Children in 2nd grade will develop a broad background in mathematics and strong number sense through a variety of everyday experiences including hands on games, manipulative exploration, and on-line & paper/pencil practice. We will work on Number Knowledge, Algebraic foundations, Geometry and Measurement, and Data Foundations. Minnesota follows the MN State Standard for Math as a curriculum guide because they have a higher rigor than the Common Core Standards.
Click on the link below to download a copy of the MN State Standards for Math:
Click on the link below to download a copy of the MN State Standards for Math:
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By the end of the year, students should be able to do the following:
1. Number & Operation Knowledge: |
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2. Number & Operations: Data Foundations
Add/subtract to create and obtain information from tables, bar graphs and tally charts.
What families can do at home to help:
- Sort a handful of coins and tally how many of each coin or other household objects on a list.
- Look in the yard for colors. Make a chart with bars of color to show how many objects you found.
- Play board games with your child like 'Sorry", "Yatzee", or "Candy Land".
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3. Algebraic foundations
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4. Geometry and Measurement
- Describe, compare and classify 2- and 3-dimensional figures according to the number of faces, sides, edges and vertices.
- Identify and name basic 2- and 3-dimensional shapes.
- Understand that size or of whats to be measured determines the units used to measure length.
- Use a variety of tools to measure length in metric and standard units.
- Tell time to the quarter-hour.
- Distinguish between a.m. and p.m.
- Identify pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
- Find the value of a group of coins, using pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
- Find coin combinations that equal a given amount.
What families can do at home to help:
- Practice telling time (Write times, draw an analog clock, and have your child show times on a clock face).
- Gather a handful of coins with a value of less than two dollars. Have your child calculate the total value. Practice counting back change.
- Make up real world number stories involving estimation. Example, “Can I buy a pencil and an eraser with $2.00”?
- Discuss household tools that can be used to measure things or solve math problems: clocks, counters, and measuring cups.
- Together look for 2D & 3D shapes in your homes. Talk about their characteristics.
- Use household items, such as toothpicks and marshmallows, straws, and twist-ties, sticks, and paper to construct shapes.
- Draw a picture of a rectangular cake, or circular pizza, or a similar food. Discuss ways to cut the food to feed various numbers of people so each person gets an equal portion.
- Measure things around the house with measuring tools. such as: a tape measure, ruler, measuring cups, or a scale.