✨Grade 2 math focuses on :
- mastering addition and subtraction within 100,
- understanding place value up to 1,000, and
- beginning to work with basic fractions.
Students also learn to measure lengths using standard units, tell time to the nearest five minutes, and explore shapes and data through graphs.
🧮 Key Math Strands & Detailed Topics
1. Operations and Algebraic Thinking
➕ Topics:
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Add and subtract two-digit numbers using place value strategies
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Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction within 100
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Understand equal groups as a foundation for multiplication
🛠 Activities:
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Roll dice to create two-digit numbers and add or subtract with blocks
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Use story problems with manipulatives to act out addition and subtraction
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Group objects to explore “equal groups” concept
2. Number and Operations in Base Ten
🔢 Topics:
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Understand hundreds, tens, and ones place value
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Read, write, and compare numbers to 1,000
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Mentally add or subtract 10 or 100 from a number
🛠 Activities:
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Build numbers using hundreds, tens, and ones blocks
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Roll dice to make numbers and compare using >, <, = signs
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Play mental math games adding or subtracting 10 or 100
3. Number and Operations — Fractions
➗ Topics:
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Recognize halves, thirds, and fourths as equal parts of a whole
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Represent fractions using shapes and real objects
🛠 Activities:
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Cut paper shapes into equal parts and color fractions
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Discuss and compare fraction parts in everyday objects like fruit slices
4. Measurement and Data
📏 Topics:
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Measure lengths in inches and centimeters using rulers
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Estimate lengths and compare objects
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Tell time to the nearest 5 minutes on analog and digital clocks
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Solve money problems with coins and bills
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Collect, organize, and interpret data using graphs
🛠 Activities:
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Measure classroom items and chart guesses vs. actual
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Use toy clocks to set and read times
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Role-play a store to practice counting money and making change
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Survey classmates and create bar or picture graphs
5. Geometry
🔺 Topics:
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Identify and describe 2D and 3D shapes
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Partition shapes into halves, thirds, and fourths
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Compose new shapes by combining smaller shapes
🛠 Activities:
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Shape hunts in the classroom
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Use pattern blocks to explore shape composition and partitioning
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Draw and color shapes to show equal parts
✅ Grade 2 Math Goals
By the end of Grade 2, students typically can:
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Add and subtract within 100 confidently
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Understand and use place value up to 1,000
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Identify simple fractions and use them in everyday contexts
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Measure lengths and tell time accurately
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Use money to solve practical problems
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Collect and interpret data through graphs
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Recognize, describe, and create shapes and their parts
💡 Want more ideas or printable activities? Feel free to ask — I’d love to help make math fun and easy for your Grade 2 learner!