Mathematics

In grade two, students will extend their understanding of place value to the hundreds place. They will use this place value understanding to solve word problems, including those involving length and other units of measure. Students will continue to work on their addition and subtraction skills, quickly and accurately adding and subtracting numbers up through 20 and also working with numbers up through 100. They will also build a foundation for understanding fractions by working with shapes and geometry.

Winter:

Students reason about numbers and what the different digits mean in a three-digit number. They use models and drawings to support place value understanding and number sense. They use addition and subtraction to solve one- or two-step word problems with numbers up to 100.

Science

Grade 2 science students will be learning to think about systems in science. A key concept that operates in much of this learning is how the parts of a system relate to the whole system. Building on earlier knowledge of plants and animals grade 2 scientists see how the environment provides the food, water, and shelter the organisms need. Another system that students study concerns the many forms of water and how water interacts with land to shape landforms. From an engineering perspective, students will explore, compare and test materials to find which are best for performing tasks such as building walls or insulating food.

Winter:

Physical Science: Students will learn about different materials and how their properties (color, flexibility, hardness, texture and absorbency) are best suited for different purposes. They will also learn that materials maintain the same properties when broken into pieces and how some materials change as a result of heating or cooling.