Grade 4, Unit 2 further builds fraction understanding using familiar representations. Teachers will find the updated advancing student thinking beneficial because additional supports have been included to assist in promoting students’ critical thinking and analytical abilities. Teachers will have more guidance and resources to address students’ questions and challenges in real-time. The just-in-time support provided through these updates will help teachers intervene effectively and address students’ needs more efficiently, which ultimately contributes to a more supportive learning environment in the classroom.

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Grade 7, Unit 2

Sections A and B highlights

• Embedded Math Community pieces. Contained in the first two units of each course are eight exercises designed to support teachers as they start off the school year establishing norms and building a math community. Ongoing work is woven into later units inviting communities to revisit and revise norms, and look for time where the norms are supporting the community.
• Lessons 1, 3, 6
• Embedded Math Language Routines. The first instance of each Math Language Routine in a course is embedded and includes additional language to support teachers implementing the routine with students for the first time. Select Math Language Routines have been embedded throughout the lessons to support the math language development of all students, and especially English Learners.
• Page 66 for Three Reads
• Page 48, Page 78 for Collect and Display
• Page 81 Co-Craft Questions
• Note: This type of embedding brings 6–8 curricula into closer alignment with IM K–5 Math.
• Which Three Go Together? The instructional routine Which One Doesn’t Belong? Has been reimagined as Which Three Go Together?
• Page 95 Lesson 4 Activity 1
• Page 111 Lesson 5 Activity 1
• Number Talks and Algebra Talks are now Math Talks. For this version, Number Talks and Algebra Talks have been brought together under the name Math Talk, bringing greater alignment to IM 6–12 curricula. All Math Talks have a consistent four items for teachers to reveal one at a time with their students.
• Page 76 Lesson 3 Activity 1
• 5 Practices. The standard language for all 5 Practices-tagged activities has been revised and clarified to better support teachers implementing this routine.
• Page 62 Lesson 2 Activity 2
• Revised Contexts.
• Page 65 Lesson 2 Act 3 revised to use the basic recipe for Coco bread, a popular Jamaican food.
• Page 128 Lesson 6 Activity 2 is still reasoning about quantities and prices, but now in a context of bottle returns instead of concert ticket sales.

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Grade 8, Unit 3

• Materials and Preparation. The start of each Teacher Guide includes a chart laying out needed materials and blackline masters by activity number.
  Added clarity around Materials to Gather, Materials to Copy, and Required Preparation at the lesson level so teachers have one place to look as they prepare for a lesson.
• Section Narratives and Goals. New section narratives and section goals are included for each section in a unit. These offer teachers a high level overview of the work in a section along with a key image to help orient teachers to the section.
• Teacher Reflection Questions. Included with the section narratives is a set of three Teacher Reflection Questions. These questions invite teachers to dive into the mathematics in the section, reflect their teaching practice, and consider how classroom structures and instructional decisions impact students’ beliefs about their own and each others’ mathematical capabilities.
• Section Checkpoints. Sections have 1–3 Checkpoint items that align with the goals of the section. These short formative assessments also include guidance, titled Responding to Student Thinking, to support teacher planning based on student responses.
• Math Language Routine 7 Compare and Connect. In activities where we want students to compare representations or strategies and make connections, we’ve embedded the Math Language Routine Compare and Connect. Given the close relationship between this routine and 5 Practices, we’ve used similar standard language across activities tagged with this routine.

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We made upgrades, enhancements, and revisions to the IM v.360 curriculum in response to the needs of teachers, school leaders, and students.

Upgrades to the K–5 curriculum include:

• NEW! Language Learning Goals, End of Unit Guidance, Checklist Guidance
• Strengthened representations of diverse cultures
• Revisions to the Course Guide content, Instructional Routines, and blackline masters
• And more!

Upgrades to the 6–12 curriculum include:

• NEW!  Narrative Structures, Section-level Assessments (Checkpoints), Instructional Goals, and Teacher Reflection Questions
• Embedded guidance for building a classroom community
• Embedded Math Language Routines and revised Instructional Routine language, including for 5 Practices activities
• Revised context and activity launches to invite more students into the mathematics, including more representations of diverse cultures
• Revised lesson contexts to align with the California framework, including environmental literacy enhancements
• And more!

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We named the new edition of our curriculum “IM v.360” to distinguish this version from previous versions. The number “360” is all-embracing, all-encompassing, and all-inclusive. Similarly, IM v.360 is coherent, inclusive, and all-encompassing. It invites students to the math through engaging contexts and problems relevant to students’ experiences. We are proud to say that IM v.360 is the next evolution of our curriculum products!