Mrs. Cleveland
(509)228-4650
ccleveland@cvsd.org

Math

   Our math curriculum is called Math Connects.  Through this curriculum, students learn about math in a variety of ways including:  using technology, games, and hands-on and pencil/paper activities.

   Listed below are the math chapters for second grade.  Below each chapter title are the main points of each chapter:

• Chapter 1:  Use Place Value to 100 and Patterns
  • Students work with place value through 100.  They learn to count by tens and to read and write number symbols and number words for tens.
  • Students interpret a two-digit number as tens and ones.
    
    
• Chapter 2:  Apply Addition Concepts
  • Students learn the Commutative Property of Addition.  This enables students to understand that most facts have a turnaround fact with the same addends.  Therefore, the burden of facts mastery is significantly reduced.
  • Students learn the Associative Property of Addition.  This property enables students to understand that adding numbers in different ways can give the same sum.
  • Students also learn how to make a ten to find sums.  This is a critical strategy because it is a prerequisite skill for regrouping. 
                                                            
• Chapter 3:  Apply Subtraction Concepts 
  • Because some students find subtraction more challenging to grasp than addition, students learn strategies that accentuate the relationship between subtraction and addition
    
    
• Chapter 4:  Organize and Use Data 
  • Students will learn basic concepts about data and graphs including:
    • Taking surveys
    • Creating and analyzing picture and bar graphs.
      
      
• Chapter 5:  Model Two-Digit Addition 
  • Students use prior knowledge of place value to make the connection between the counting-on strategies to count on tens and ones.
  • Students learn, practice, and apply the formal algorithm of addition to problem-solving situations.
    
    
• Chapter 6:  Model Two-Digit Subtraction 
  • Students apply counting strategies to subtraction.
  • Students learn regrouping in subtraction and apply subtraction concepts to real-life.
    
    
• Chapter 7:  Determine the Value ot Money 
  • Students will learn to skip count in order to quantify the different coin values within an assortment of change, understand the use of the decimal notation in a dollar, and add and subtract money amounts. 
    
    
• Chapter 8:  Measure Time and Temperature 
  • Students will learn to measure temperature in degrees, estimate time, and read time to five-minute intervals.
    
    
• Chapter 9:  Model Fractions 
  • Students will use unit fractions to explore parts of a whole, find fractions equal to one whole, compare unit fractions, and recognize fractions as part of a group.
    
    
• Chapter 10:  Use Place Value to 1,000 
  • Students learn to count by hundreds and read and write number symbols for hundreds.  They interpret a three-digit number as the sum of hundreds, tens, and ones. 
  • Students compare and order numbers, and identify increasing and decreasing patterns.
    
    
• Chapter 11:  Understand Geometric Figures and Spatial Reasoning 
  • Students will:
    • Identify faces, edges, and vertices.
    • Relate two-dimensional and three-dimensional figures.
    • Create new figures.
      
      
• Chapter 12:  Measure Length and Area 
  • Initially, students will measure using nonstandard units in order to master the basic concepts of correct alignment and the relationship of measuring tool to number of measuring units. 
  • Students will use nonstandard and standard units to measure.
  • Students will measure using the customary and the metric system.
    
    
• Chapter 13:    Measure Capacity and Weight
  • Students will measure objects using nonstandard units, the customary system and the metric system.
    
    
• Chapter 14: Solve Three-Digit Addition and Subtraction Problems
  • To help them feel less intimidated when working with large numbers, students will initially learn to add three-digit numbers by adding hundreds such as 300 + 200.
  • Students will learn to add and subtract three-digit numbers using regrouping, to estimate sums and differences, and to make tables.
    
    
•  Chapter 15: Model Multiplication and Division
  • Students use addition and subtraction skills as they relate to multiplication and division concepts. Students will:
    • Create equal groups/shares to find multiples and model division.
    • Use repeated addition to solve multiplication problems.
    • Solve simpler problems using arrays.