Grade Two Math #1 | Introduction to Place Value

Description

Second grade is oh-so-different than first and I learned this pretty quickly during our first block of the year.

We started off the year with math and a solid introduction to place value. After a good introduction to the quality of numbers and the four processes in first grade, my eager-beaver 2nd graders were ready to tackle problems with double digits and they were so excited to find out about the tools we learned to use in this block.

In this guide, you’ll see how to bring double-digit math alive, with a thorough understanding of place value and how it functions. My approach emphasizes encouraging “number sense” in your students, rather than teaching them tricks for solving problems.

This guide brings together recommended practices from common core standards, developmental math experts and the traditional Waldorf approach, to cultivate an intuitive understanding of math that will serve your students far into the future.

Here’s what you’ll find in this guide.

• Day-to-day lesson plans, including stories, new material and suggestions for review activities
• An overview of the curriculum and how it takes shape in a daily lesson
• The stories that I told throughout the block (including links and suggested resources for the stories themselves) that created the “knights and dragons” theme
• Photographs of student main lesson pages
• A guide to creating enlivening circle activities, with instructions for crafting your own circle exercises
• The specific content of the circle activities I used this block — including specific songs and poems

This guide also includes the circle activities and exercises that I used throughout this September block, which is when it is often taught in the northern hemisphere. Even if you work through this block at a different time of year, I’m sure you’ll find the poems, songs and activities appropriate to bring at some point. My students just loved them!

All of this material is delivered through a DIGITAL FILE that you will download after purchasing. The PayPal Express payment option will automatically lead you through the download process. You will also receive a download link in your email inbox after the purchase is completed.

Questions about digital purchases? Email me here, and I’ll answer them.

I’m sure you’ll find this guide helpful. It’s just the thing I wished I had when I started second grade!