Grade 2 Math
12 units matched to the Nova Scotia Curriculum.
Learning focus
- Number: Develop number sense.
- Patterns and Relations: Use patterns to describe the world and solve problems.
- Measurement: Use direct and indirect measurement to solve problems.
- Geometry: Describe the characteristics of 3-D objects and 2-D shapes, and analyse the relationships among them.
- Statistics and Probability: Collect, display and analyse data to solve problems, and use probability to represent and solve problems involving uncertainty.
Units
Unit 1
Skip Counting
Skip counting by 2s, 5s and 10s forward and backward from 0 to 100, using a hundred chart or number line.
Learning outcome: N01 · saying the number sequence by 2s, 5s and 10s
Unit 2
Tens & Ones
Seeing 47 as 4 tens and 7 ones. This place-value idea underpins all Grade 2 adding and subtracting.
Learning outcome: N04, N07 · representing and partitioning numbers to 100 and place value
Unit 3
Bigger or Smaller
Comparing and ordering numbers, using <, > and =, and noticing numbers close to 50.
Learning outcome: N05 · comparing and ordering numbers to 100
Unit 4
Even, Odd and Ordinals
Deciding whether a number up to 100 is even or odd by making pairs, and using ordinal numbers for position.
Learning outcome: N02 · telling whether a number is even or odd
Unit 5
Facts to 20
Fluent facts to 20 using strategies like making ten and thinking addition to subtract.
Learning outcome: N10 · quick recall of basic addition facts to 18 and related subtraction facts
Unit 6
Adding to 100
Two-digit adding and subtracting by working with tens and ones, including making a new ten.
Learning outcome: N08, N09 · adding and subtracting 1- and 2-digit numbers with answers to 100
Unit 7
Patterns
Finding the repeating core of a pattern and describing how increasing patterns grow (skip counting).
Learning outcome: PR01, PR02 · repeating and increasing patterns
Unit 8
Balance It
Finding the unknown number that makes both sides of an equation equal, using symbols for unknowns, and spotting number patterns.
Learning outcome: PR03, PR04 · equality and inequality, and recording them with symbols
Unit 9
Days, Weeks and Months
Relating days to a week and months to a year, using a calendar to solve simple problems.
Learning outcome: M01 · the calendar and the relationships among days, weeks, months and years
Unit 10
Measuring
Measuring with a ruler from zero and choosing between centimetres and metres.
Learning outcome: M02, M03, M04 · measuring and comparing length and mass with non-standard units
Unit 11
Shapes
Describing shapes by their sides, corners (vertices) and faces, and spotting 3D shapes in real life.
Learning outcome: G01, G02, G03, G04 · sorting, naming and building 2-D shapes and 3-D objects
Unit 12
Graphs
Reading picture graphs: how many, which has the most or fewest, and how many more.
Learning outcome: SP01, SP02 · gathering data and making concrete graphs and pictographs
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