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This year 2nd grade is teaching math in a new way! Once fall MAP testing is complete, students will be grouped by their RIT scores for math lessons. Since RIT scores vary by each unit, children may have a different teacher for each math unit. Using RIT scores, we hope that students' specific needs are addressed.
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This year your child will explore the following math units:
Addition & Subtraction, Place Value, Data & Graphing, Geometry, Measurement, Time, Money, Regrouping, and Multiplication & Division. To see my syllabus of when each unit will be taught, click on the link below.
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RIT Band Groups for 2nd Grade begin on Monday, October 27. After this date, students will begin switching teachers for math for the remainder of the year. We will place students into math classes according to their RIT Band Levels from MAP Testing. This will ensure that each teacher is able to focus on the specific weaknesses and strengths of students in his/her group.
Math Homework will be assigned by your child's RIT Band Group Math Teacher. The homework will be sent home as a "Math Homework Packet" to be worked on throughout the unit. This homework will be due back to the RIT Band Teacher near the end of the unit and will be graded for completion.
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Math Menus
Our second grade team developed Math Menus during the summer to correlate with each of our math units. These menus provide students with a choice of activities to complete as early finisher activities to ensure that all students are constantly working on and improving their math skills for the current unit.
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Every Day Counts Calendar Math
Calendar math is held for the first 10-15 minutes of our math block. This is a time when students are reviewing and previewing math skills such as telling time, counting money, graphing, facts, patterns, and more! You can find out more about Everyday Counts Calendar Math at their website. In our classroom, we conduct calendar lessons on our Promethean Board.
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Math Activity Photos
During our addition and subtraction unit, we use LOTS of math games to get students fluent with their math facts. When they play games, they forget that they're even practicing!
Elijah and Alex play Doubles Cover-Up. Kirstyn and Claire try to find the missing addend in Salute!
After our Addition and Subtraction Unit students will be ready to prove their fluency of basic addition and subtraction facts. Being fluent with the facts will help students as we move on to adding two and three-digit numbers in the future. To prove fluency, students will "Pop Through Their Math Facts." We will keep track of student progress on a bulletin board. Once all students have mastered a fact, the class will be treated to a popcorn party! Students use this site to prove their fluency....use it to practice at home!
During our Place Value unit, students practice their estimating skills using goldfish crackers. Our class also took a "field trip" to the hall to make post-it estimations for Mrs. Cones' students' estimation pictures.
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Our school is a Baldridge School. We use quality tools to collect data in all subject and social areas. Each child keeps a data binder to track his/her own individual progress. We also have classroom graphs and charts to track our progress as a class. We're always trying to be at our ALL TIME BEST!
 
Want to practice "Language of the Standards" at home with your child? Click here for our PowerPoint! Click "read only" to view.
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