Math

     

       This year we will be following the Everyday Math Program 

        

       In 2nd grade, your child will build on last year’s work and gain important new skills. We will continue to build stronger speed and accuracy, adding with a sum of 20 or less and subtracting from a number 20 or less.  Students will learn strategies to help to explain what they are doing in math using pictures, numbers and words as well as learn and utilize math vocabulary. 
By the end of the year second grades should be able to:  

     Solve challenging addition and subtraction word problems with one or two steps (e.g., a “one-step” problem would be: “Lucy has 23 fewer apples than Julie. Julie has 47 apples. How many apples does Lucy have?”)

•           Quickly and accurately adding with a sum of 20 or less (e.g., 11 + 8); quickly and accurately subtracting from a number 20 or less (e.g., 16 – 9); and knowing all sums of one-digit numbers from memory by the end of the year
•          Understand what the digits mean in three-digit numbers (place value)
•     Using understanding of place value to add and subtract three- digit numbers (e.g., 811 – 367); adding and subtracting two-digit numbers quickly and accurately (e.g., 77 – 28
•      Solve addition and subtraction word problems involving length (e.g., “The pen is 2 cm longer than the pencil. If the pencil is 7 cm long, how long is the pen?”)
•      Building, drawing, and analyzing 2-D and 3-D shapes to develop foundations for area, volume, and geometry in later grades.
•      Reason with shapes and their attributes.
•      Work with equal groups to gain a foundation for multiplication
•      Measure and estimate length in standard units.
•      Tell time to the nearest 5 minutes using AM and PM
•      Generate and interpret data with graphs

·      Source: www.commoncorestandards.org

During our math blocks students will visit FOUR rotations: Math Facts, At Your Seat, Teacher's Table, and Hands on. At these rotations students will use math apps to reinforce math skills, work independently in math journals, work with the teacher, and use materials to complete math related activities in small groups. 

How can you help at home?  Help your child practice math facts, counting coins, telling time with an analog clock. Encourage practical real math thinking at home.  Help them to talk about how they solve their problems.