In second grade, building addition and subtraction fluency is crucial. Therefore, I’ve created another Math Made Fun unit to just this, but this time for 2-digit and 3-digit numbers up to 1,000. While addition and subtraction of 2-digit and 3-digit numbers is an extension of concepts that have been taught in the previous unit, Unit…
Second Grade is a very important year for developing addition and subtraction fluency up to 100. In Unit 3 of the 2nd Grade Math Made Fun Curriculum, we focus on Addition and Subtraction Up to 100. Mastery of basic addition and subtraction up to 20 is the foundation for learning addition and subtraction up to 100. Furthermore,…
In Unit 2 of the 2nd Grade Math Made Fun Curriculum, we focus on place value to 1,000. Teaching place value (the value of where the digit is in the number, based on the location of the digit) plays a very important roll in understanding addition and subtraction with regrouping. As we provide students with…
In Unit 1 of the 2nd Grade Math Curriculum, we begin by building number sense for numbers up t0 1,000. Laying a strong foundation at the beginning will help make other math concepts more concrete. If you’ve seen the Kindergarten or First Grade Math Made Fun Curriculum, you’ll know that I LOVE to make…
Teaching graphs and data to first grade students combines previously learned math concepts with making sense of and organizing the information of everyday statistics. Furthermore, it allows them to communicate their reasoning and mathematical thinking. When students become comfortable and efficient in understanding and using graphs, they are eventually able to apply these skills to…
Telling time is a skill that students should learn early on and master quickly, since they will use it their entire lives. Furthermore, we live in a very digital age where many kids struggle to tell time, especially on analog clocks. Therefore, in this new First Grade Math Made Fun packet (Unit 8), students will…
I love to see how excited 1st Grade students get over working with money. This unit is loaded with hands-on and engaging math centers that help students build a strong foundation for counting coins, which will be more developed in the 2nd Grade math curriculum. Although money isn’t specifically taught in first grade, I have…
