is actually detrimental to strong reading skills so everyone was essentially getting untaught.

I have a current 3rd grader. The entire grade used really great reading (RGR) in both 1st and 2nd grader, along with benchmark.

So they had some reading instruction, and some instruction on how to read improperly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this also honors for all?

Actually CKLA is teaching all kids to read. With Benchmark they weren't teaching anybody to read except those in ELC.

Some kids figured it out on their own, many families supplemented/hired tutors. Many did not learn to read. Disgraceful.

Okay this is an exaggeration. ELC doesn’t start until 4th grade and Benchmark only was introduced during the pandemic and RGR was added for the last 2-3 years. Obviously many kids were being taught to read, some knew beforehand, some families hired tutors, and some struggled.

Personally if they aren’t going to adopt Core Knowledge overall, I hope they omit the Science and Social Studies CKLA units and instead give that time back to the actual Science and SS curricula. Curricula which should still include vocabulary and thinking questions.

Benchmark did not provide explicit reading instruction. So during the time and in the classrooms they used Benchmark they were not teaching kids to read.

However there was a supplemental phonics curriculum for the last two years. (Really Great Reading)

And who got exposure to that curriculum? Benchmark is actually detrimental to strong reading skills so everyone was essentially getting untaught.

I have a current 3rd grader. The entire grade used really great reading (RGR) in both 1st and 2nd grader, along with benchmark.

So they had some reading instruction, and some instruction on how to read improperly

No they had phonics instruction, Dibrls testing or MAP-R testing for those in Grades 3-5, and then Benchmark worked on language, close reading and comprehension.

[Anonymous]

CKLA is not computer games.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this also honors for all?

Actually CKLA is teaching all kids to read. With Benchmark they weren't teaching anybody to read except those in ELC.

Some kids figured it out on their own, many families supplemented/hired tutors. Many did not learn to read. Disgraceful.

Okay this is an exaggeration. ELC doesn’t start until 4th grade and Benchmark only was introduced during the pandemic and RGR was added for the last 2-3 years. Obviously many kids were being taught to read, some knew beforehand, some families hired tutors, and some struggled.

Personally if they aren’t going to adopt Core Knowledge overall, I hope they omit the Science and Social Studies CKLA units and instead give that time back to the actual Science and SS curricula. Curricula which should still include vocabulary and thinking questions.

Benchmark did not provide explicit reading instruction. So during the time and in the classrooms they used Benchmark they were not teaching kids to read.

However there was a supplemental phonics curriculum for the last two years. (Really Great Reading)

And who got exposure to that curriculum? Benchmark is actually detrimental to strong reading skills so everyone was essentially getting untaught.

I have a current 3rd grader. The entire grade used really great reading (RGR) in both 1st and 2nd grader, along with benchmark.

So they had some reading instruction, and some instruction on how to read improperly

No they had phonics instruction, Dibrls testing or MAP-R testing for those in Grades 3-5, and then Benchmark worked on language, close reading and comprehension.

Varied widely in practice between schools, and sometimes between teachers in the same school. I realize that is not the theory but it was the reality.

[Anonymous]

My DD had some phonics in K because I think her teacher was old school. She had RGR in 1st and 2nd combined with Benchmark and now CKLA in 3rd. She really likes what she is learning and the work is more challenging. I'm curious to hear how Amplify compares to ELC.
My DD is in a title 1 school that does WIN time (What I Need) so she gets pulled for 4x/30 minutes weekly enrichment with other high flyers.