What math skills should my child master by the end of Grade 2 in Newfoundland?

By the end of Grade 2, children should be comfortable with basic addition and subtraction, counting sequences, recognizing patterns, understanding place value, and simple measurement concepts.

How can I support my child's Grade 2 math learning at home?

Engage in everyday math activities like counting objects, measuring ingredients while cooking, or identifying shapes in the environment. Use games and puzzles to make math fun and relatable.

Are there standardized tests for Grade 2 math in Newfoundland?

While there are no province-wide standardized tests for Grade 2, teachers use various assessment methods throughout the year to monitor progress and ensure curriculum objectives are met.

How does the Grade 2 math curriculum prepare students for Grade 3?

Grade 2 builds foundational skills in number sense, operations, and problem-solving that are essential for more advanced concepts in Grade 3, ensuring a smooth transition to higher-level math.

What types of manipulatives are used in Grade 2 math classes?

Common manipulatives include base-ten blocks, counters, pattern blocks, and number lines. These hands-on tools help students visualize and understand abstract mathematical concepts.

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Grade 2 Math Courses - Newfoundland Curriculum

Discover Grade 2 math courses aligned with Newfoundland's curriculum. From number sense to geometry, build a strong foundation for future mathematical success.

Newfoundland Grade 2 Math Curriculum Topics

SO_ID	Outcome	StudyPug Topic
SO.2N1	Number: Extend skip counting sequences, count by 10s from any starting point, count by 2s from odd numbers, identify errors in sequences, count money, count using groups	Completing a skip-counting table

SO.2N2

Number: Determine if numbers are even or odd using materials or representations, identify even and odd numbers in sequences, sort numbers into even and odd

Even and odd numbers

Even or odd numbers of objects

Identifying a number as even or odd

Even or odd numbers in number lines

Grouping even or odd numbers

SO.2N3

Number: Use ordinal numbers up to tenth to indicate position, compare ordinal positions in different sequences

Ordinal numbers

SO.2N4

Number: Represent numbers using concrete materials, tallies, pictures, symbols, words, coins, and expressions

Matching place value models to numbers

Numeral expanding up to 999

Identifying hundred, tens, & ones

Place value models up to 999

Writing numbers as words

Writing words as numbers

SO.2N5

Number: Order numbers, verify using charts or number lines, identify errors and missing numbers in sequences

Comparing values up to 99

Missing values in a number grid up to 100

SO.2N6

Number: Estimate quantities by comparing to known quantities, estimate groups of ten, select and justify estimates

Estimating lengths

SO.2N7

Number: Explain place value, count objects using groups of tens and ones, describe numbers in multiple ways, illustrate numbers using materials

Identifying tens and ones

Converting between place values up to 999

Regrouping place values up to 999

Expanded form up to 999

Place value tables up to 999

SO.2N8

Number: Add and subtract zero, explain why sum or difference remains unchanged

Subtracting with the number zero

SO.2N9

Number: Model addition and subtraction, solve problems using various forms, create number sentences and story problems, solve missing addend problems

Adding digits up to 100

Adding with doubles up to 100

Using counting to add digits up to 100

Repeated addition with arrays

Addition strategies

Adding with 3 numbers up to 100

Addition with regrouping up to 100

Using models to add up to 100

Addition tables up to 100

Completing addition statements up to 100

Addition word problems up to 100

Subtracting with digits up to 100

Subtraction with regrouping up to 100

Subtraction word problems up to 100

SO.2N10

Number: Use and describe mental math strategies for basic facts, sums to 18, and corresponding subtraction

Subtraction facts up to 100

SO.2PR1

Patterns and Relations: Identify core of repeating patterns, describe and extend double attribute patterns, create and predict elements in repeating patterns

Identifying patterns

Translating patterns

Extending patterns

SO.2PR2

Patterns and Relations: Identify, describe, and create increasing patterns, determine missing elements, represent patterns in different modes, solve problems using patterns

SO.2PR3

Patterns and Relations: Compare quantities using balance scales, construct unequal sets, demonstrate how to create inequality

Completing subtraction images & statements

Comparative language

SO.2PR4

Patterns and Relations: Determine and symbolize equality or inequality in number sentences, model equalities and inequalities using concrete representations

SO.2SS1

Shape and Space: Read calendar dates, name and order days and months, identify dates and months, solve time-related problems

Reading time

SO.2SS3

Shape and Space: Estimate, measure, and record length, height, distance around, or mass using non-standard units, compare and order measurements

Comparing lengths

Measuring lengths

SO.2SS5

Shape and Space: Measure objects in different orientations and explain results

SO.2SS6

Shape and Space: Sort 2D and 3D shapes according to two attributes, explain sorting rules

Sort 2D Shapes by attribute

SO.2SS7

Shape and Space: Sort 3D objects, identify common attributes, describe objects with different dimensions and orientations, create representations of 3D objects

SO.2SP1

Statistics and Probability: Formulate questions for data collection, organize data using objects, tallies, charts, or lists, answer questions using collected data

Organizing data

SO.2SP2

Statistics and Probability: Analyze concrete graphs and pictographs, create graphs to display data, solve problems using graphs

Bar graphs

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