LearnZillion Illustrative Mathematics K-5 Beta, is a problem-based, rigorous curriculum that makes elementary school mathematics accessible, impactful, and memorable for all students. Authored by the Illustrative Mathematics team and delivered to you in LearnZillion's classroom-ready platform, this curriculum has what you need to reach all students:
digital lesson plans that can be projected or assigned,
a tightly coherent scope and sequence that builds within and across grades,
strategic design of lessons from warm-up to cool-down,
intriguing and authentic problems at the heart of every lesson,
guidance for facilitating mathematical discourse and engaging with mathematical practices,
a center structure that supports independent practice, exploration, and the development of grade-level fluencies,
supports for English Language Learners and students with disabilities,
formative and summative assessment.
The big ideas in grade 2 include: extending understanding of the base-ten number system, building fluency with addition and subtraction, using standard units of measure, and describing and analyzing shapes.
The mathematical work for grade 2 is partitioned into 9 units:
Adding and Subtracting with Data
Subtracting within 100
Measuring Length
Representing Addition and Subtraction on the Number Line
Working with Numbers to 1,000 and Understanding Money
Geometry and Measuring Time
Many Ways to Add and Subtract
Working with Equal Groups
Putting it All Together
Grade 2
Math Curriculum Information for
Illustrative Mathematics Overview:
This year our district is participating in our beta pilot year with Illustrative Mathematics. IM provides a problem-based core curriculum designed to address content and practice standards to foster learning for all students. Students learn by doing math, solving problems in mathematica and real-world contexts, and constructing arguments using precise language.
How does IM address distance learning?
The pandemic has posed many challenges with supporting our students' learning. Illustrative Mathematics’ writers have been working with our district closely to adapt the IM curriculum to a model conducive to distance learning. IM’s writers have combed through all the units for the year and found the units and lessons that address the major content standards, as well as unfinished learning from last year. Students are assigned activities to explore concepts to be covered on in person days or practice concepts or fluency standards on remote days.
Curriculum Calendar and Major Common Core Standards Addressed:
The concepts covered in grade 2 are directly aligned with the major Common Core Mathematical Standards. These include:
Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
Add and subtract within 20
Understand place value.
Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract..
Measure and estimate lengths in standard units.
Relate addition and subtraction to length.
The Illustrative Mathematics Units covered this year include:
Unit 1:Adding and Subtracting with Data
Unit 2:Subtracting within 100
Unit 3:Measuring Length
Unit 4: Representing Addition & Subtraction on the Numberline
Unit 5:Working with Numbers to 1,000 and Understanding Money
Unit 7: Many Ways to Add and Subtract
In order to cover the year’s curriculum, we will cover material from about 3 lessons per week. This will allow us to cover a section within 1 to 2 weeks and therefore, cover a unit in 3-5 weeks depending on the number of sections within a unit.
Where can I find more information?
Information on the K-5 Curriculum: https://illustrativemathematics.org/math-curriculum/k-5-math/
IM’s Blog:
https://illustrativemathematics.blog/
Information on how IM and teachers are planning for distance and unfinished learning.
Supporting English Language Learners with Distance Learning:
Coming Together Around Distance Learning by William McCallum, IM CEO and lead writer of the Common Core Math Standards.
https://illustrativemathematics.blog/2020/07/07/coming-together-around-distance-learning/
How can I support my student on remote days?
Series Editor: Lucy Calkins
Lucy Calkins is the Founding Director of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University. For more than thirty years, she has led the Project in its dual functions as a think tank, developing state-of-the-art teaching methods, and a provider of professional development, supporting hundreds of thousands of teachers, principals, superintendents, and policy-makers across the country and around the world.
Lucy is the author or coauthor—and series editor—of the reading, writing, and phonics Units of Study series, which are integral to classroom life in tens of thousands of schools around the world. In addition, she has authored scores of professional books and articles. Lucy is also the Robinson Professor of Children's Literature at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she co-directs the Literacy Specialist Program. (Heinemann)
*The schedule below is an approximate timeline, but may vary pending student comprehension throughout each unit.
Common Core ELA Reporting Standards 2020-2021
Reading Foundational Skills
Apply Phonics and Word Analysis Skills to Decode Words (RF.3)
Read Accurately and Fluently to Support Comprehension (RF.4)
Read and Comprehend Grade Level Literature
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity NOT listed on report card (RL.10)
Read and Understand Grade Level Informational Text
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity NOT listed on report card (RI.10)
Language
Use Knowledge of Language When Writing, Reading, Speaking, or Listening
Acquire and Use Grade Level Vocabulary and Phrases (L.4, L.5, and L.6)
Writing
*(W.9 is an essential standard, but does not appear until grade 4)
Speaking and Listening