Mathematics · Pacing guide · 2026–27
Grade 1 math in Oakland Unified
Oakland Unified's plan for teaching grade 1 math: what is taught each school day from August 10, 2026 to May 19, 2027. Copied from the district's own guide, OUSD_G1_Math_ModuleMap_26-27, as it stood on October 25, 2026.
Overview of today's school system as applied by Oakland Unified School District:
one schedule for every grade 1 classroom.
| Module | Dates | Lessons | Assessment days | Flex days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 0: Classroom Culture and Routines | Aug 10 – Aug 14, 2026 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Module 1: Counting, Comparison, and Addition | Aug 17 – Sep 29, 2026 | 25 | 4 | 1 |
| Module 2: Addition and Subtraction Relationships | Sep 30 – Nov 6, 2026 | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| Module 3: Properties of Operations to Make Easier Problems | Nov 9, 2026 – Jan 14, 2027 | 26 | 3 | 2 |
| Module 4: Comparison and Composition of Length Measurements | Jan 15 – Feb 11, 2027 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| Module 5: Place Value Concepts to Compare, Add, and Subtract | Feb 12 – Mar 24, 2027 | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| Module 6: Attributes of Shapes • Advancing Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction | Mar 25 – May 19, 2027 | 29 | 3 | 1 |
Unit 0: Classroom Culture and Routines
Day by day (5 school days)
| Lesson 1: Classroom Culture — Establish math norms, group roles, and 'Math is for everyone' anchor chart. | |
| Lesson 2: Number Routines — Introduce Number Talks and 'Quick Image' / 'How many?' routines. | |
| Lesson 3: Math Tools Tour — Explore counters, place value tools, rulers, and manipulatives. | |
| Lesson 4: Problem-Solving Protocol — Introduce Read–Draw–Write (RDW) with a low-floor task. | |
| Lesson 5: i-Ready Math Diagnostic kickoff + Equip Module 1 Pre-Module Assessment (optional). |
Module 1: Counting, Comparison, and Addition
- Count and Compare with Data
- Count On from a Visible Part
- Count On to Add
- Make the Same Total in Varied Ways
Day by day (32 school days)
| Count and Compare with Data | |
|---|---|
| Lesson 1: Organize to find how many and compare. | |
| Lesson 2: Organize and represent data to compare two categories. | |
| Lesson 3: Sort to represent and compare data with three categories. | |
| Lesson 4: Find the total number of data points and compare categories in a picture graph. | |
| Lesson 5: Organize and represent categorical data. | |
| Lesson 6: Use tally marks to represent and compare data.. + Data Talk: 'How Tall Is the Sphinx?' (10 min) | |
| Topic A Topic Ticket + Flex: Data Talk: 'Symptoms of Sickness' (10 min) | |
| Count On from a Visible Part | |
| Lesson 7: Count all or count on to solve put together with total unknown | |
| Lesson 8: Count on from a known part and identify both parts in a total. | |
| Lesson 9: Count on from both parts and record part–total relationships. | |
| Lesson 10: Count on from 5 within a set. | |
| Lesson 11: See any part in a set and count on. | |
| Lesson 12: Count on from 10 to find an unknown total. + Data Talk: 'How Many Teeth?' (10 min) | |
| Topic B Topic Ticket + Flex: Data Talk: 'Piles of Plastic' (10 min) | |
| Count On to Add | |
| Lesson 13: Count on from an addend in add to with result unknown situations. | |
| Labor Day | |
| Lesson 14: Count on to find the total of an addition expression. | |
| Lesson 15: Use the commutative property to count on from the larger addend. | |
| Lesson 16: Use the commutative property to find larger totals. | |
| Lesson 17: Add 0 and 1 to any number. | |
| Topic C Topic Ticket + Flex: Data Investigation: 'Losing Teeth' | |
| Make the Same Total in Varied Ways | |
| Lesson 18: Determine whether number sentences are true or false. | |
| Lesson 19: Reason about the meaning of the equal sign. | |
| Lesson 20: Find all two-part expressions equal to 6. | |
| Professional Development (PD) Day | |
| Lesson 21: Find all two-part expressions equal to 7 and 8. | |
| Lesson 22: Find all two-part expressions equal to 9 and 10. | |
| Lesson 23: Find the totals of doubles +1 facts. | |
| Lesson 24: Use known facts to make easier problems. | |
| Lesson 25: Organize, count, and record a collection of objects. | |
| Topic D Topic Ticket + Flex | |
| Flex Day | |
Module 2: Addition and Subtraction Relationships
- Topic A: Reason About Take From Situations
- Topic B: Relate and Distinguish Addition and Subtraction
- Topic C: Find an Unknown Part in Change Unknown Problems
- Topic D: Find an Unknown Part by Using Addition and Subtraction
- Topic E: Represent and Solve Comparison Problems
Day by day (28 school days)
| Topic A: Reason About Take From Situations | |
|---|---|
| Lesson 1: Represent result unknown problems and record as addition or | |
| Lesson 2: Subtract all or subtract 0. | |
| Lesson 3: Subtract 1 or subtract 1 less than the total. | |
| Lesson 4: Use fingers to subtract 4, 5, and 6 efficiently. | |
| Topic B: Relate and Distinguish Addition and Subtraction | |
| Lesson 5: Use the Read–Draw–Write process to solve result unknown problems. / Topic A Topic Ticket | |
| Lesson 6: Represent and solve related addition and subtraction result unknown problems. + Data Talk: 'Amazing Animal' (10 min) | |
| Lesson 7: Count on or count back to solve related addition and subtraction problems. | |
| Topic C: Find an Unknown Part in Change Unknown Problems | |
| Lesson 8: Interpret and find an unknown change. / Topic B Topic Ticket | |
| Indigenous Peoples' Day | |
| Lesson 9: Represent and solve add to with change unknown problems. | |
| Lesson 10: Represent and find an unknown addend in equations. | |
| Lesson 11: Represent and solve take from with change unknown problems. | |
| Lesson 12: Represent and find an unknown subtrahend in equations. + Data Talk: 'Spread Your Wings' (10 min) | |
| Lesson 13: Represent and solve add to and take from with change unknown problems. | |
| Topic D: Find an Unknown Part by Using Addition and Subtraction | |
| Lesson 14: Represent and solve put together/take apart with addend unknown / Topic C Topic Ticket | |
| Lesson 15: Relate counting on and counting back to find an unknown part. | |
| Lesson 16: Compare the efficiency of counting on and counting back to subtract. | |
| Lesson 17: Use related addition facts to subtract from 10. | |
| Lesson 18: Use related addition facts to subtract. | |
| Lesson 19: Determine the value of the unknown in various positions. | |
| Topic E: Represent and Solve Comparison Problems | |
| Lesson 20: Add or subtract to make groups equal. / Topic D Topic Ticket | |
| Lesson 21: Represent and solve compare with difference unknown problems, part 1. | |
| Lesson 22: Represent and solve compare with difference unknown problems, part 2. | |
| Lesson 23: Compare categories in a graph to figure out how many more. | |
| Topic E Topic Ticket + Flex | |
| Flex Day — Spiral Review, reteach, or enrichment. | |
| Benchmark 1 — Session 1 | |
| Benchmark 1 — Session 2 | |
Module 3: Properties of Operations to Make Easier Problems
- Make Easier Problems with Three Addends
- Make Easier Problems to Add
- Make Easier Addition Problems with a Linear Model
- Reason About Ten as a Unit to Add or Subtract
- Make Easier Problems to Subtract
Day by day (49 school days)
| Make Easier Problems with Three Addends | |
|---|---|
| Lesson 1: Group to make ten when there are three parts. | |
| Lesson 2: Make ten with three addends. | |
| Veterans' Day | |
| Lesson 3: Represent and solve three-addend word problems. | |
| Lesson 4: Use properties of addition to make three-addend expressions easier. | |
| Make Easier Problems to Add | |
| Lesson 5: Make ten when an addend is 5. / Topic A Topic Ticket | |
| Lesson 6: Make ten when the first addend is 9. + Data Talk: 'Scattering Seeds' (10 min) | |
| Lesson 7: Make ten when the first addend is 8 or 9. | |
| Lesson 8: Make ten when the second addend is 8 or 9. | |
| Lesson 9: Make ten with either addend. | |
| Thanksgiving Break | |
| Thanksgiving Break | |
| Thanksgiving Break | |
| Thanksgiving Break | |
| Thanksgiving Break | |
| Lesson 10: Make ten when there are three addends. | |
| Make Easier Addition Problems with a Linear Model | |
| Lesson 11: Represent and compare related situation equations, part 1. / Topic B Topic Ticket | |
| Lesson 12: Represent and compare related situation equations, part 2. + Data Talk: 'Monarch Butterflies' (10 min) | |
| Lesson 13: Count on to make ten within 20. | |
| Lesson 14: Count on to make the next ten within 100. | |
| Reason About Ten as a Unit to Add or Subtract | |
| Lesson 15: Count and record a collection of objects. / Topic C Topic Ticket | |
| Lesson 16: Identify ten as a unit. | |
| Lesson 17: Add a two-digit number and a one-digit number. | |
| Lesson 18: Subtract a one-digit number from a two-digit number. | |
| Lesson 19: Solve take from with change unknown problems with totals in the teens. | |
| Make Easier Problems to Subtract | |
| I-Ready | |
| I-Ready | |
| Lesson 20: Use strategies to subtract from a teen number. / Topic D Topic Ticket | |
| Lesson 21: Take from ten to subtract from a teen number, part 1. | |
| Lesson 22: Take from ten to subtract from a teen number, part 2. | |
| Winter Break | |
| Winter Break | |
| Winter Break | |
| Winter Break | |
| Winter Break | |
| Winter Break | |
| Winter Break | |
| Winter Break | |
| Winter Break | |
| Winter Break / New Year's Day | |
| Winter Break | |
| Professional Development (PD) Day | |
| Flex | |
| Lesson 23: Subtract by counting on. | |
| Lesson 24: Decompose the subtrahend to count back. | |
| Lesson 25: Choose a strategy to make an easier problem. | |
| Lesson 26: Pose and solve varied word problems. | |
| Flex | |
| Flex Day: Performance Assessment: 'Bird' (30 min) | |
Module 4: Comparison and Composition of Length Measurements
- Direct and Indirect Length Comparison
- Length Measurement and Comparison
- Comparison Word Problems with Measurement
Day by day (20 school days)
| Direct and Indirect Length Comparison | |
|---|---|
| Lesson 1: Compare and order objects by length. | |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | |
| Lesson 2: Reason to order and compare heights. | |
| Lesson 3: Compare the lengths of two objects indirectly by using a third object. | |
| Topic A Topic Ticket + Flex: Data Talk: 'School Libraries in' (10 min) | |
| Length Measurement and Comparison | |
| Lesson 4: Measure accurately with centimeter cubes. | |
| Lesson 5: Measure and compare lengths. | |
| Lesson 6: Measure and order lengths. + Data Talk: 'Sugary Drinks' (10 min) | |
| Lesson 7: Use 10-centimeter sticks and centimeter cubes to measure. | |
| Lesson 8: Draw to represent a length measurement. | |
| Lesson 9: Represent a total length as units of tens and ones. | |
| Topic B Topic Ticket + Flex: Performance Assessment: 'Kites' (30 min) | |
| Comparison Word Problems with Measurement | |
| Lesson 10: Compare to find how much longer. | |
| Lesson 11: Compare to find how much shorter. | |
| Lesson 12: Find the unknown longer length. | |
| Lesson 13: Find the unknown shorter length. | |
| Topic C Topic Ticket + Flex: Data Investigation: 'Added Sugar' | |
| Topic C Topic Ticket + Flex | |
| Benchmark 2 — Session 1 | |
| Benchmark 2 — Session 2 | |
Module 5: Place Value Concepts to Compare, Add, and Subtract
- Grouping Units in Tens and Ones
- Use Place Value to Compare
- Addition of One-Digit and Two-Digit Numbers
- Addition and Subtraction of Tens
- Addition of Two-Digit Numbers
Day by day (29 school days)
| Grouping Units in Tens and Ones | |
|---|---|
| Lesson 1: Tell time to the hour and half hour by using digital and analog clocks. | |
| Presidents' Day | |
| Lesson 2: Count a collection and record the total in units of tens and ones. | |
| Lesson 3: Recognize the place value of digits in a two-digit number. | |
| Lesson 4: Represent a number in multiple ways by trading 10 ones for a ten. | |
| Lesson 5: Reason about equivalent representations of a number. | |
| Lesson 6: Add 10 or take 10 from a two-digit number. + Data Talk: 'Household Water Use' (10 min) | |
| Use Place Value to Compare | |
| Lesson 7: Use place value reasoning to compare two quantities. / Topic A Topic Ticket | |
| Lesson 8: Use place value reasoning to write and compare 2 two-digit numbers. | |
| Lesson 9: Compare two quantities and make them equal. | |
| Addition of One-Digit and Two-Digit Numbers | |
| Lesson 10: Add the ones first. / Topic B Topic Ticket | |
| Lesson 11: Add the ones to make the next ten. | |
| Lesson 12: Decompose an addend to make the next ten. + Data Talk: 'Big Cats' (10 min) | |
| Lesson 13: Reason about related problems that make the next ten. | |
| Lesson 14: Determine which equations make the next ten. | |
| Addition and Subtraction of Tens | |
| Lesson 15: Count on and back by tens to add and subtract. / Topic C Topic Ticket | |
| Lesson 16: Use related single-digit facts to add and subtract multiples of ten. | |
| Lesson 17: Use tens to find an unknown part. | |
| Lesson 18: Determine if number sentences involving addition and subtraction are true or false. | |
| Lesson 19: Add tens to a two-digit number. | |
| Lesson 20: Add ones and multiples of ten to any number. | |
| Addition of Two-Digit Numbers | |
| Lesson 21: Use varied strategies to add 2 two-digit addends. / Topic D Topic Ticket | |
| Lesson 22: Decompose both addends and add like units. | |
| Lesson 23: Decompose an addend and add tens first. | |
| Lesson 24: Decompose an addend to make the next ten. | |
| Lesson 25: Compare equivalent expressions used to solve two-digit addition equations. | |
| Topic E Topic Ticket + Flex | |
| Flex Day: Performance Assessment: 'Shell' (30 min) | |
| Module 5 Module Assessment | |
Module 6: Attributes of Shapes • Advancing Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction
- Count and Represent Numbers Beyond 100
- Deepening Problem Solving
- Extending Addition to 100
- Attributes of Shapes
- Composition of Shapes
- Halves and Fourths
Day by day (39 school days)
| Count and Represent Numbers Beyond 100 | |
|---|---|
| Lesson 16: Count and record totals for collections greater than 100. | |
| Cesar Chavez Day (in Lieu) | |
| Spring Break | |
| Spring Break | |
| Spring Break | |
| Spring Break | |
| Spring Break | |
| Lesson 17: Read, write, and represent numbers greater than 100. | |
| Lesson 18: Count up and down across 100. | |
| Lesson 19: Write totals for collections larger than 100 shown in various groups of tens and ones. | |
| Deepening Problem Solving | |
| Lesson 20: Represent and solve put together and take apart word problems. / Topic D Topic Ticket | |
| Lesson 21: Represent and solve add to and take from word problems. | |
| Lesson 22: Represent and solve add to and take from with start unknown word problems. | |
| Lesson 23: Represent and solve comparison word problems. | |
| Lesson 24: Reason with nonstandard measurement units. | |
| Lesson 25: Solve nonroutine problems. / Topic E Topic Ticket | |
| Extending Addition to 100 | |
| Lesson 26: Make a total in more than one way. | |
| Lesson 27: Add two-digit numbers in various ways, part 1. | |
| Lesson 28: Add two-digit numbers in various ways, part 2. | |
| Lesson 29: Add tens to make 100. | |
| Lesson 30: Make the next ten and add tens to make 100. | |
| Attributes of Shapes | |
| Lesson 1: Name two-dimensional shapes based on the number of sides. | |
| Lesson 2: Sort and name two-dimensional shapes based on attributes. & Lesson 3: Draw two-dimensional shapes and identify defining attributes. | |
| Lesson 4: Name solid shapes and describe their attributes. | |
| Lesson 5: Reason about the functionality of three-dimensional shapes based on their attributes. | |
| Lesson 6: Create composite shapes and identify shapes within two- and three‑dimensional composite shapes. / Topic A Topic Ticket + Data Talk: 'Airplanes Getting' (10 min) | |
| Composition of Shapes | |
| Lesson 7: Create new composite shapes by adding a shape. | |
| Lesson 8: Combine identical composite shapes. | |
| Lesson 9: Relate the size of a shape to how many are needed to compose a new shape. | |
| Lesson 10: Reason about equal and not equal shares. / Topic B Topic Ticket | |
| Halves and Fourths | |
| Lesson 11: Name equal shares as halves or fourths. | |
| Lesson 12: Partition shapes into halves, fourths, and quarters. + Data Talk: 'Wind Power' (10 min) | |
| Lesson 13: Relate the number of equal shares to the size of the shares. | |
| Lesson 14: Tell time to the half hour with the term half past. | |
| Lesson 15: Reason about the location of the hour hand to tell time. / Topic C Topic Ticket | |
| Flex Day: Performance Assessment: 'Library' (30 min) | |
| Benchmark 3 — Session 1 | |
| Benchmark 3 — Session 2 | |
| Flex Day: | |
Source: Oakland Unified's math pages, which links the guide. The district's sheet has more for teachers than this page shows.