A 2026–27 East Bay guide to confirmed programs, active pilots, and information families still need to verify

This East Bay math curriculum guide compares what Fremont, Newark, New Haven/Union City, and Hayward currently publish, including active pilots and items families still need to verify for 2026–27.

Sources reviewed July 29, 2026. Curriculum adoptions, pilots, editions, and school-level supplements can change. Confirm the current classroom materials with your child’s teacher before purchasing matching practice.

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Why This Guide Separates “Current,” “Pilot,” and “Historical”

District websites often leave old adoption lists online while newer pilots or board approvals are being implemented. This guide uses current official district pages where possible and labels older or incomplete evidence explicitly. A named textbook is included as current only when the available official source supports that conclusion.

Newark Unified: Big Ideas Math, with Two Elementary Pilots

Newark Unified’s Curriculum and Instruction page lists Big Ideas Math as its comprehensive Common Core-aligned program. The same page reports 2026–27 elementary pilots of Amplify Desmos Math and Innovamat.

That means “What textbook does Newark use?” may have two answers this year: the district’s current published program and the pilot materials used in a particular classroom. Families should ask whether their child is in a pilot, which dates it covers, and what will be used between pilot windows.

New Haven Unified / Union City: Bridges Mathematics for K–5

New Haven Unified’s Adopted Instructional Materials/Textbooks page links a current district document. That document lists The Math Learning Center’s Bridges for kindergarten through grade 5. This is a material correction from the earlier draft, which said the core title could not be confirmed.

At home, Bridges may look less like a single march through a textbook and more like a combination of investigations, visual models, games, and practice. Ask your child to explain what a model represents and when the strategy would be useful—not only to repeat the last example.

Fremont Unified: Verify the Current Core Title

Fremont’s public curriculum area does not clearly identify one current K–5 core math series. An older elementary-school document names Math Expressions, while other public materials describe i-Ready as a district-adopted assessment and personalized-lesson tool. Those are not equivalent claims.

For 2026–27, ask the school for three separate names: the core curriculum, the assessment platform, and any supplemental/intervention program. That prevents an i-Ready report or digital login from being mistaken for the classroom’s full instructional sequence.

Core lessons, pilots, assessments, and supplemental tools may look different while targeting the same underlying skill.

Hayward Unified: Follow the Unit Map

Hayward Unified’s Mathematics page publishes elementary curriculum guides, unit maps, combo-grade guides, and benchmark information. The sequence is therefore easier to verify than a single commercial title.

For Hayward families, the most useful question is “Which unit and standard is the class in?” Once you know that, use the unit map to distinguish unfinished prerequisite learning from ordinary grade-level challenge.

How to Compare East Bay Math Curriculum Programs During a Transition

• Is this the core curriculum, a pilot, an assessment, or a supplement?
• Which unit and learning target is the class working on this week?
• Which visual models or vocabulary should my child be able to use independently?
• If the pilot changes midyear, how will the school connect skills across the two programs?

Use East Bay Math Curriculum Information to Plan the Next Step

A curriculum name helps explain the classroom approach, but it does not show where an individual learner’s gap begins. ThinkZone’s K–G8 math program uses an adaptive assessment and a personalized skill pathway so practice can target the concept a student actually needs.

Explore the ThinkZone Fremont center or ThinkZone Union City center. Families who want to strengthen routines first can start with these seven math habits at home.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Newark replacing Big Ideas Math in 2026–27?

The district’s public page still identifies Big Ideas Math and also announces elementary pilots of Amplify Desmos Math and Innovamat. A pilot is not automatically a final districtwide adoption.

What math curriculum does Union City use in elementary school?

New Haven Unified’s linked adopted-materials document lists Bridges for kindergarten through grade 5.

Does Fremont use i-Ready as its math textbook?

Public Fremont materials describe i-Ready as an assessment and personalized-lesson tool. That does not by itself establish i-Ready as the district’s core K–5 curriculum, so families should ask the school to name each tool’s role.

2026–27 Local Curriculum Reference

Use this East Bay math curriculum reference as a starting point, not as enrollment or placement advice. Open the linked district source and confirm the current program, edition, grade, unit, and supplements with the school.

Editorial Note on Sources

All external links in this draft point to official school-district or California Department of Education pages. Information that could not be verified on a current official page is identified as unconfirmed or historical rather than inferred.