Standard Course of Study :: Mathematics — Grade 2

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Smart money: Students will practice making money trades to equal $.25 kinesthetically and with manipulatives.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics); By Sherry Griffith.

Place the value: This activity allows students to create 3-digit numbers while strategically trying to "out value" their opponents' values.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics); By amy cord.

Money counts: Lesson introducing counting money and making change.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics); By Angie Horne.

Making change to $1.00.: In this lesson students will work in small groups making change to $1.00 using coins and pictures of items priced from Sunday fliers. In advance the teacher will cut out pictures of items costing less than $1.00.; Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics); By Julie Hohns.

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Zero our hero: In this lesson, one of a seven-part unit from Illuminations titled “Let's Count to 5,” students explore sets of zero items and practice writing the numbers 0 through 5. Students count back from five, identify sets of up to five items, and record... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Writing numerals to five: As students construct groups of a given size, recognize the number in the group, and record that number in numerals, they learn the number words through 5 in order (namely, to rote count), and develop the ability to count rationally. Illuminations provides... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Trading for quarters: This lesson is one of a 6-part unit from Illuminations titled “Trading For Quarters.” In this lesson, children listen to a book and then find sets of coins equivalent to a quarter using pennies, nickels, and dimes. They also estimate and count... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Toy shop numbers: In this lesson, one of a five-part unit from Illuminations titled “Numbers and Language,” students participate in activities in which they focus on the role of numbers and language in real-world situations. Students look at a picture of a toy... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Three in a set: In this lesson, one of a seven-part unit from Illuminations titled “Let's Count to 5,” students construct sets of three, compare them with sets of two, and write the numeral 3. They also show a set of three on their recording chart. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Sorting foods: In this lesson, the first of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Food Pyramid Power,” students visit a website to play a game related to the food pyramid and sort foods using the categories of the food pyramid. They also create sets up... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Healthful Living and Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Shirts full of buttons: This lesson is one of an 8-part unit from Illuminations titled “Shirts Full of Buttons.” In this lesson students explore subtraction in the comparative mode by answering questions such as “How many more?” and “How many less?”... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Pyramid power: In this lesson, the third of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Food Pyramid Power,” students make sets of a given number, explore relationships between numbers, and write numbers that name how many elements are in a group. They make... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Healthful Living and Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Order, order: In this lesson, the first of a nine-part unit from Illuminations titled “Powerful Patterns,” students seriate objects and review the meaning of ordinal numbers. They describe orderings in words and in pictures. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

One, two, three--Go: In this lesson, one of a seven-part unit from Illuminations titled “Let's Count to 5,” after reviewing the numbers two and three, students construct and identify sets of one. They compare sets of one, two, and three objects, and then record... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Numbers many ways: This Illuminations lesson is the fifth of an eight-part unit titled “Begin With Buttons.” In this lesson, students work with subtraction at the intuitive level as they explore number families and ways to decompose numbers to 10. They will also... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Number cents: Looking back and moving forward: In this lesson, the last of a six-lesson unit from Illuminations, students discuss and model prices, review the money words they've learned, and play games to facilitate continuing practice. They add to their portfolio and listen to another children's book.... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

More or less estimator: This activity allows the user to estimate quantities and sizes including the number of objects in a set, the lengths of a curve, and the area of a shape (Learn more); Format: activity/lesson plan (grade K–12 Mathematics); Provided by: Shodor

More and more buttons: This Illuminations lesson is the fourth of an eight-part unit titled &dlquo;Begin With Buttons.” In this lesson, students use buttons to create, model, and record addition sentences. They also explore commutativity in addition contexts. This... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Modeling prizes: Children use pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters to model amounts to 70 cents. Next they answer money puzzles and estimate the number of pennies in a jar. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Making change: In this lesson, the fifth of a six-lesson unit from Illuminations, students model prices mentioned in a children's book. Then they make change from a given amount by counting on from the price. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

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