Families and caregivers, welcome to Amplify Desmos Math K–5!

Welcome to the Amplify Desmos Math K–5 Caregiver Hub. We hope your student enjoys exploring math, working with friends to solve problems, and learning new and interesting concepts. And we hope you enjoy the math journey with them! Below are some suggestions and resources for how you can support their learning at home.

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Caregiver Unit Resources

For every unit of the program, we’ve created a Caregiver Resource that provides a summary of key concepts, plus a problem from the lesson practice set you can work through with your student. You’ll find a Caregiver Resource for each unit, in both English and Spanish.

Unit 1: Math in Our World

Unit Refresh Videos

  • Sub-Unit 2 – Answering the Question “Are There Enough?”
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Counting and Cardinality

Unit 2: Numbers 1–10

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Comparing Two Groups Using the Terms “More,” “Fewer,” and “Same”
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Counting Objects in Different Orders
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Making Groups to Represent Numerals
  • Sub-Unit 4 – Comparing Written Numbers

Unit 3: Flat Shapes All Around Us

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Identifying Circles and Triangles in Different Sizes and Orientations
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Using Positional Words to Describe the Location of Shapes

Unit 4: Understanding Addition and Subtraction

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Adding and Subtracting Within 10
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Representing Addition and Subtraction Story Problems
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Finding the Values of Expressions

Unit 5: Make and Break Apart Numbers Within 10

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Unit 6: Numbers 0–20

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Determine the Quantities of Groups of 11–20 Objects
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Determining the Missing Total and Missing Parts in Equations

Unit 7: Solid Shapes All Around Us

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Unit 1: Adding, Subtracting, and Working With Data

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Organizing Data to Count How Many in Each Category
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Counting on to Add and Counting Back to Subtract
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Representing 2 Categories of Data With Addition Equations

Unit 2: Addition and Subtraction Story Problems

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Representing and Solving Add To, Change Unknown Story Problems
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Using Addition or Subtraction to Find an Unknown Part of a Total Amount
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Solving Compare, Difference Unknown Problems
  • Sub-Unit 4 – Making Sense of Story Problems With Different Questions

Unit 3: Adding and Subtracting Within 20

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Finding a Difference Using the Relationship Between Addition and Subtraction
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Using the Structure of Teen Numbers to Find Missing Addends
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Breaking Apart Addends to Make 10 When Adding
  • Sub-Unit 4 – Subtracting From Teen Numbers in Parts to Get to 10

Unit 4: Numbers to 99

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Adding a Ten to and Subtracting a Ten From Multiples of 10
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Representing and Writing Two-Digit Numbers
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Comparing Two-Digit Numbers
  • Sub-Unit 4 – Representing the Same Two-Digit Number With Different Amounts of Tens and Ones

Unit 5: Adding Within 100

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Adding a Number of Tens or Ones to a Two-Digit Number
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Adding a Two-Digit Number and a One-Digit Number When Composing a Ten is Necessary
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Adding a Two-Digit Number and a Two-Digit Number When Composing a Ten is Necessary

Unit 6: Measuring Lengths of Up to 120 Length Units

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Measuring Length Using Non-Standard Units
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Writing and Interpreting Lengths Between 100 and 120 Length Units
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Represent and Solve Take From and Add To Story Problems With Unknowns in All Positions

Unit 7: Geometry and Time

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Unit 1: Working With Data and Solving Comparison Problems

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Choosing Strategies to Add Within 20
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Representing Data in a Picture Graph and Bar Graph
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Finding the Difference Between Two Categories Shown on a Bar Graph

Unit 2: Adding and Subtracting Within 100

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Strategies to Solve Story Problems Involving Money
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Decomposing a Ten When Subtracting by Place
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Making Sense of Story Problems About Comparing That Use the Word More
  • Sub-Unit 4 – Making Sense of One- and Two-Step Story Problems

Unit 3: Measuring Length

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Measuring the Length of an Object in Centimeters Using a Ruler
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Measuring Objects in Inches and Feet
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Representing Measurement Data on a Line Plot

Unit 4: Addition and Subtraction on the Number Line

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Locating Numbers on Number Lines
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Representing Addition and Subtraction Strategies on a Number Line

Unit 5: Numbers to 1,000

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Composing Hundreds to Represent Three-Digit Numbers
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Comparing Three-Digit Numbers

Unit 6: Geometry and Time

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Identifying Shapes by Their Attributes
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Creating Equal Parts in Multiple Ways
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Telling Time in Five-Minute Increments

Unit 7: Adding and Subtracting Within 1,000

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Unit 8: Equal Groups

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Unit 1: Working With Data and Solving Comparison Problems

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Representing Equal-Groups Situations With Equal-Groups Drawings
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Representing Arrays With Multiplication Equations
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Representing Data Using Scaled Bar Graphs

Unit 2: Adding and Subtracting Within 100

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Determining the Area of a Rectangle Using Counting and Skip Counting
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Determining the Area of a Rectangle Using Multiplication
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Decomposing to Determine the Area of Rectilinear Figures

Unit 3: Measuring Length

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Using the Expanded Form and Partial Sums Algorithms to Add
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Using the Expanded Form Algorithm to Subtract
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Rounding Numbers to the Nearest Hundred and Ten Using Number Lines
  • Sub-Unit 4 – Representing and Solving Two-Step Story Problems Involving Multiplication

Unit 4: Addition and Subtraction on the Number Line

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Representing Division Situations With Equal-Groups Drawings
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Representing an Equal-Groups Problem With a Division and Multiplication Equation
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Using the Distributive Property of Multiplication to Multiply a One-Digit Number by a Teen Number
  • Sub-Unit 4 – Decomposing Dividends to Divide

Unit 5: Numbers to 1,000

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Writing Unit and Non-Unit Fractions
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Locating Non-Unit Fractions on the Number Line
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Identifying Equivalent Fractions
  • Sub-Unit 4 – Comparing Fractions With the Same Denominator or Same Numerator

Unit 6: Geometry and Time

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Measuring the Length of an Object in Halves and Quarters of an Inch
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Measuring Liquid Volume
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Solving Time Problems
  • Sub-Unit 4 – Representing and Solving Problems Involving Weight

Unit 7: Adding and Subtracting Within 1,000

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Unit 1: Factors and Multiples

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Using Factor Pairs to Determine All the Possible Side Lengths of a Rectangle With a Given Area
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Finding Multiples and Common Multiples

Unit 2: Fraction Equivalence and Comparison

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Locating Fractions With Different Denominators On the Same Number Line
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Using Multiples or Factors to Determine Equivalent Fractions
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Comparing Fractions Using Equivalent Fractions With Common Denominators

Unit 3: Extending Operations to Fractions

Unit Refresh Videos

  • Sub-Unit 1 – Adding and Subtracting Fractions With the Same Denominator
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Multiplying Whole Numbers and Fractions
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Adding Fractions With Denominators of 10 and 100

Unit 4: From Hundredths to Hundred Thousands

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Writing Fractions With Denominators of 10 and 100 as Decimals
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Relationships Between Place Values in Multi-Digit Whole Numbers
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Comparing Multi-Digit Numbers
  • Sub-Unit 4 – Using the Standard Algorithm to Subtract When Decomposing is Required

Unit 5: Multiplicative Comparison and Measurement

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Representing Multiplicative Comparison Situations
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Converting Measurements in the Metric System
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Comparing Measurements

Unit 6: Multiplying and Dividing Multi-Digit Numbers

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Multiplying Using Partial Products
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Dividing with Partial Quotients
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Solving Division Problems Involving Remainders

Unit 7: Angles and Properties of Shapes

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Unit 1: Volume

Unit Refresh Videos

  • Sub-Unit 1 – Using the Layered Structure of a Rectangular Prism to Determine the Volume
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Determining the Volume of a Rectangular Prism
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Determining the Volume of Figures Composed of Rectangular Prisms

Unit 2: Fractions as Quotients and Fraction Multiplication

Unit Refresh Videos

  • Sub-Unit 1 – Representing Equal-Sharing Story Problems With Fractional Quotients
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Representing Fractions With Equivalent Multiplication and Division Expressions
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Determining the Area of a Rectangle With a Fractional Side Length

Unit 3: Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

Unit Refresh Videos

  • Sub-Unit 1 – Representing Multiplication of Two Unit Fractions With Diagrams
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Dividing Whole Numbers by Unit Fractions

Unit 4: Multiplication and Division With Multi-Digit Whole Numbers

Unit Refresh Videos

  • Sub-Unit 1 – Multiplying Multi-Digit Whole Numbers Using the Partial Products and Standard Algorithms
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Dividing Multi-Digit Whole Numbers Using Partial Quotients
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Representing Multi-Step Story Problems with Equations

Unit 5: Place Value Patterns and Decimal Operations

Unit Refresh Videos

  • Sub-Unit 1 – Comparing Decimals
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Using the Standard Algorithms to Add and Subtract Decimals
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Multiplying a Whole Number and a Decimal Using the Distributive Property
  • Sub-Unit 4 – Dividing Whole Numbers by Decimals Less Than 1

Unit 6: More Decimal and Fraction Operations

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  • Sub-Unit 1 – Representing Powers of 10 With Exponents, Expressions, and Standard Form
  • Sub-Unit 2 – Converting Customary Lengths
  • Sub-Unit 3 – Adding Fractions With Unlike Denominators

Unit 7: Shapes on the Coordinate Plane

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Access Amplify Desmos Math at home.

In addition to a print Student Edition workbook, your student will have digital access to all learning, practice, and assessment materials through the Amplify platform. The digital curriculum can be accessed in school and at home by following these instructions:

  • Click the Amplify Desmos Math button.
  • Select Log in with Amplify.
  • Enter your student’s username and password provided by your student’s teacher.
  • Select the desired grade level.

Once logged in, caregivers can view student work by opening previous assignments.

Learn how to navigate the student home page.

Amplify Desmos Math

Materials overview

Amplify Desmos Math supports blended learning with supporting print materials and a unique digital experience. All K–5 lessons are available in a write-in Student Edition book. Many of the lessons include hands-on activities with manipulatives, tools that help students understand abstract concepts by making them tangible. Your student will also work with digital devices for an age-appropriate number of lessons.

When students use devices, teachers can monitor their work in real time, making sure they get the exact support that they need at every part of the lesson, in and outside of class.

Una interfaz digital que muestra los nombres anónimos de los estudiantes y su estado de participación en diversas actividades. La interfaz incluye opciones para realizar resúmenes, capturas de pantalla y vistas individuales de los estudiantes.

Components of a lesson

Students in an Amplify Desmos Math classroom can be seen (and heard!) asking questions, debating answers, justifying their thinking, grappling with problems, and working together and independently.

A typical Amplify Desmos Math lesson includes:

  • Warm-up: A short, attention-getting problem to pique students’ interest in the lesson.
  • Activities: One to two mini-activities that challenge students’ problem-solving skills.
  • Synthesis: Discussion to review and bring together the important concepts from the lesson.
  • Show What You Know and Reflection: Questions for students to show what they know from the lesson. (Note: The Show What You Know lesson assessment is optional for kindergarten and grade 1.)
  • Centers: Student-led activity stations that reinforce the math learned during lesson activities through interactive and often game-like formats. In kindergarten and grade 1, time for Centers is built into the last 15 minutes of every lesson.

To support, strengthen, and stretch students’ learning after the lesson, Amplify Desmos Math offers options for:

  • Differentiation: Mini-Lessons, Centers, Extensions, Boost Personalized Learning, and Fluency Practice.
  • Practice: Additional problems your student’s teacher may assign for classwork or homework.

Support math learning at home.

You can support your student’s math learning outside of school in many ways:

Your student’s teacher may assign practice problems at the end of each lesson for classwork or homework. If your student has already completed the practice problems for the lesson, ask them to walk you through how they solved each problem, or talk about any parts that were challenging for them. Ask your student follow-up questions to encourage the use of math language as they explain their thinking, such as, “How do you know?,” “How can you show your thinking?,” or “How would you describe that?” If students are stuck, ask support questions, such as, “What information do you know here?” or “How could you represent this problem?”

Your student’s teacher may introduce a Center game with students in the lesson or beyond the lesson. These games are aligned to the math of the unit and can be played with students outside of class. Your student’s teacher may introduce a Center game to students during or after completing a lesson, or you may need to teach the game before you play by using easy-to-follow instructions. Sign up for a free account to explore Centers and additional K–5 content in our Featured Collections.

Each unit in Amplify Desmos Math begins with a read-aloud story to engage students and provide context for the math of the unit. Elements and characters from the Unit Story then appear in lessons throughout the unit.

Relate math to daily activities at home, whether grocery shopping, preparing a meal, or planning for a trip to the store. Your student can help you figure out how many more apples there are than oranges in the grocery cart, show how to split a sandwich into fourths, or figure out how much change you’ll receive in exchange for a $10 bill. Encourage your student to point out ways that you use math in your daily tasks.

Remind your student that getting stuck is part of the process and a necessary—beneficial, even!—part of learning. Many students (and adults) fear making mistakes. But research shows that making mistakes helps our brains grow. When your student gets stuck on a problem, encourage them to keep trying different strategies, even if they’re not sure if they are right.

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Have a question about Amplify Desmos Math? Visit our help library to search for articles with answers to your program questions. For additional support, please contact your student’s teacher.