Description of Guided Journey
This year of math continues to build on previously mastered math skills, providing plenty of opportunity to practice basic math concepts while introducing new topics. Children are gradually introduced to new topics and more complicated math problems as the year progresses. Addition and subtraction are covered with increasingly challenging problems, and multiplication and division are introduced. Children are encouraged to recognize the relationship betweenaddition and subtraction and between multiplication and division. They also learn how to check their own addition and subtraction problems.
In Math Year 2, children will learn to count, read, and write to 1,000. They will continue to boost their math proficiency with place value, measurement, and fraction practice. They will further explore telling time, probability, and word-problem solving. To encourage genuine interest in math, this Guided Journey provides many opportunities to work with numbers not only on paper, but also through hands-on practice and games.
Key Concepts and Systems to Keep in Mind
Numbers: We can use whole numbers to count and identify sets of concrete items. We can also use them for identifying ordinal position and comparing sets of varying sizes (more than, less than, equal to). Written whole-number digits can represent quantities. By adding two or more whole numbers together, we can make a larger number, and by subtracting, we can make a smaller number. We can divide or separate whole numbers into smaller parts called fractions.
Geometry: There are plane and solid shapes. Some basic shapes are circles, squares, rectangles, triangles, cones, spheres, and cubes. There are also special shapes, such as hexagons and trapezoids. We can draw shapes and identify them in the environment.
Measurement: We can measure objects using standard (length, weight, etc.) and non-standard (foot length, hand span, etc.) units of measurement. We use clocks and calendars to measure time and thermometers to measure temperature. We can measure using customary and metric units.
Patterns: We can classify and sort objects by physical attributes, such as size, shape, and color. We can count by developing a number pattern--skip counting. We can identify and develop repeating patterns. We can create and identify patterns using objects, shapes, and numbers.
Probability and Statistics: We can decide whether an event is likely or unlikely using probability and chance. We can organize and collect data by counting and using tally marks. We can identify, display, and analyze information using charts, tables, and graphs.
Money: Coins--pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters--can be identified by physical attributes. We can count money, and we can even skip count with it.