Curriculum

Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) is committed to providing teachers and students standards-aligned instructional materials to support effective teaching and learning.

Recent instructional materials adoptions include:

High School World Languages adopted in Spring 2025
Middle School World Languages adopted in Spring 2025
Middle School Social Studies adopted in Spring 2025
High School Math adopted in Spring 2024
English Learner adopted in Spring 2024
K-5 Mathematics adopted in Spring 2023
K-5 History/Social Science adopted in Spring 2023
Transition Kindergarten curricula adopted in Spring 2023

Current curriculum reviews include:

Elementary English Language Arts
Secondary English Language Arts
5th Grade Sexual Education
TK-8 Science

Grade span-specific adopted curriculum can be found below.

Current Adopted Curriculum By Grade Span

Transitional Kindergarten

Subject	Textbook and Other Instructional Material	Adopted Date
Reading/Language Arts	Scholastic PreK-On My Way	2023
Mathematics	Scholastic PreK-On My Way	2023
Science	Scholastic PreK-On My Way	2023
History-Social Science	Scholastic PreK-On My Way	2023
Visual and Performing Arts	We use the VAPA standards to guide our arts programming.

Transitional Kindergarten Core Curriculum

Elementary

Subject	Textbook and Other Instructional Material	Adopted Date
Reading/Language Arts	Collaborative Literacy Suite, Center for the Collaborative Classroom (CCC), 2016 Includes Being a Reader, Being a Writer, and Making Meaning programs	5.9.2017
Mathematics	Eureka Math (2013) - Grades K-5 - Josey-Bass/Common Core Inc,/Great Minds	5/4/2016
Science	Full Options Science System (FOSS), Delta Education	6.12.07
History-Social Science	Elementary Social Studies Curriculum, InquirED	6.13.2023
Health	Family Life Grade 5 (2006) Toolbox Social Emotional Learning Program (2019) Physical Education District crafted program based on California State Standards We are currently in the process of adopting new materials for our K-5 Health Program.	2019
Visual and Performing Arts	We use the VAPA standards to guide our arts programming.

*Elementary in AUSD is K-5th

Overview of Elementary (K-5) Core Curriculum (PDF)

Math Pathways

Between 2016 and 2018, AUSD staff explored the district's math placement, interventions, and pathways for middle and high school students. The goals were to:

Develop pathways that create more flexibility in the type and timing of math classes that students can take
Develop pathways that align with the Common Core State Standards
Develop pathways that help middle school students develop the depth of understanding needed to build a solid foundation for advanced math in high school and college

In December 2018, district staff held information nights to help families understand how the new math pathways will be implemented in the 2019-2020 school year.

Resources

2025-26 Curriculum Review Sessions

2024-25 Curriculum Review Sessions

March 6, 2025 (Puberty Education)

This session specifically covered the 5th grade module of Healthy Kids & Teens, which AUSD is considering for its puberty education curriculum. AUSD currently uses Healthy Kids & Teens modules for our middle and high school sexual education units as well.

A consultant with Healthy Kids & Teens led this session. Topics covered included:

An overview of the Healthy Kids and Teens Puberty Health curriculum
Where to find more information
How the lessons align with California state law and standards
Topics and resources that families can use to start conversations at home to support health and safety of their students before and during puberty.

Slide deck from information session

Reading/Language Arts	Textbook and Other Instructional Material	Adopted Date
	Core Literature Works 6th -12th	2004
	Grades 6-8 Prentice Hall, 2002 Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes (Copper, Bronze, and Silver editions)
	(IBD) Units Grade 9-12 Curriculum is comprised of multiple novels, nonfiction text, and Inquiry by Design Inquiry by Design Units Middle School Units

Mathematics	Textbook and Other Instructional Material	Adopted Date
	Precalculus with Limits: A Graphing Approach (5th). McDougal Littell, 2008	4.28.09
	Calculus: Early Transcendental Functions (6th). Cengage Publishing, 2015	6.28.16
	Statistics: Workshop Statistics, Key College Publishing 2008	4.28.2009
	The Practice of Statistics (5th). Bedford, Freeman, and Worth, 2015.	6.28.16
	Stats in your World (3rd) Savvas 2020	5.9.2023
	California Math Courses 1-3 Carnegie Learning 6-8, 2022	6.14.2022

Science	Textbook and Other Instructional Material	Adopted Date
	Biology. Prentice Hall (Pearson), 2004.	5.13.08
	Campbell Biology In Focus. Pearson AP Edition, 2014. Bridge Materials.	6.28.16
	AP Environmental Science. Prentice Hall (Pearson) 10th, 2007	5.13.08
	Chemistry (Zumdahl). HMH, 2000 (5th)	6.28.16
	Chemistry (Zumdahl). Brooks/Cole, 9th (AP Edition), 2014. Bridge Materials.	5.9.2023
	Conceptual Physics. Prentice Hall (Pearson), 2009.	5.13.08
	Chemistry in the Earth System HMH, 2020	5.29.23
	Grades 6-8 Prentice Hall Earth Science, Physical Science, Life Science	2008
	Full Option Science System (FOSS), Delta Education; NGSS Updates as available	6.12.07
	Prentice Hall (Pearson), ‘Focus on’ Series	6.12.07
	Big Ideas Math: Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2 Big Ideas Learning LLC, 2015	5.24.16
	Thinking about Psychology 4th Edition Bedford, Freeman and Worth,	2/28/2023

History-Social Science	Textbook and Other Instructional Material	Adopted Date
	MW H: World History, The Modern Era. Prentice Hall, 2007	2007
	USH: The Americans: Rec. to the 21st Century. McDougal Littell (HMH), 2007	2007
	AP USH: America’s History. Bedford St. Martin, 2000	6.13.00
	AP Euro: Western Civilization. Thomson Wadsworth (HMH), 2006	6.26.07
	AP Gov: American Government Institutions and Policies. HMH, 2004.	4.23.2002
	AP Economics: Economics Principles & Practices. Harcourt, 2001	4.23.02
	Economics Principles & Practices. Glencoe/McGraw -Hill, 2001	2.13.01
	Magruder’s American Government. Prentice Hall (Pearson), 2003	1.14.03
	Glencoe-McGraw Hill (2006) Discovering Our Past (CA Editions): Ancient Civilizations
	Teacher’s Curriculum Institute (TCI) History Alive! Series.

Foreign Language	Textbook and Other Instructional Material	Adopted Date
	Mandarin: Mandarin I-IV. Cheng & Tsui texts/workbooks.	6.10.2014
	French: Bien Dit!, French 1-3. HMH, 2018.	5.23.17
	AP Themes 1e (AP French 4-5). Vista Higher Learning, 2016	5.23.17
	¡Avancemos!, Spanish 1-4. HMH, 2018.	5.23.17

In This Section

Curriculum

Current Adopted Curriculum By Grade Span

Transitional Kindergarten

Elementary

Secondary

Math Pathways

Resources

2025-26 Curriculum Review Sessions

November 5, 2025

February 25, 2025

May 6, 2025

2024-25 Curriculum Review Sessions

March 12, 2025

March 6, 2025 (Puberty Education)

December 11, 2024

May 2,2024

February 2, 2022

Health	Textbook and Other Instructional Material	Adopted Date
Health	Health Standards guide programming

Visual and Performing Arts	Textbook and Other Instructional Material	Adopted Date
Visual and Performing Arts	VAPA standards guide programming