Second Grade MathLand Program

Number Sense
  • Use appropriate math vocabulary, including number words
  • Construct number meaning by using real-world experiences and physical materials
  • Use concrete materials to understand odd and even numbers
  • Name, count, recognize, write order and compare whole numbers up to 100
  • Understand our numeration system by relating, counting, grouping, and place value concepts
  • Interpret the uses of numbers in the real world
  • Create, use, discuss, and solve problems about numbers
  • Develop various approaches to work with numbers
  • Use mental math to compute and to solve problems
  • Use concrete materials to solve computational problems
  • Know when to use addition and subtraction
  • Judge the reasonableness of computation problems' resutls
  • Work with manipulatives in a variety of models
  • Use a variety of strategies and situations for estimating quantities, measurements and computation
  • Model, explain and develop proficiency with basic facts and computation algorithms
  • Set up addition and subtraction equations both horizontally and vertically LI>Write and solve word problems, exploring addition and subtraction in a variety of contexts
  • Write number sentences to match problems and write problems to match number sentences
  • Develop and apply the basic concepts of fractions
  • Explore discrete math by sorting and classifying sets by attributes and using manipulatives to explore combinations
  • Find the sums of three and more single-digit addition
  • Relate the mathematical language and symbolism of operations to problem situations
  • Explore the concept of division
  • Explore and understand the relationship among operations
  • Understand the language of numbers (more than, greater than, less than, before, between, after)

    Algebraic Thinking: Pattens, Relations and Functions

  • Recognize, describe, extend and create a wide variety of patterns in mathematics and the real world
  • Skip count by 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's, 10's, 50's, 100's
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the missing addend
  • Identify a missing piece of a pattern in a sequence, or in a mathematical sentence
  • Use patterns and relationships to analyze
  • Write an equation to represent and solve a problem
  • Explore the use of variables and open sentences to express relationships
  • Match written symbols to objects, numbers, quantity and words
  • Use manipulatives to model balancing in number sentences
  • Explore and demonstrate an understanding of the commutative property in addition
  • Explore multiplication and recognize its relationship to repeated addition
  • Represent and describe relationships with models, graphs and rules

    Geometry and Measurement

  • Identify properties and attributes of shapes
  • Tell time to five minute, quarter hour, half hour, and hour intervals
  • Compute with time
  • Use and understand a calendar
  • Demonstrate the attributes of time
  • Identify coins, their values and their equivalencies
  • Make and use estimates of measurement
  • Apply, compare and compute with measurement
  • Demonstrate attributes of length, wieght, area and volume
  • Use the concepts related to units of measurement
  • Recognize shapes from different perspectives to explore symmetry
  • Recognize, describe, model, draw and classify shapes
  • Investigate and predict the results of combining, subdividing and changing shapes
  • Develop spatial sense
  • Use geometric ideas to develop numerical ideas

    Data Analysis: Statistics and Probability

  • Use a variety of methods and materials to manipulate and organize data
  • Compare and contrast quantities of objects on real and picture graphs
  • Interpret and discuss Venn diagrams, using 2 or 3 sets
  • Use a chart or table to help solve a problem
  • Collect, tally, organize, record and describe data
  • Formulate and solve problems that involve collecting and analyzing data
  • Carry out simple probability experiments
  • Explore the concepts of chance
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