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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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