Grade K Pacing Guide Overview 2015-2016
The Pacing Guide Overview is a quick look at the school year. It provides suggested time frames for each unit
in Math Expressions across the 2015-2016 calendar year. Please refer to the Pacing Guides for each individual
instructional block for detailed information on the alignment of curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
SLCSD Instructional Blocks and Math Expressions (MX) Units and Lessons General Education Pacing
Instructional Block 1: MX Unit 1 and 2
August 24 – November 13
SLCSD Fall Kindergarten Assessment
MX Daily Routines
MX Unit 1, Understanding Numbers 1-10
 Lessons 1-6: Counting and Cardinality 1-5
 Lessons 7-10: Adding, Subtracting, and Comparing Through 5
 Lessons 11-14: Show Numbers 1 Through 10
 Lessons 15-18: Practice Numbers 1 Through 10
 Unit 1 Review and Test
August 24 – October 2
18 Lessons: 28 Days
Lessons 1, 8, 10, and 14 may take two days.
MX Unit 2, 5-Groups in Numbers 6-10
 Lessons 1-5: 5-Groups in Numbers 6 to 10
 Lessons 6-10: Addition and Subtraction Stories
 Lessons 11-15: Practice Numbers 1 Through 10, the + Pattern
 Lessons 16-20: Numbers 1 Through 10, the – Pattern
 Unit 2 Review and Test
October 5 – November 13
20 Lessons: 27 Days
Interim 1: November 13
Lessons 1, 3, 9, 13, and 17 may take two days.
Instructional Block 2: MX Unit 3
November 16 – January 15
MX Unit 3, Teen Numbers as Tens and Ones
 Lessons 1-9: Partners of 5 and 6
 Lessons 10-12: Classifying
 Lessons 13-17: Tens in Teen Numbers
 Lessons 18-21: Build Teen Numbers
 Unit 3 Review/Test and Summative Assessment
November 16 – January 15
21 Lessons: 32 Days
Interim 2: January 15
Lessons 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12, 20, and 21 may take two days.
Instructional Block 3: MX Unit 4
MX Unit 4, Partners, Problem Drawings, and Tens
 Lessons 1-4: Story Problems and Equations
 Lessons 5-8: Practice with Comparing
 Lessons 9-15: Equations and Teen Numbers
January 19 – March 3
January 19 – March 3
22 Lessons: 32 Days
Interim 3: March 3
For more information on the pacing of lessons, see page xxx in the MX Teacher Edition.
Grade K Pacing Guide Overview 2015-2016
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Lesson 16-22: Equations for Partners
Unit 4 Review/Test and Summative Assessment
Lessons 1, 6, 8, 16, and 20 may take two days.
Instructional Block 4: MX Unit 5
MX Unit 5, Consolidation of Concepts
 Lessons 1-4: More Partners of 10
 Lessons 5-7: Numbers 1 Through 20
 Lessons 8-14: More Teen Numbers and Partners
 Lesson 15-23: More Story Problems and Equations
 Unit 5 Review/Test and Summative Assessment
March 7 – April 29
March 7 – April 29
23 Lessons: 35 Days
Interim 4: April 29
Lessons 2, 6, 9, 13, 15, 19, 22, 23 may take two days.
Date: TBD
End of Level Assessment/SAGE
SLCSD Spring Kindergarten Assessment
Assessment Window
3 sessions: 1 week
May 2 – June 3
Instructional Block 5: engageny Math Module 5
MX Daily Routines: Counting Tens and Ones- 120 Poster, Flip Chart, Giant
Number Cards, & Making Teen Numbers
engageny Math Module 5: Numbers 10–20 and Counting to 100
 Topic A, Lessons 1-5: Count 10 Ones and Some Ones
 Topic B, Lessons 6-9: Compose Numbers 11–20 from 10 Ones and Some
Ones; Represent and Write Teen Numbers
 Topic C, Lessons 10-14: Decompose Numbers 11–20, and Count to Answer
"How Many?" Questions in Varied Configurations
 Topic D, Lessons : Extend the Say Ten and Regular Count Sequence to 100
 Topic E, Lessons : Represent and Apply Compositions and Decompositions
of Teen Numbers
 End-of-Module Assessment
May 2 – June 3
14 Lessons: 18 Days
ST Math: SLCSD Recommended Curriculum Order
Number and Objects to 5 → Subitizing → Exploring Shapes → Number and Objects to 10 →
Analyzing Shapes → Greater Than, Less Than, Equal To → Understanding Addition and Subtraction within 5
→ Position → Number and Objects to 20 → Introduction to the Number Line → Understanding Addition and
Subtraction within 10 → Making 10 and Number Pairs → Comparing Numbers → Numbers and Counting to
100 → Sorting and Classifying → Foundations of Place Value → Measurable Attributes → Composing Shapes
→ Reasoning with Attriubutes → Addition and Subtraction Facts within 5 → Challenge
For more information on the pacing of lessons, see page xxx in the MX Teacher Edition.