Standard Course of Study :: Mathematics — Grade 2

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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.

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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Who's in the fact family?: In this lesson, the fifth of a six-part Illuminations unit titled “Macaroni Math,” students explore the relation of addition to subtraction. Students use problem-solving skills to find fact families, including those in which one addend is zero... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Where will I land?: In this lesson, the third of a six-part Illuminations unit titled “Macaroni Math,” students find differences using the number line, a continuous model for subtraction. Students are encouraged to predict differences and to compose puzzles involving... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

What's the difference?: In this lesson, the sixth of a six-part Illuminations unit titled “Macaroni Math,” students use reasoning to find differences from numbers up to 10, using real and virtual calculators and an addition chart as tools. They also play a concentration... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

What's left?: In this lesson, triangular flash cards and dice games help students practice addition facts. Students modify their “Addition Chart” to record the facts they know at the immediate-recall level. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

What balances?: This lesson encourages students to explore another meaning of subtraction, the balance. They use subtraction facts to generate related addition facts and explore at the concrete level the idea of subtraction as the inverse of addition. Through a series... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Using the number line to compare: In this lesson, the third of a six-part unit from Illuminations, students determine differences using the number line to compare lengths. Because this model is based on linear measurement, it is a distinctly different representation from the models presented... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Taking away sets: This lesson, one of a seven-part unit from Illuminations titled “Links Away,” encourages students to explore another model for subtraction, the familiar set model. Reading one of the many books that feature subtraction sets the stage for this... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Take away: This lesson from Illuminations helps introduce elementary students to subtraction. The objective is to create a link between students' experiences and mathematics. By the end of the lesson it is expected that students should have a deep understanding of... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Sum search: In this lesson, students practice addition facts in a concentration-game format using dominoes. Then they generate sums to given numbers using a calculator and record them on a hundred board and look for patterns. Later, they record their current level... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Some special sums: In this lesson, one of a five-part unit from Illuminations titled “Let's Learn Those Facts,” students practice doubles and doubles-plus-one addition facts. They record their current level of mastery of the addition facts on their personal addition... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 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

Seeing doubles: In this lesson, one of a six-part unit from Illuminations titled “Do It with Dominoes,” students focus on dominoes with the same number of spots on each side and on the related addition facts. They make triangle-shaped flash cards for the doubles... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 1–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

Recording two ways: In this lesson, the first of a six-part Illuminations unit titled “Macaroni Math,” students make sets of pasta shapes and count some away, then record the subtraction in vertical and horizontal formats. They draw a set and cross out some shapes,... (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 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

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

Lost buttons: Students investigate subtraction more directly, beginning with the easier “take away” mode. They model “take away” subtraction with buttons and write subtraction sentences. Illuminations provides helpful handouts and detailed instructions... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations

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