Hello! This is your place for second grade challenges during online learning! I will be adding weekly challenges for your advanced second grade students here. Please find and use what works best for you kiddos. No need to turn in the work, however, if students would like to share with me they are welcome to email me at robin_bresnahan@dpsk12.org
Week One Extensions: (To the right and below)
Real World Fraction Hunt Problem from YouCubed: https://www.youcubed.org/resources/fraction-hunt-2-8-video/
Week Two Extensions: You will need to use you critical thinking skills on this week's extensions. You will also want to use a trial and error strategy. And some creativity for the last one.
The sum of two numbers is 80. The difference of the two numbers is 12. Find the two numbers.
The sum of the ages of Lucas and his grandmother is 64. His grandmother's age is 7 times Lucas's age. How old is Lucas?
The sum of two numbers is 150. One number is 4 times the other. What are the two numbers?
Joe puts 5 matchsticks on a table. Each matchstick is 10 cm away from the other. How far is the fifth matchstick away from the first one.
Mrs. B and her kids spend an hour picking garden weeds. Mrs. B picks 68, Josie picks 44, and Rocky picks 33. How any did they pick in all?
Mrs. B makes a half a dozen loaves of pumpkin bread for her neighbors. If each loaf has 12 slices, how many slices are there in all?
Write a story problem about your life right now!
Week Three Extensions: Time
Week Four Extensions:This week I am using puzzles and open ended tasks to promote question asking and answering, wonder, and math creativity. Feel free to email me any student answers!
Task 1: Streets and Sidewalks Two Player Game (addition, subtraction, pattern) https://mathpickle.com/project/streets-and-sidewalks-addition-subtraction-pattern/
Task 2: Aesop's Urns (counting, division by 2, algebra, algorithm) https://mathpickle.com/project/aesops-urns-counting-division-by-2-algebra-algorithm/
Task 3: Bulgarian Solitaire (pattern, algorithm). This one is tough!! You will need blocks. https://mathpickle.com/project/bulgarian-solitaire-patterns/
Week 5 Extensions
Week Six Extensions