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
Count back from 100 by 1's, 5's, 10's using a number chart
Skip count by 3's to 36 for multiplication readiness
Skip count by 4's to 48 for multiplication readiness
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)
Skip count by 3's to 99
Skip count by 4's to 100
Grade 2 | Addition
Use zero as the identity element for addition
Determine sums of number sentences by various means (e.g., families, related facts, inverse operations, addition doubles, and doubles plus one)
Use a variety of strategies to solve addition problems using one and two-digit numbers with and without regrouping
Demonstrate fluency and apply addition facts up to and including 18
Use doubling to add 2-digit numbers
Use compensation to add 2-digit numbers
Understand and use the commutative property of addition
Grade 2 | Subtraction
Use a variety of strategies to solve subtraction problems using one and two-digit numbers with and without regrouping
Determine differences of number sentences by various means (e.g., families, related facts, inverse operations)
Demonstrate fluency and apply subtraction facts up to and including 18
Grade 2 | Multiplication
Develop readiness for multiplication by using repeated addition
Grade 2 | Division
Develop readiness for division by using repeated subtraction, dividing objects into groups (fair share)
Grade 2 | Numbers
Read written ordinal terms (first through ninth) and use them to represent ordinal relations
Recognize the meaning of zero in the place value system (zero in the units place or the tens place)
Use concrete materials to justify a number as odd or even
Compare and order numbers to 100
Develop an understanding of the base ten system:
10 ones = 1 ten, 10 tens = 1 hundred, 10 hundreds = 1 thousand
Use a variety of strategies to compose and decompose two-digit numbers
Use and understand verbal ordinal terms
Grade 2 | Measurement
Use non-standard and standard metric units to measure both vertical and horizontal lengths
Select and use standard metric units to estimate measurements
Use a ruler to measure standard metric units
Compare and order objects according to the attribute of length (metric)
Recognize mass as a qualitative measure e.g., Which is heavier? Which is lighter? (Metric units)
Compare and order objects, using 'lighter than' and 'heavier than' (Metric units)
Identify compass direction: North, South, East, West
Use non-standard and standard US units to measure both vertical and horizontal lengths
Select and use standard US units to estimate measurements
Use a ruler to measure standard US units
Compare and order objects according to the attribute of length (US standard)
Recognize mass as a qualitative measure e.g., Which is heavier? Which is lighter? (US standard units)
Compare and order objects, using 'lighter than' and 'heavier than' (US standard units)
Grade 2 | Time
Tell time to the half hour and five minutes using both digital and analog clocks
Grade 2 | Geometry (Plane)
Experiment with slides, flips, and turns to compare two-dimensional shapes
Identify and appropriately name two-dimensional shapes: circle, square, rectangle, and triangle (both regular and irregular)
Compose (put together) and decompose (break apart) two-dimensional shapes
Group objects by like properties
Explore and predict the outcome of slides, flips, and turns of two dimensional shapes
Explore line symmetry
Grade 2 | Pre-Algebra
Use the symbols <, >, = (with and without the use of a number line) to compare whole numbers up to 100
Describe and extend increasing or decreasing (+,-) sequences and patterns (numbers or objects up to 100)
Grade 2 | Data
Formulate questions about themselves and their surroundings
Collect and record data (using tallies) related to a question
Display data in pictographs and bar graphs using concrete objects or a representation of the object
Compare and interpret data in terms of describing quantity (similarity or differences)
Discuss conclusions and make predictions from data graphs
Grade 2 | Estimation
Estimate the number in a collection to 100 and then compare by counting the actual items in the collection
Grade 2 | Money
Know and recognize coins (such as 10c, 50c etc) and bills (such as $5, $10, etc)
Recognize the whole dollar notation as $1, etc.
Identify equivalent combinations to make one dollar