1st Grade Unit 1 Imagine Learning Math Overview*

*Please note that addition Unit Overviews will not be developed. This Unit Overview was created by a committee of teachers to aid in the transition to the new curriculum with a familiar resource. We highly recommend using Imagine Learning's Planning Map for planning Unit 2 and beyond.

1st Grade Unit 2 Planning

1st Grade Unit 3 Planning

1st Grade Unit 4 Planning

1st Grade Unit 5 Planning

1st Grade Unit 6 Planning

1st Grade Unit 7 Planning

1st Grade Unit 8 Planning

   Link to Scope & Sequence Document

• Pre-Unit Practice: The practice problems for Section A in each unit, for grades 1 to 5, have several items designated as pre-assessment. These target concepts and skills that are prerequisite to the unit. While many of them are based on earlier grade level material, later units often include problems addressing important work of the grade.

• Cool-Downs: Each lesson, in grades 2-5, includes a cool-down (analogous to an exit slip or exit ticket) to assess whether students understood the work of that day’s lesson. In Grade 1, cool-downs are only included in the lessons with greater frequency throughout the year. 

• Section Checkpoints: Each section in kindergarten and Grade 1 has a checklist of indicators that students are meeting the section goals.

• End of Unit Assessment: Each unit (starting in Kindergarten, Unit 2) includes an end-of-unit written assessment that is intended for students to complete individually to assess what they have learned at the conclusion of the unit. In K-2, the assessment may be read aloud to students, as needed.

There's a bank of resources to help you with family communication about Imagine Learning:

• An Introduction Letter that will be sent to all families by the District Office in August

• Suggested Back to School Night Imagine Learning slides

• An infographic of Lesson Components

• Family Support Materials for each unit in English & Spanish (Found on the Imagine Learning Website under each unit's Home Connection tab)

• Cover Sheets for each grade level end-of-unit assessment

Helpful Tips:

• ST Math recommends that students in kindergarten and 1st grade engage in ST Math for 60 minutes per week; 20-30 minute blocks are encouraged to maximize problem solving and reasoning.

• It is important that students do the critical thinking, and teachers & parents only use questions when helping stuck students. Try to guide students by only asking the questions on this poster.

• Student progress is automatically saved.

• More resources and information can be found on the ST Math Support page.