Grade 2 • Mathematics What Your Child Will Learn

Grade 2 Mathematics

What your child will learn

The grade 2 mathematics scope and sequence is designed so more than 80% of instructional time is focused on major content. Standards have been organized into modules.

Timing guidelines are recommended to guide weekly instruction. Specific decisions should be made based on the needs of students.

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The sections below identify instructional focus (standards) for each module. Standards are linked to full standards pages. These pages provide the instructional resources needed for instruction, independent work and assessment.

First Semester: Quarters 1 and 2

Module 1 • Quarter 1 • Getting to Know My Math Students

Two Weeks

This module focuses on who our students are as learners and mathematicians. 

  • Learn about students' math identities to begin to foster productive dispositions towards mathematics.
  • Engage students in mathematical tasks and make observations of students.
  • Build a math community.

Module 2 • Quarter 1 • Place Value

Three Weeks

In this module, students will

  • Group tens and ones to represent multi-digit numbers (two-digit numbers and then three-digit numbers) 2.NBT.A.1
  • Read, write, and represent numbers to 1,000 in different forms (including expanded) 2.NBT.A.3
  • Decompose two- and three-digit numbers by place value and in other ways 2.NBT.A.3
  • Represent numbers to 1,000 on a number line 2.MD.B.6 
  • Compare two- and three-digit numbers 2.NBT.A.4
  • Revisit basic fact sets from grade 1 including facts that add and subtract 0, 1, and 2. 1.OA.C.6

Module 3 • Quarter 1 • Skip Counting
Basic Facts (Review Make 10/Subtract from 10)

Two Weeks

In this module, students will

  • Skip count by 5s, 10s, and 100s starting with 0 or a multiple of the interval (e.g. count by 5s starting with 0, 5, 10, etc) 2.NBT.A.2 
  • Determine if a specific number will be said when skip counting 2.NBT.A.2 
  • Skip count by 5s, 10s, and 100s starting with 0 or a multiple of the interval or any number 2.NBT.A.2 
  • Represent and identify even and odd numbers 2.OA.C.3
  • Revisit basic facts from grade 1 including facts that make ten (6 + 4) and facts that subtract from 10 (e.g. 10 - 6) 1.OA.C.6 

Module 4 • Quarter 1 • Two-Digit Addition and Subtraction (Tools and Decomposition)
Basic Facts (Review Doubles/Halves)

Three Weeks

In this module, students will

  • Add two-digit numbers using physical tools, hundred charts, drawings, and number lines 2.NBT.A.5 
  • Subtract two-digit numbers using physical tools, hundred charts, drawings, and number lines 2.NBT.B.5
  • Add two-digit numbers by decomposing both addends using tools, charts, drawings, and number lines  2.NBT.B.5
  • Subtract two-digit numbers by decomposing subtrahends and counting back using tools, charts, drawings, and number lines  2.NBT.B.5
  • Solve result unknown word problems. 2.OA.A.1
  • Explain why these addition and subtraction strategies work 2.NBT.B.9
  • Revisit basic facts from grade 1 including doubles (e.g. 3 + 3), and halves (6 - 3) 1.OA.C.6

Module 5 • Quarter 2 • Two-Digit Addition and Subtraction (Decomposition)
Basic Facts (Review Add 10/Subtract 10)

Two Weeks

In this module, students will

  • Mentally +/- 10 and 100 from a given number 2.NBT.B.8
  • Add two-digit numbers, using partial sums by decomposing one addend and counting on 2.NBT.B.5 (physical tools, hundred charts, drawings, and number lines can be used when appropriate to the problem) 
  • Subtract two-digit numbers by decomposing subtrahends to count back or up 2.NBT.B.5 (physical tools, hundred charts, drawings, and number lines can be used when appropriate to the problem)
  • Estimate sums and differences 2.NBT.B.5 
  • Solve result unknown and change unknown word problems. 2.OA.A.1
  • Revisit basic facts from grade 1 including facts that add 10 and subtract 10 (e.g. 4 + 10, 14 - 10) 1.OA.C.6 

Module 6 • Quarter 2 • Two-Digit Addition and Subtraction (Adjusting)

Three Weeks

In this module, students will

  • Add two-digit numbers using strategies including adjusting. 2.NBT.B.5 (physical tools, hundred charts, drawings, and number lines can be used when appropriate to the problem) 
  • Subtract two-digit numbers using strategies including adjusting. 2.NBT.B.5 (physical tools, hundred charts, drawings, and number lines can be used when appropriate to the problem)
  • Estimate sums and differences 2.NBT.B.5 
  • Explain why these addition and subtraction strategies work 2.NBT.B.9
  • Solve word problems with result unknown, change unknown, and start unknown). 2.OA.A.1
  • Revisit basic facts from grade 1. 1.OA.C.6 

Module 7 • Quarter 2 • Skip Counting with Money
Basic Facts (Using Ten/Related Subtraction Facts)

Three Weeks 

In this module, students will

  • Skip-count by 2, 5, 10, or 100 2.NBT.A.2
  • Identify coins and skip count by like coins to $1.00 and then within $5.00 2.MD.C.8  
  • Count combinations of coins and solve problems through $1.00 2.MD.C.8 
  • Acquire basic fact strategies for facts that use ten (i.e. make tens and some more/less: 9+5=14, 14-9=5) 2.OA.B.2

Module 8 • Quarter 2 and 3 • Word Problems with Money

Two Weeks

In this module, students will

  • Solve problems with money within $1.00 2.MD.C.8
  • Count combinations of coins through $1.00 (and then $5.00) 2.MD.C.8
  • Continue to acquire basic fact strategies for facts that use ten (i.e. make tens and some more/less) 2.OA.B.2

Second Semester: Quarters 3 and 4

Module 9 • Quarter 3 • Linear Measurement

Three Weeks

In this module, students will

  • Estimate lengths 2.MD.A.3 
  • Measure lengths 2.MD.A.1
  • Compare measurements 2.MD.A.2 
  • Measure to compare lengths 2.MD.A.4 
  • Solve measurement word problems 2.MD.B.5

Module 10 • Quarter 3 • Two-Step Problems
Basic Facts (Near Doubles/Halves)

Three Weeks

In this module, students will

  • Solve two-step word problems 2.OA.A.1 
  • Solve word problems - including two-step - with money up to $1.00 2.MD.C.8
  • Acquire basic fact strategies for facts that use near doubles and near halves 2.OA.B.2

Module 11 • Quarter 3 • Three-Digit Addition and Subtraction (Decomposition)

Three Weeks

In this module, students will

  • Add three-digit numbers using physical tools and number lines by decomposing both addends or decomposing one addend 2.NBT.B.7 
  • Subtract three-digit numbers using physical tools and number lines, decompose the subtrahend to add on or count back. 2.NBT.B.7
  • Continue to acquire basic fact strategies for facts that use near doubles and near halves.  2.OA.B.2

Module 12 • Quarter 4 •  Three-Digit Addition and Subtraction (Adjusting)

Two Weeks

In this module, students will

  • Add three-digit numbers using physical tools and number lines by decomposing one or both addends OR adjusting.  2.NBT.B.7
  • Subtract three-digit numbers using physical tools and number lines and decomposing the subtrahend to add on, count back OR adjusting. 2.NBT.B.7
  • Revisit all basic fact strategies for addition and subtraction. 2.OA.B.2

Module 13 • Quarter 4 • Time and Data

Three Weeks

In this module, students will

  • Tell time to the nearest 5 minutes 2.MD.C.7
  • Read and interpret picture graphs and bar graphs 2.MD.D.10 
  • Represent data on line plots 2.MD.D.9
  • Revisit all basic fact strategies for addition and subtraction. 2.OA.B.2

Module 14 • Quarter 4 • Geometry

Two Weeks

In this module, students will

  • Partition rectangles into rows and columns 2.G.A.2 
  • Identify polygons and other figures 2.G.A.1 
  • Partition circles and rectangles 2.G.A.3 
  • Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays 2.OA.4
  • Revisit all basic fact strategies for addition and subtraction. 2.OA.B.2

Module 15 • Quarter 4 • Two-Step Word Problems and Problem Solving Involving Money and Measurement

Two Weeks

In this module, students will

  • Solve two-step word problems of any type 2.OA.A.1 
  • Solve problems with measurement (one or two-step) 2.MD.B.5 
  • Solve problems with money (one or two-step) 2.MD.C.8 
  • Revisit all basic fact strategies for addition and subtraction. 2.OA.B.2
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