Grade 2 Math Curriculum: Part 1 - Number Sense and Computation Skills

This 8-week course is perfect for advanced students in grade one or students in grades 2 and 3 that need further work on number sense and computation skills.  We will meet each week to work on the following skills:  counting, comparing and ordering numbers, addition, subtraction, estimation, problem-solving, and mental math skills. The skills will build from week-to-week with students working with larger numbers and more complex problems.  Students will develop confidence and flexibility when working with numbers and develop a positive mindset and an "I can do it" attitude about math. 
 
Each class will use the following structure:
Welcome
Oral counting
Mental math activity through number talks
Mini-lesson
Guided practice
Independent practice
Homework assignment
Consolidation of new learning
Goodbye

The course will be structured as follows:
Week 1:  
Oral counting to 100 by 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s from various starting points
Mental math strategy:  Counting on
Place Value to 100
Comparing and ordering numbers
Review of the 100s chart
Writing numbers to 100
Addition facts to 10

Week 2:
Oral counting beyond 100, 
Mental math strategy:  Decomposing numbers
Patterns in the hundreds chart and beyond
Writing numbers beyond 100
Estimation strategies
2-digit addition within 100 using a variety of strategies
Place value concepts beyond 100
10 more/10 less

Week 3:
Oral counting by hundreds
Mental math strategy:  Compensation
Writing numbers to 1000
Representing numbers to 999
Estimation strategies
2-digit addition using the standard algorithm
Adding 3 numbers
100 more/100 less

Week 4:
Mental math strategy:  Using doubles
Number of the week
Ordering numbers on a number line
Odd and even numbers
Estimation strategies
Review 2-digit addition
Adding 4 numbers
Addition word problems

Week 5:
Backward counting by 1s, 10s
Mental math strategy:  Counting back
Number of the week
Subtraction facts to 10
Fact families
Representing numbers in multiple ways
Using in/out tables
Addition word problems

Week 6:
Backward counting by 100s, 5s
Mental math strategy:  Adding up
Number of the week
2-digit subtraction using a variety of strategies
Fact families
Addition and subtraction word problems

Week 7:
Counting review
Mental math strategy: Decomposing
Number of the week
2-digit subtraction using the standard algorithm
Problem-solving

Week 8:
Review of all concepts taught in the course
Mental math strategy:  Adjusting one number
Addition and subtraction games