Grade 2

Welcome to the Grade 2 Family Focus Page

Highlighted on this page:

• Developing Computational Fluency for Grade 2 Brochure - this will show you the strategies we teach in school for adding and subtracting.

• Quarter links to bring you to the I Can Statements for each units in that quarter. Click the link for each Quarter listed below.

• Connecting Math with 2nd Graders at home and around town

Connecting Math with 2nd Graders

At Home:

• Involve your child in everyday tasks that you have to complete. Talk with him/her about the numbers you come across and count things together. Give your child plenty of opportunities to count and identify numbers.

• Begin talking about fractions when measuring. In 2nd grade we refer to it as equal parts but early introduction can be helpful.

• Time – using an analog clock (with hands) have them tell you the time you start cooking and then the time when it is done).

• Measuring- discuss measuring tools we can use- ruler, measuring tape, meter stick, yard stick. Discuss when it’s best to use each tool.

• Find things in the house that are 1 inch, 1 centimeter, 1 yard, 1 meter. Building those benchmarks for students as they are learning measurement is important.

• Have your child cook and bake with you in the kitchen. Talk about the numbers you see and the math you use in the kitchen. Discuss how we measure things in the kitchen – cups, liters, milliliters with medicine droppers. You can begin to introduce them to fractions with measuring and talk about equal parts of a whole.

On the Go:

• While driving in the car, you can work on Number Identification on road signs and license plates. Questions to ask – “What would be one more or one less?”

• Counting Cars- How many red cars? How many blue cars? How many more of one color is there than the other color car you counted? How many fewer were trucks?

• What is the sum of red and blue cars we saw?

• If there were 5 fewer blue cars then 8 red cars, how many blue cars were there?

• Discuss how you can calculate the distance traveled from point A to point B. Discuss how long it took to travel (a good introduction to elapsed time).

At The Grocery Store:

• As you wait in a grocery checkout lane, Pick a number on an item (1-20) and discuss how you can decompose it (break it apart) 9 can be 4 & 5, 7& 2.

• Number Identification on items– ask your child to find a particular number or point to one and have them tell you what number it is. Have your child add 10 more or 10 less. Ask him/her to tell you what 100 more would be or 100 less.

• Money –students need to know coin identification and the value of a penny, nickel, dime and courter. Counting money up to $5.00 including change.

• Discuss how many quarters make a dollar. How many quarters are in $3.00 or other dollar amounts? Give them an item and ask your child to tell you the price. Ask him/her to explain what bills or coins they would need to pay for it.

Math Vocabulary

Problem solving is a challenging area for most students in math. The reading and comprehension of the problems can be challenging if they are struggling with vocabulary.

Try incorporating the following terms or phrases in your daily conversations

More than

Fewer than

Sum (the result of adding two or more numbers)

Addends (the numbers you add together)

Difference (the result of subtracting)

Minuend – (the number you are subtracting from)

Subtrahend- (the number you subtract)