IM K–5 Math™ certified by
Illustrative Mathematics®
Coherent • Standards-aligned • Problem-based
IM K–5 Math™ certified by
Illustrative Mathematics®
Coherent • Standards-aligned • Problem-based
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Why Choose IM K–5 Math?
Children arrive in elementary school eager to learn, and teachers want to provide them with the best possible foundation for the next grade and beyond. Designed to support problem-based instruction and built on a coherent lesson progression, IM K–5 Math offers an uplifting, engaging, and inclusive approach to mathematics, giving students skills, understandings, and practices that will stay with them for life.
Read more about the design principles behind IM K–5 Math and how the curriculum builds fluency.
In the 2020–21 school year, more than 80 school districts are using the beta version of the K–5 math curriculum to nurture enthusiastic mathematics learners.
IM K–5 MATH™ ON-DEMAND WEBINARS
Comparing IM K–5 Math and IM 6–12 Math — What’s New?
See how we’ve taken our rigorous, problem-based approach to mathematics adapted it to meet the unique needs of the elementary classroom.
IM K–5 Math as a Support
for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Learn how IM K–5 Math supports culturally responsive pedagogy so that regardless of race, ethnicity, language, gender, ability, or socioeconomic background, students feel invited to the math.
Find out how IM K–5 Math can help every one of your students learn math for life.

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See why educators love IM K–5 Math.
Developed by our expert authors, based on research principles and learning trajectories as well as our experience with how teachers use materials, IM K–5 Math is rigorous, problem-based, and fully aligned to the standards, with coherence across grades bands.
IM K–5 Math is uniquely focused on:
- embedded support for culturally responsive pedagogy
Collaborative learning opportunities, instructional routines that invite students to bring their whole selves to math class, and problem-solving contexts that positively reflect ethnically diverse cultures support implementation of culturally relevant and responsive pedagogy. - conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application
Instructional routines, representations, and math tools are carefully planned to help students develop and understand mathematical concepts and procedures. - grade-level progressions and research-based learning trajectories
Every routine, activity, and lesson has a place in the mathematical story across units and grade levels based on standards and learning trajectories. - formative assessments with clear pathways to address student outcomes
Innovative staged centers, cool-downs, monitoring sheets, and section quizzes equip teachers to easily monitor and guide student progress. - embedded teacher learning that builds confidence in practice
Teacher reflection questions, embedded curriculum narratives, and a PLC framework continually support teacher learning. - extensive curriculum-aligned professional learning
Teachers feel confident and ready to implement the curriculum with integrated professional learning that supports teachers to develop, refine, and reflect on instructional practices.

Transform your classroom with IM Certified® Professional Learning™, curriculum-based professional learning developed by the authors of IM K–5 Math, which helps educators build their confidence with the curriculum. The program provides teachers and leaders long-term, sustainable support for developing, refining, and reflecting on instructional practices.
PREVIEW IM K–5 MATH BETA
Take a look at Unit 1 from the IM K–5 Math beta curriculum. Teachers are supported with a lesson preview page, side-by-side lesson plan view of student activities and teacher directions, clear guidance for facilitating warm-ups, activities, student discussions, activity and lesson syntheses, and the cool-down activity.
Scope and Sequence
In IM K–5 Math each grade is made up of eight carefully sequenced and standards-aligned units designed to tell a coherent mathematical story. The attached sequence is from beta and may be adjusted slightly in v.l based on teacher feedback.
Sample Lesson Plan
A redesigned lesson plan structure for the elementary classroom gives teachers the support and information they need at their fingertips.
Scope and Sequence
In IM K–5 Math each grade is made up of eight carefully sequenced and standards-aligned units designed to tell a coherent mathematical story. The attached sequence is from the alpha pilot and may be adjusted slightly in the beta pilot based on teacher feedback.
Sample Lesson Plan
A redesigned lesson plan structure for the elementary classroom gives teachers the support and information they need at their fingertips.
Scope and Sequence
In IM K–5 Math each grade is made up of eight carefully sequenced and standards-aligned units designed to tell a coherent mathematical story. The attached sequence is from the alpha pilot and may be adjusted slightly in the beta pilot based on teacher feedback.
Sample Lesson Plan
A redesigned lesson plan structure for the elementary classroom gives teachers the support and information they need at their fingertips.
IM CERTIFIED PARTNERS

LearnZillion IM K–12 Math, certified by Illustrative Mathematics, offers the highest-quality math curricula empowering teachers with lesson cards and teaching notes, digital interactives and assessments, and built-in differentiation. The experience engages students through instructional routines, math discourse, and digital tools that promote thinking and reasoning in a classroom, hybrid, or distance learning model.
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