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
Colorable Number Chart
Skip Counting
Activity: Make a Number Chart
☐ Skip count by 3's to 36 for multiplication readiness
Skip Counting by 3
Colorable Number Chart
Skip Counting
Skip Counting Game
☐ Skip count by 4's to 48 for multiplication readiness
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
Colorable Number Chart
Skip Counting
Skip Counting Game
Three Times Tables
☐ Skip count by 4's to 100
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
☐ Determine sums of number sentences by various means (e.g., families, related facts, inverse operations, addition doubles, and doubles plus one)
Addition
☐ 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 Tips and Tricks
Math Trainer - Addition
Addition Worksheets
Fix the Equation
Test your Maths
Number Square Puzzle
Using The Number Line
Addition Table
Number Block Puzzles
Number Blocks Freeplay
☐ 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 Table
Flipping Discs Puzzle
Test your Maths
Who Wants to be a Mathionaire - Addition Quiz
Addition Tips and Tricks
Fix the Equation
Number Square Puzzle
☐ Use doubling to add 2-digit numbers
Addition Tips and Tricks
☐ Use compensation to add 2-digit numbers
Addition in Columns
Addition Worksheets
☐ 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
☐ Determine differences of number sentences by various means (e.g., families, related facts, inverse operations)
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 | Multiplication
☐ Develop readiness for multiplication by using repeated addition
Definition of Multiply
Two Times Tables
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 and Ordinal Numbers Chart
☐ Recognize the meaning of zero in the place value system (zero in the units place or the tens place)
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
Place Value
☐ Use a variety of strategies to compose and decompose two-digit numbers
Composing and Decomposing Numbers
☐ Use and understand verbal ordinal terms
Definition of Ordinal Number
Cardinal, Ordinal and Nominal Numbers
Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers Chart
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 units to estimate measurements
Metric Length
Definition of Estimate
Definition of Estimation
Activity: Discover Lengths
Activity: Compare Lengths
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 (metric)
Ordering Numbers
Activity: Discover Lengths
Metric Length
☐ Recognize mass as a qualitative measure e.g., Which is heavier? Which is lighter? (Metric units)
Metric Mass (Weight)
Activity: Discover Mass
☐ Compare and order objects, using 'lighter than' and 'heavier than' (Metric units)
Ordering Numbers
Metric Mass (Weight)
☐ Identify compass direction: North, South, East, West
Mazes
Definition of Direction
Direction (NSEW)
Compass: North South East and West
☐ 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 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
☐ Compare and order objects according to the attribute of length (US standard)
Activity: Discover Lengths
Ordering Numbers
US Standard Lengths
☐ Recognize mass as a qualitative measure e.g., Which is heavier? Which is lighter? (US standard units)
Activity: Discover Mass
US Standard Mass (Weight)
☐ Compare and order objects, using 'lighter than' and 'heavier than' (US standard units)
Ordering Numbers
US Standard Mass (Weight)
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
☐ 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
Activity: Sorting Shapes
☐ Explore and predict the outcome of slides, flips, and turns of two dimensional shapes
Definition of Slide
Definition of Flip
Definition of Turn
Shapes Freeplay
☐ 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
☐ 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
Activity: Most Loved Pet
Tally Marks
Activity: Day of the Week Born
☐ 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: Most Loved Pet
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 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
Make the Amount
☐ Recognize the whole dollar notation as $1, etc.
Money Master
Currencies of the World
Make the Amount
☐ Identify equivalent combinations to make one dollar
Money Master
Activity: Counting Coins
Make the Amount