Strands in the Mathematics Curriculum
The overall expectations of our Math program are organized into 5 strands; Number Sense, Patterning, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Data Management and Probability, and Measurement. These broadly represent the content areas that your child will be studying in the grade two program.
Number Sense and Numeration
Number sense refers to a general understanding of numbers and operations and the ability to develop useful strategies for problem solving. Students develop their understanding of numbers by learning different ways to represent numbers and about the relationship among numbers.
Areas of study will include place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions.
Measurement
The topic of measurement requires students to be actively involved in solving and discussing problems. They will compare objects directly by covering them with various units and counting the units.
Estimation activities are important to help students become familiar with different measures and the process of measuring, and to gain an awareness of the size of units.
Areas of study will include units of measurement (temperature, time, money, length), perimeter and area.
Geometry and Spacial Sense
Spatial sense is the intuitive awareness of one's surroundings and the objects in them. Geometry helps us represent and describe objects and their interrelationships in space.
Areas of study will include naming, comparing and sorting 2 and 3D objects, grids and maps, lines of symmetry and transformational geometry- flips, slides, turns.
Patterning and Algebra
This study of patterning and algebra requires students to recognize, describe, and generalize patterns and to build mathematical models to predict the behaviour of real-world phenomena that exhibit observed patterns.
Areas of study will include identifying, extending and creating number and geometric patterns.
Data Management and Probability
Students actively explore situations by experimenting with and simulating a variety of probability models. The focus is on real-world questions – such as the probable outcome of a sports event or whether it will rain on the day of the school picnic.
Students talk about their ideas and use the results of their experiments to model situations or predict events.
Areas of study will include collecting, organizing, analyzing data and probability.