Grade 2 Unit 7

Applying Addition and Subtraction Strategies

Unit 7 Overview:

In this unit, students work with numbers up to 1,000 to further extend their understanding of place value and the relationship between the values of the different places within a number. Students will then use their place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract numbers within 100 fluently. To add and subtract within 1,000, students will use concrete materials like base ten blocks and pictorial representations to model regrouping.

Mental math strategies will be emphasized as students develop addition and subtraction fluency within 20.

Students will also extend their understanding of addition and subtraction problem structures by solving one-step problems with unknowns in all positions ( ? + 23 = 45, 68 - ? = 36, etc.).

A final component of this unit involves working with equal groups of objects to gain a foundation for multiplication. The focus will be to connect multiplication to repeated addition. Students will construct rectangular arrays using concrete manipulatives and use repeated addition to find the number of objects in an array.

  1. Students will fluently use all addition and subtraction grade level fact strategies within 20. (2.OA.B.2)
  2. Students will use different models to solve real world addition and subtraction story problems involving one step and two step problems within 100. (2.NBT.B.5, 2.OA.A.1)
  3. Students will use various models to show, reason, and explain applied strategies based on place value and the properties of operations when adding and subtracting within 100. Note: Possible strategies to use as appropriate for students include: base-ten concrete models, base-ten quick pictures, breaking apart, number lines, compensation, hundreds chart. (2.NBT.B.5, 2.NBT.B.9)
  4. Students will use word problems to count money of mixed sets up to a $5 in real life situations. (2.MD.C.8)
  5. Students will use counting strategies based on place value and properties of operations to add three 2-digit numbers in real life situations. (2.NBT.B.6)
  6. Students will understand addition and subtraction strategies used with two-digit numbers can be applied to three-digit numbers within 1,000 using concrete models and pictures. (2.NBT.B.7)
  7. Students will understand that a rectangle can be partitioned into equal rows and columns to create an array using objects and pictures and use a repeated addition equation to express the total. (2.G.A.2, 2.OA.C.4)
Grade 2 Unit 7 Family Resource

Home Activities

  • Practice math facts for addition and subtraction.
  • Continue to review and practice identifying coin names and values.
    • Students should know what a $1 bill is as well as a penny, nickel, dime and quarter.
  • Arrays are objects arranged in even rows and columns. Be on the look out for arrays in your every day environment (egg cartons, six packs of soda, tiles on a wall or counter.) Discuss what the repeated addition sentence would be to find the total.

Resources:

Videos

Solve addition story problems using an open number line - In this video you will learn how to solve addition math story problems by using an open number line. (2.MD.B.6)

Add three-digit numbers with base ten blocks- In this video, students will learn how to add two three-digit numbers together by drawing out base ten blocks based on the digits in each place. (2.NBT.B.7)

Websites/Games

Build Expressions Equal to One Hundred (Dreambox Website)- Click the “Build Expressions Equal to One Hundred” under second grade number sense. Students will use snap blocks to develop strategies to determine if the expressions are equivalent, up to one hundred. (2.NBT.B.5)

Addition with Tens on the Number Line- (Dreambox Website) Click “Addition with Tens on the Number Line” under Second Grade Addition and Subtraction. Using an open number line, students jump by tens to decompose addition problems into friendly steps. (2.NBT.B.5)

Equivalence up to One Hundred- (Dreambox Website) Click “Equivalence up to One Hundred” under Third Grade Number Sense. Using two expressions that each have one to three addends, this tool engages students in understanding equivalence of numbers and expressions up to one hundred. (2.NBT.B.6)

Matching Number Pairs for Two hundred- (Dreambox Website) Click “Matching Number Pairs for Two Hundred” under Second Grade Addition and Subtraction.

Students practice computation strategies and identify number patterns and relationships to make two hundred in a variety of ways. (2.NBT.B.7)

Breakapart- Great game to practice breaking down numbers to efficiently add and subtract.

Missing Numbers- Great games to practice missing numbers in addition and subtraction problems.

Math Words

These are vocabulary words that students will be exposed to throughout the unit.



  • add
  • addend
  • base ten
  • break apart ten
  • bundle
  • compare
  • compose
  • decompose
  • difference
  • digit
  • doubles
  • efficient
  • equal
  • equation
  • fluent
  • halving
  • hundred
  • make ten
  • mental math
  • model
  • part-part-whole model
  • place value
  • renaming
  • subtract
  • sum
  • ten
  • cent
  • coin
  • dime
  • dollar
  • money
  • nickel
  • penny
  • quarter
  • value
  • array
  • column
  • equal
  • equation
  • partition
  • rectangle
  • repeated addition
  • row
  • total
  • hundred
  • model
  • place value
  • renaming
  • thousand