"That’s not the way I learned math!!"
I know...I know! Math instruction has changed! Your child is being asked to create, explain, think, analyze, strategize and understand math more deeply than we have in the past.
That means that helping your child with homework may be a little challenging and frustrating...
to say the least.
WCPSS provides parents with explanations and links to videos of our current unit in math. This is a great resource for helping your child with homework and understanding math in the common core. Click the button below to understand the reasons and practices in today’s math instruction! Once you open the document, look for the topic/standard we are working with and then scroll down to links to videos demonstrating each strategy.
I know...I know! Math instruction has changed! Your child is being asked to create, explain, think, analyze, strategize and understand math more deeply than we have in the past.
That means that helping your child with homework may be a little challenging and frustrating...
to say the least.
WCPSS provides parents with explanations and links to videos of our current unit in math. This is a great resource for helping your child with homework and understanding math in the common core. Click the button below to understand the reasons and practices in today’s math instruction! Once you open the document, look for the topic/standard we are working with and then scroll down to links to videos demonstrating each strategy.
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Try IXL Math to help reinforce what we are learning in class. Read the newsletter each week or review your child’s assessments in his or her Monday Folder to know where to start practicing. Also linked are more websites with tons more math options specific to our grade level!
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WCPSS Parent Guide to 2nd Grade Math
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
Memorize all single digit addition and subtraction facts.
Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication.
Number and Operations in Base Ten
Understand place value in hundred, tens and ones.
Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract within 1000.
Measurement and Data
Measure and estimate lengths in standard units (inches, feet, yards, centimeters, meters).
Relate addition and subtraction to length.
Work with time to 5 minutes and money.
Represent and interpret data with graphs.
Geometry
Reason with shapes and their attributes