Pacing Guide for 2nd Grade Math
The second grade math curriculum was designed to be implemented over the course of a single school year. It will include seven units of study over 140 instructional days (including days for lessons, flex days, and unit assessments). We intentionally did not account for all 180 instructional days in order for teachers to fit in additional review or extension, teacher-created assessments, and school-based events.
Each unit includes a specific number of lessons, a day for assessment, and a recommended number of flex days (see the table below). These flex days can be used at the teacher’s discretion; however, for units that include both major and supporting/additional work, it is strongly recommended that the flex days be spent on content that aligns with the major work of the grade.
Each lesson was designed to be implemented within, approximately, a 50-minute class period. A suggested break down of a typical class period is shown below; however, this time allotment will vary depending on the lesson and lesson structure chosen by the teacher.
- 5–10 minutes: Warm up
- 15–25 minutes: Anchor Tasks
- 15–20 minutes: Problem Set
- 5–10 minutes: Target Task
In addition to the main lessons, it is recommended to also allocate 10 minutes for daily word problem practice and 15 minutes for daily fluency. These additional blocks are meant to provide sufficient time and practice for these aspects of rigor.
The table below reflects the instructional days for the first 5 units released so far and will be updated with the additions of Units 6 and 7.
|
Lessons |
Flex Days + Assessment |
Total |
Topic A: Topic A: Adding and Subtracting within 10 and Counting
Topic B: Topic B: Strategies to Add and Subtract within 20
Topic C: Topic C: Story Problems within 20
|
15 |
2 |
17 |
Topic A: Topic A: Adding & Subtracting with Multiples of Ten
Topic B: Topic B: Strategies for Adding within 100
Topic C: Topic C: Strategies for Subtracting within 100
Topic D: Topic D: Working within 100 and Categorical Data
|
21 |
3 |
24 |
Topic A: Topic A: Metric Measurement
Topic B: Topic B: Foundations of Number Lines
Topic C: Topic C: Line Plots and Data
|
13 |
4 |
17 |
Topic A: Topic A: Understanding and Representing Three Digit Numbers
Topic B: Topic B: Reasoning with Numbers to 1000
Topic C: Topic C: Place Value in Action - Money and Word Problems
|
22 |
2 |
24 |
Topic A: Topic A: Adding with Mental Strategies
Topic B: Topic B: Adding within 1,000
Topic C: Topic C: Subtracting with Mental Strategies
Topic D: Topic D: Subtracting within 1,000
Topic E: Topic E: Story Problems and Explaining Addition and Subtracting Thinking
|
25 |
4 |
29 |
| Total |
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