Grade 2 Curriculum

Below are skills needed, with links to resources to help with that skill. We also encourage plenty of exercises and book work. Curriculum Home

Important: this is a guide only.
Check with your local education authority to find out their requirements.

Grade 2 | Counting
☐ Skip count to 100 by 2's, 5's, 10's
Skip Counting by 10
Skip Counting by 2
Colorable Number Chart
Skip Counting
Definition of Skip Counting
Skip Counting by 5
Skip Counting Game
☐ Count back from 100 by 1's, 5's, 10's using a number chart
Counting: Number Names to 100
Skip Counting Backwards
Skip Counting Backwards by 10
Skip Counting Backwards by 5
Skip Counting Backwards
Colorable Number Chart
Skip Counting
Activity: Make a Number Chart
☐ Skip count by 3's to 36 for multiplication readiness
Skip Counting by 3
Skip Counting by 3
Colorable Number Chart
Skip Counting
Skip Counting Game
Three Times Tables
☐ Skip count by 4's to 48 for multiplication readiness
Skip Counting by 4
Skip Counting by 4
Colorable Number Chart
Skip Counting
Skip Counting Game
☐ Name the number before and the number after a given number, and name the number(s) between two given numbers up to 100 (with and without the use of a number line or a hundreds chart)
Counting: Number Names to 100
Scrolling Number Line
☐ Skip count by 3's to 99
Skip Counting by 3
Skip Counting by 3
Colorable Number Chart
Skip Counting
Skip Counting Game
Three Times Tables
☐ Skip count by 4's to 100
Skip Counting by 4
Skip Counting by 4
Colorable Number Chart
Skip Counting
Skip Counting Game
Grade 2 | Addition
☐ Use zero as the identity element for addition
Definition of Additive Identity
☐ Use a variety of strategies to solve addition problems using one and two-digit numbers with and without regrouping
Who Wants to be a Mathionaire - Addition Quiz
Addition
Addition in Columns
Addition Tips and Tricks
Math Trainer - Addition
Addition Worksheets
Fix the Equation
Flipping Discs Puzzle
Test your Maths
Number Square Puzzle
☐ Demonstrate fluency and apply addition facts up to and including 18
Speed Math
Addition
Math Trainer - Addition
Number Block Puzzles
Number Blocks Freeplay
Addition Worksheets
Addition in Columns
Addition Table
Flipping Discs Puzzle
Test your Maths
☐ Use doubling to add 2-digit numbers
Addition Tips and Tricks
☐ Use compensation to add 2-digit numbers
Addition in Columns
Addition Worksheets
☐ Develop readiness for multiplication by using repeated addition
Definition of Multiply
Two Times Tables
☐ Understand and use the commutative property of addition
Commutative, Associative and Distributive Laws
Definition of Commutative Law
Smart Blocks
Activity: Commutative, Associative and Distributive
Grade 2 | Subtraction
☐ Use a variety of strategies to solve subtraction problems using one and two-digit numbers with and without regrouping
Test your Maths
Math Trainer - Subtraction
Subtraction
Subtraction Worksheets
Quick Subtraction
☐ Demonstrate fluency and apply subtraction facts up to and including 18
Broken Calculator
Math Trainer - Subtraction
Subtraction
Subtraction Worksheets
Test your Maths
Grade 2 | Division
☐ Develop readiness for division by using repeated subtraction, dividing objects into groups (fair share)
Division
Grade 2 | Numbers
☐ Read written ordinal terms (first through ninth) and use them to represent ordinal relations
Definition of Ordinal Number
Cardinal, Ordinal and Nominal Numbers
☐ Recognize the meaning of zero in the place value system (0-100)
Place Value
Definition of Zero
☐ Use concrete materials to justify a number as odd or even
Even and Odd Numbers
Definition of Odd Number
Definition of Even Number
Colorable Number Chart
☐ Compare and order numbers to 100
In Order
Ordering Game
Ordering Numbers
Definition of Ordering
Compare Numbers to 10
Compare Numbers to 100
☐ Develop an understanding of the base ten system: 10 ones = 1 ten 10 tens = 1 hundred 10 hundreds = 1 thousand
Definition of Base Ten System
Definition of Decimal Number System
☐ Use and understand verbal ordinal terms
Definition of Ordinal Number
Cardinal, Ordinal and Nominal Numbers
Grade 2 | Measurement
☐ Use non-standard and standard metric units to measure both vertical and horizontal lengths
Activity: Compare Lengths
Definition of Vertical
Definition of Horizontal
Definition of Ruler
Metric Length
Activity: Discover Lengths
Activity: Personal Measures
☐ Select and use standard metric and non-standard units to estimate measurements
Metric System of Measurement
Metric Length
Definition of Estimate
Definition of Estimation
Activity: Discover Lengths
Activity: Compare Lengths
Activity: Grass for the Garden
Activity: Personal Measures
☐ Use a ruler to measure standard metric units
Metric Length
Definition of Ruler
Definition of Linear Scale
Activity: Discover Lengths
Activity: Personal Measures
☐ Compare and order objects according to the attribute of length
Ordering Numbers
Activity: Discover Lengths
☐ Recognize mass as a qualitative measure (e.g., Which is heavier? Which is lighter?)
Weight or Mass?
Activity: Discover Mass
Math Trainer - Addition
Addition
☐ Compare and order objects, using 'lighter than' and 'heavier than'
Weight or Mass?
Ordering Numbers
☐ Identify compass direction: North, South, East, West
Mazes
Definition of Compass Points
Definition of Direction
Direction (NSEW)
☐ Use non-standard and standard US units to measure both vertical and horizontal lengths
Definition of Vertical
Activity: Compare Lengths
Definition of Horizontal
Definition of Ruler
Activity: Discover Lengths
Activity: Personal Measures
☐ Select and use standard US and non-standard units to estimate measurements
US Standard Lengths
Definition of Estimate
Definition of Estimation
Activity: Discover Lengths
Activity: Compare Lengths
Activity: Grass for the Garden
Activity: Personal Measures
☐ Use a ruler to measure standard US units
US Standard Lengths
Definition of Ruler
Definition of Linear Scale
Activity: Discover Lengths
Activity: Personal Measures
Grade 2 | Time
☐ Tell time to the half hour and five minutes using both digital and analog clocks
Clocks - Digital and Analog
Analog and Digital Clocks Animation
Time Worksheets
Date and Time Clock
Grade 2 | Geometry (Plane)
☐ Experiment with slides, flips, and turns to compare two-dimensional shapes
Shapes Freeplay
Definition of Slide
Definition of Flip
Definition of Turn
Congruent
☐ Identify and appropriately name two-dimensional shapes: circle, square, rectangle, and triangle (both regular and irregular)
Shapes Freeplay
Math Match Game
2D Shapes - Polygons and More
Definition of Circle
Definition of Square
Definition of Triangle
Definition of Rectangle
Quadrilaterals - Square, Rectangle, Rhombus, Trapezoid, Parallelogram
☐ Compose (put together) and decompose (break apart) two-dimensional shapes
Shapes Freeplay
The Letter F Puzzle
The Letter H Puzzle
The Letter T Puzzle
☐ Group objects by like properties
Definition of Property
2D Shapes - Polygons and More
Math Match Game
Concentration Memory Game.
☐ Explore and predict the outcome of slides, flips, and turns of two dimensional shapes
Pentomino Puzzle
Pentomino Challenge
☐ Explore line symmetry
Symmetry Artist
Reflection Symmetry
Geometry - Reflection
Definition of Line Symmetry
Activity: Symmetry of Shapes
Lines of Symmetry of Plane Shapes
Grade 2 | Pre-Algebra
☐ Use the symbols <, >, = (with and without the use of a number line) to compare whole numbers up to 100
Compare Numbers to 10
Scrolling Number Line
Comparing Numbers
Compare Numbers to 100
Introduction to Inequalities
Definition of Number Line
Equal, Less and Greater Than Symbols
☐ Describe and extend increasing or decreasing (+,-) sequences and patterns (numbers or objects up to 100)
Patterns
Definition of Number Pattern
Pattern Match - Numbers
Make your own Number Patterns
Grade 2 | Data
☐ Formulate questions about themselves and their surroundings
Activity: Improving Questions
Activity: Asking Questions
☐ Collect and record data (using tallies) related to a question
How to Do a Survey
Activity: Most Loved Pet
Activity: Counting Cars
Tally Marks
☐ Display data in pictographs and bar graphs using concrete objects or a representation of the object
Showing the Results of a Survey
Pictographs
Bar Graphs
Make a Bar Graph
Data Graphs (Bar, Line, Pie)
☐ Discuss conclusions and make predictions from data graphs
Activity: Parking Spaces
Grade 2 | Estimation
☐ Estimate the number in a collection to 100 and then compare by counting the actual items in the collection
Estimation Games
Visual Estimation
Definition of Estimation
Definition of Estimate
Grade 2 | Money
☐ Know and recognize coins (such as 10c, 50c etc) and bills (such as $5, $10, etc)
Money Master
Currencies of the World
Activity: Counting Coins
☐ Recognize the whole dollar notation as $1, etc.
Money Master
Currencies of the World
☐ Identify equivalent combinations to make one dollar
Money Master
Currencies of the World
Activity: Counting Coins