The Common Core specifies critical areas for instructional emphasis at each grade level. There are four critical areas for second grade that are listed below.
• Extending understanding of base-ten notation
• Building fluency with addition and subtraction
• Using standard units of measure
• Describing and analyzing shapes
Information regarding what your child will be learning within these four critical areas are:
Critical Area: Extending understanding of base-ten notation
~ number sense and place value
~ number concepts with numbers to 1,000
Critical Area: Building fluency with addition and subtraction
~ basic addition and subtraction facts and their relationships
~ 2-digit addition and subtraction
~ 3-digit addition and subtraction
Critical Area: Using standard units of measure
~ money
~ time
~ length in customary units
~ length in metric units
~ data
Critical Area: Describing and analyzing shapes
~ geometry
~ fractions
• Extending understanding of base-ten notation
• Building fluency with addition and subtraction
• Using standard units of measure
• Describing and analyzing shapes
Information regarding what your child will be learning within these four critical areas are:
Critical Area: Extending understanding of base-ten notation
~ number sense and place value
~ number concepts with numbers to 1,000
Critical Area: Building fluency with addition and subtraction
~ basic addition and subtraction facts and their relationships
~ 2-digit addition and subtraction
~ 3-digit addition and subtraction
Critical Area: Using standard units of measure
~ money
~ time
~ length in customary units
~ length in metric units
~ data
Critical Area: Describing and analyzing shapes
~ geometry
~ fractions