Grade Two Mathematics Expectations

Mathematics Standard 1: Number and Operations

Students will demonstrate the ability to:

Whole Numbers 0-199

  • Count and use whole numbers
  • Use models to represent place value to the hundreds place
  • Order and compare numbers
  • Show the relationship of more or less between whole numbers
  • Compose and decompose (e.g., 34= 17+17; 34=29+5)
  • Connect number words and numerals to the quantities they represent

Fractional Numbers

  • Represent common fractions, such as halves, thirds, ad fourths
  • Represent a fraction as part of a whole

Decimal Numbers

  • Demonstrate understanding of monetary value by adding coins to $1.99
  • Represent monetary value using dollar notation
  • Make change from $1.00 or less
  • Demonstrate equivalent coin combinations of the same value

Operations

  • Understand various meaning of addition and subtraction of whole numbers and the relationship between the two operations
  • Understand the effects of adding and subtracting whole numbers
  • Understand situations that entail multiplication and division, such as equal groupings of objects and sharing equally

Computation Fluency and Estimation

  • Develop and use strategies for whole-number computation in addition and subtraction
  • Develop mastery of basic number combinations for addition and subtraction to 20
  • Use a variety of methods and tools to compute, including objects, mental computation, estimation, paper and pencil, and calculators

Mathematics Standard 2: Algebra

Students will demonstrate the ability to:

Patterns, Relations, and Functions

  • Sort, classify, and order objects and numbers by one or two attributes (e.g., size, number, odd, even number)
  • Identify and extend a variety of patterns represented in models, tables, or sequences
  • Recognize and compare similar repeating or growing patters in different representations

Algebraic Symbols

  • Illustrate general principles and properties of addition and subtraction
  • Show a conceptual understanding of equality in addition and subtraction expressions by finding a value that makes an open sentence true
  • Use concrete, pictorial, and verbal representation for invented and conventional arithmetic notations

Mathematical Models

  • Use objects, pictures, and symbols to model situations involving addition and subtraction of whole numbers; both operations may be used in a single equation
  • Use more than one model to demonstrate an addition or subtraction problem
  • Use tables or equations to model a problem situation

Analysis of change

  • Describe and predict qualitative and quantitative changes in the real world

Mathematics Standard 3: Geometry

Students will demonstrate the ability to:

Geometric Shapes

  • Identify and describe two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes using mathematical terms
  • Sort and classify two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes by two or more attributes
  • Predict results of putting together (composing) and taking apart (decomposing) shapes
  • Distinguish between geometric shapes and non-examples

Spatial Relationships

  • Use appropriate language to describe relative positions
  • Navigate in space by giving directions from one place to another
  • Find and compare locations on a simple coordinate system or map

Transformations and Symmetry

  • Recognize and create shapes that are transformations (slides, flips, turns)
  • Recognize and create shapes that have line symmetry using manipulatives

Problem Solving

  • Reproduce images of geometric designs based on spatial (visual) memory
  • Recognize and represent shapes from different perspectives
  • Recognize geometric shapes and structures in the natural environment and specify their location

Mathematics Standard 4: Measurement

Students will demonstrate the ability to:

Units, Systems, and Processes of Measurement

  • Recognize measurement attributes: length (to the whole inch and foot and whole centimeter and meter), volume, weight, area, and time (to the hour by 15 min. intervals)
  • Compare and order objects according the length, volume, weight, area, and time
  • Understand how to measure using nonstandard and standard units
  • Select an appropriate unit and tools for the attribute being measured
  • Use equivalencies of 12 inches equals one foot; 100 centimeters equals one meter, and 60 minutes equals one hour when solving problems

Determining Measurement

  • Measure with multiple copies of the same size, such as paper clips laid end to end
  • Use repetition of a single unit to measure something larger that the unit, for instance, measuring the length of a room with a single meter stick
  • Use appropriate tools to measure length, weight, volume, area, and time
  • Develop common referents for measures to make comparisons and estimates

Mathematics Standard 5: Data Analysis and Probability

Students will demonstrate the ability to:

Formulation of Questions

  • Pose questions and gather data about themselves and their surroundings
  • Sort and classify objects according to their attributes and organize data about the objects
  • Represent data using objects, pictures, and graphs

Analysis of Data

  • Use mathematical language to describe parts of the data and the set of data as a whole to determine what the data show

Inferences and Predictions

  • Discuss and justify predictions that are based on data