Our Curriculum
Elevating Education with Amplify and enVision Math: Empowering Excellence at Imagine Klepinger Community School
At Imagine Klepinger Community School, we use a curricular approach that meets each child where they are, accelerating their learning and refining their character. Our Acceleration Model guides teachers and students toward a high level of learning and strong character that results in engaged, productive citizens.
Our curriculum is characterized by challenging academic standards that lead to achievement for each student. Students expand prior knowledge through a spiraled thematic curriculum, focusing on inquiry and project-based applications of key concepts and universal ideas.
The curriculum provides students and teachers with world-class learning opportunities, with a focus on the following:
- Student-centered results
- Authentic and challenging materials and activities
- Critical thinking and creative problem solving
- Technology as a learning tool
- A hands-on, minds-on approach to learning
- Personal and global perspectives
- Reflection and exchange of ideas
- Interdisciplinary thematic units
We believe that engaging students in a rigorous standards-based curriculum is essential to student achievement and success.
READING CURRICULUM: Amplify and the Science of Reading
Our ELA Curriculum At a Glance:
We are excited to announce that we are using a new curriculum for our reading language arts program this year! Students will be taught using the program Amplify. Amplify is a research based program that aligns with the science of reading. This is a literacy rich program that incorporates foundational skills such as phonics, decoding, spelling, and writing. Amplify is an explicitly taught program that allows students to build in knowledge of arts, science, social studies, and literature.
In addition to Amplify, our students in grades K-4 are also receiving instruction in the University of Florida Literacy Institute foundational program. This program focuses on foundational skills of phonics, phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, writing, and fluency. Students receive instruction in small groups for 30-40 minutes daily in efforts to build the foundational skills needed to become lifelong learners and readers.
What is the Science of Reading?
Over the past few years, there has been a shift in education to incorporate more of the science behind learning to read. It’s important so we wanted to explain.
So what is the ‘science of reading’? It is the science behind and the study of how people learn to read. It’s a body of academic work that has been studied for years. The science of reading has broken up the way to teach reading into 5 main components: Phonemic awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Comprehension, and Vocabulary. It is these foundational skills that will help children build a solid foundation to support reading at various stages. Our teachers are using a new curriculum that is aligned with the science of reading, called Amplify. This curriculum teaches all 5 components of reading.
This is just one of the very powerful shifts in our instruction happening this year. We are excited about the change and know it will help our students immensely in their journey to becoming fluent readers.
Math Curriculum: envision Math - a savvas company
Our Math Curriculum at a Glance:
This year we have switched to a new research based math curriculum called Savvas EnVisions math. We are excited to be using this curriculum as it encompasses problem-based and visual learning to help build the solid foundations needed in mathematics. Using this program, students will be required to think critically about real- world math problems. EnVision math is a multimodal approach to teaching mathematics; it utilizes the traditional math textbooks in addition to digital learning components and even English Language Learner aspects.
ELL & Spanish
- English Language Learners interactive guides
– English Learner support for your mathematics Classroom (Teacher)
– Building Your Math Vocabulary Skills (Student) - Mis matemáticas (Spanish edition available in print and digital)
- Spanish-leveled readers
- My Learning Station Spanish real-world problem-solving readers add-on Package
- Spanish 21st-century assessments (black lines)
Differentiation
- Real-world problem-solving readers (on level, approaching, beyond)
- My Learning Stations
- Individual manipulative kits (individual, classroom, magnetic, overhead, teacher toolkit)
- Classroom manipulative kit
- Targeted strategic intervention guide (online resource)
Assessment
- 21st-Century Assessment
- Online assessment and Data
- Dashboard reporting
- Power Up for PARCC Assessment
- Think Smart for the Smarter Balanced Assessment
- Countdown to Common Core
Amplify Science: A Phenomena-based Science Curriculum
Our Science Curriculum At a Glance:
Amplify Science is a K–8 science curriculum that blends hands-on investigations, literacy-rich activities, and interactive digital tools to empower students to think, read, write, and argue like real scientists.
Amplify Science was developed by the science education experts at UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science and the digital learning team at Amplify. As The Lawrence’s first curriculum designed to address the new science standards, Amplify Science reflects state-of-the-art practices in science teaching and learning.
New Programs for 2024-2025
Athletics Program
- New gymnasium capable of
- Basketball
- Volleyball
- Indoor soccer
- Indoor Hockey
- And much more….
- All students will receive gym class
- Fall sports, both Men and Womens 6th-8th grade Basketball Teams.
- More coming soon….
Music Program
- Offered to all students k-8 on a weekly basis.
- Instruments from recorders to percussion.
- No need to buy instruments!!!
Library
At imagine we pride ourselves on encouraging our students to excel in reading. That’s why we have invested time and money in to expanding our school library with over 3,000 new books!
Media Center
Our media center can accommodate our largest classes and offer technology that isn’t offered at most schools. Including the use of our 3-D printers and graphic design.
