Amherst and Pelham Public Schools

Curriculum Overview

Subject:  Mathematics                                                                                                                                               Grade Level:  Second Grade

 

Concepts/Enduring Understandings/Themes

Topics/Units

Content/Skills

Essential Activities/Agreements

Number Sense and Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Patterns, Relations, and Algebra

 

 

 

 

Geometry

 

 

 

 

Measurement

 

 

 

 

 

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability

Investigations materials:

--Counting, Coins, and Combinations

--Parts of a Whole, Parts of a Group

--Stickers, Number Srings, and Story Problems

--Partners, Teams, and Paper Cups

--How Many Tens?  How Many Ones?

--How Many Floors?  How Many Rooms?

 

Scott Foresman Addition Wesley text,  Lessons in Chap. 3,10,11

 

 

 

Investigations materials:

--Counting, Coins, and Combinations

--Stickers, Number Srings, and Story Problems

--How Many Tens?  How Many Ones?

--How Many Floors?  How Many Rooms?

 

 

Investigations materials:

--Shapes, Blockes and Symmetry

--Counting, Coins, & Combinations, pp.  36-37

 

 

 

Investigations materials:

--Measuring Length & Time

--How Many Floors? How Many Rooms?

 

Scott Foresman Addition Wesley text,   Chapter 9

 

 

Investigations materials:

--Pockets, Teeth, & Favorite Things

 

Scott Foresman Addition Wesley text,  Lessons in Chap. 8 & 9

*Name and write (in numerals) whole numbers to 1000, identify the place values of the digits, and order the numbers.

*Identify and represent common fractions as parts of wholes, parts of groups, and numbers on the number line.

*Compare whole numbers using terms and symbols, (e.g., less than, equal to, greater than, <, =, >).

*Identify the value of all U.S. coins, and $1, $5, $10, and $20 bills. Find the value of a collection of coins and dollar bills using appropriate notation, (e.g., 69¢, $1.35).

*Demonstrate the ability to add and subtract three-digit numbers accurately and efficiently with and without regrouping.

*Demonstrate an understanding of and the ability to use alternative and conventional algorithms for addition (two 3-digit numbers and three 2-digit numbers) and subtraction (two 3-digit numbers).

*Use concrete materials to investigate situations that lead to multiplication and division

*Explore and investigate addition of common fractions, (e.g., ½  + ½  = 1,   ¼  + ¼  = ½).

 

 

*Describe addition and subtraction number patterns, (e.g., 1, 4, 7, 10)

*Construct and solve sentences that have variables, (e.g., ∆ + 7=10).

*Write number sentences using +, –, <, = , and/or > to represent mathematical relationships in everyday situations.

 

 

 

*Identify, describe, draw, and compare two-dimensional shapes, including both polygonal (up to six sides) and curved figures such as circles, and recognize congruent shapes.

*Recognize geometric shapes and structures in the environment and specify  their location.

*Identify shapes that have been turned, flipped, slid, and enlarged. 

*Recognize and represent shapes from different spatial perspectives.

 

 

*Tell time at quarter-hour and 5 minute intervals on analog and digital clocks

*Select and correctly use the appropriate measurement tools, (ruler, balance scale, thermometer, yardstick, tape measure, pints, quarts, liters, pounds,) to determine a measurement.

 

 

 

 

*Formulate inferences (draw conclusions) and make educated guesses (conjectures) about a situation based on information gained from data.

*Investigate which outcomes of experiments are more likely, likely, and impossible outcomes using spinners, counters, and other concrete objects

The mathematics period in the second grade classroom should be at least 45 minutes long each day.  In addition, mathematics should be embedded in common classroom routines such as attendance, calendar, schedule, weather measurements, etc.

 

Teachers will also incorporate the activities/suggestions in the Classroom Routines (pages 25 - 40)  section of the Implementing Investigations in Grade 2 Guide into their daily class schedule.