Standard Course of Study :: Mathematics — Grade 2

LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 1

Number and Operations - The learner will read, write, model, and compute with whole numbers through 999.

Objective 1.03

Create, model, and solve problems that involve addition, subtraction, equal grouping, and division into halves, thirds, and fourths (record in fraction form).

Resources aligned to this objective

Let's Trade (regrouping to subtract)
This word (trade) will introduce regrouping to subtract by allowing students to "trade" manipulatives to regroup.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
By Sarah Cole.
Making Equal Shares
This activity is designed to connect literature and math. The students will use manipulatives and literature to reinforce the concept of equal sharing.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Tara Almeida.
Money Counts
Lesson introducing counting money and making change.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Angie Horne.
Smart Money
Students will practice making money trades to equal $.25 kinesthetically and with manipulatives.
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
By Sherry Griffith.

Lesson plans on the web

Balancing
Students are encouraged to explore another model of subtraction—the balance. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Balancing Discoveries
This lesson, one of a nine-part unit from Illuminations titled “Do It with Dominoes,” encourages students to explore another model of addition, the “balance” model. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Block Pounds
Students explore the use of variables as unknowns as they solve for the weights of objects using information presented in pictures. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Calculating Patterns
Students use an Internet-based calculator that is linked with an interactive “Hundred Chart” to create, extend, and record numerical patterns in different ways. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Changes in change
Students visit a website that gives them practice in counting money. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–4 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council on Economic Education
Combining Foods
Students explore addition and comparison subtraction by modeling and recording related addition and subtraction facts for a given number. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Comparing Columns on a Bar Graph
Students apply what they know about comparison subtraction by constructing bar graphs and using the graphs to answer questions. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Comparing Sets
Students write subtraction problems and model them with cubes. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Counting Back and Counting On
Students make a train of connecting cubes and write in vertical and horizontal format the differences suggested by adding to and subtracting from the train one cube at a time. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Counting Back and Counting On
Students model numbers as a counting book is read. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Counting in Different Ways
Students generate products in several ways, including making unifix cube trains and using calculators and hundreds boards. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Counting to Find Sums
Students model the numbers with counters as the book is read. Then they count the spots on each side of a domino and write in vertical and horizontal format the sums suggested by dominoes. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Descriptive writing and the 100th day of school
Students write descriptions of 100th day bottles they create at home. Then students write clues about their bottles for a guessing game, practice descriptive writing, and create a class book. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
Provider: IRA/NCTE
Do it with dominoes: Looking back and moving forward
In this lesson, students show that they have mastered addition by applying the skill to playing a domino game. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Exploring Equal Sets
Reading the children's book What Comes in 2's, 3's, and 4's sets the stage for this lesson in which students find products using equal sets and present results in the form of a table. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 2–3 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Exploring Other Number Patterns
Students make and extend patterns with numbers in a variety of mathematical contexts. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics