What to do:

Games & Activities

Online

• Sheppard's Software

• Happy Numbers Website or App

• Splash Learn Website or App

Hands-on

• Puzzles to build analytical thinking and problem-solving

• Number hunts (looking for amounts of things in everyday life)

• LEGOs or Blocks with conversation about numbers

• Dice Games

  • Example: Roll three dice together and add the numbers together--highest total wins each round

• Number-based card games like Uno, Go Fish

• Math Board and Card Games:

  • Splat!

  • Math Island

  • Math Match Dice Game

  • Math Blast

What to watch

• Number Blocks (Youtube or Netflix)

What are the big things 2nd and 3rd graders should be able to do in Math?

2nd Grade

• Count within 1,000

• Skip counting by 5's, 10's, and 100's

• Place value in 3-digit numbers

• Add/subtract within 1,000

• Word problems with money

• Simple picture and bar graphs

3rd Grade

• Multiplication and division within 1,000

• Understand how multiplication and division work with each other (i.e. one is the opposite of the other)

• Word problems that include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division

• Putting fractions onto a number line

• Slightly more sophisticated graphs

• Understand area and perimeter