2nd Grade Goals

 Welcome to 2nd Grade  

Math Goals

Term 1 (September-November)

Topic 1: Fluently Add and Subtract Within 20

  • Students will review and practice the following strategies to add quickly and accurately: count on, use doubles and near doubles, make a 10, count on and back on a number line, related addition facts
  • Students will review and practice the following strategies to subtract quickly and accurately: related addition facts, make a 10, count back
  • Students will learn objects, diagrams, and equations to help solve word problems
  • Students will learn that good math thinkers use words, pictures, numbers and symbols to explain their thinking 

Topic 2: Work with Equal Numbers 

  • Students will learn odd and even numbers
  • Students will learn to use repeated addition to write quotations to find the total number of objects in an array
  • Students will use arrays to solve word problems

Topic 3: Add Within 100 Using Strategies

  • Students will add within 100 using place value
  • Students will use math tools such as hundred chart, open number line, counters, cubes
  • Students will learn break apart strategy to add two-digit numbers
  • Students will look at addends to help subtract and add
  • Students will solve  multi step word problems

Topic 4: Fluently Add Within 100

  • Students will solve addition problems with 2 digit numbers 
  • Students will learn the following strategies to help solve addition problems with 2 digit numbers: models, place value blocks, partial sums, break apart, adding numbers in any order
  • Students solve one and two step problems using drawings, models and equations

 

Grade 2 Module Yearly Overview

   Reading Themes Writing Genre Dates
Module 2

Look Around and Explore! 

(Informational Text, Narrative Nonfiction, Fantasy, Poetry, Drama)

Descriptive Essay

October- November
Module 3

Meet in the Middle

(Informational Text, Realistic Fiction, Fantasy, Biography)

Persuasive Text

November- December
Module 4

Once Upon a Time

(Recipe, Fairy Tale, Informational Text, Fable, Drama, Fantasy)

Imaginative Story 

January- February
Module 5

Lead the Way

(Opinion Article, Legend, Fantasy, Realistic Fiction, Biography, Informational Text) 

Personal Essay

February- March
Module 6

Weather Wise

( Informational Text, Fantasy, Narrative Nonfiction, Poetry) 

Poem 

March- April 
Module 8

Time to Grow

(Photo Essay, Informational Text, Legend, Fairy Tale, Realistic Fiction) 

Procedural Text

April- May
Module 9

Home Sweet Habitat

(Opinion Essay, Informational Text, Poetry, Narrative Nonfiction, Folktale)

Research Report 

May- June 
Module 10

Many Cultures, One World

(Informational Text, Autobiography, Realistic Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction)

Thank You Letter June