by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
When I see my students subtract mentally, it makes me feel so accomplished as a teacher. This is such a useful skill and it shows that students truly understand our number system. When students subtract mentally it shows that they are flexible with numbers. They can...
by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
Teaching how to subtract 3 digit numbers on an open number line can get messy. If students aren’t shown best practices, their jumps on the number line and numbers get all jumbled up. This leads to their frustration. Their answers are not accurate and many students can...
by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
The place value chart example I am going to share with you today is going to be so helpful. It will help your 2nd grade students remember all the forms of a number. I’ll even share my place value chart blank version where students can pick their own 3-digit number and...
by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
In 2nd grade, we teach three digit addition strategies. Students love these lessons because they are excited to work with bigger numbers. They grow their confidence in math when they can solve three digit addition equations accurately. Luckily students...
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I’m sharing my exact counting coins lesson plans because let’s face it, counting coins is a hard standard in 2nd grade. This is the first time many students are exposed to counting coins. There is no standard in first grade about counting money. During...
by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
Counting money for second graders is really fun for them. Who doesn’t like money? They love the real world aspect to these lessons. Parents have told me that after we’ve had our counting money lessons in class, their child has come home and started counting money to...
by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
When I come across two step word problems, I ask my students, “Anyone notice anything special about this problem?” Then they answer back saying, “It’s not a one step problem… It’s a two step word problem!” Two step word problems can be tricky for students at...
by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
When I first started teaching the open number line subtraction strategy, I hated it. I felt like my 2nd grade students could not accurately get answers to 2-digit subtraction on a number line. All their numbers would be jumbled up underneath the open number line. And...
by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
Doing a winter math craft can bring in so much joy in your classroom. Those winter months of school can be long. Dark in the morning, cold outside, we need a cozy winter math activity to have our students do when they are cooped up inside from all the inside recesses....
by | | 2nd Grade Math, Uncategorized
I used to dread teaching adding on an open number line to my 2nd grade students. When they tried adding 2-digit numbers on a number line, their numbers and jumps would get all jumbled up. They did not get accurate answers when adding on an open number line. I knew I...
