Math With Confidence Instructor’s Guide Second Grade

Make math come alive! Your student will develop both strong number sense and a positive attitude towards math with fun activities like Pretend Restaurant, Measurement Tag, and Polygon Scavenger Hunt. No expensive manipulatives needed, just common household and classroom items base-ten blocks, a clock, a ruler, and so on. All student practice pages are found in the Student Workbook. All answer keys are in the Instructor Guide.

With this scripted, open-and-go program, parents can help their children master all the concepts typically covered in second grade: reading, writing, and comparing numbers to 1,000; adding and subtracting 2- and 3-digit numbers; solving addition and subtraction word problems; telling time, counting money, and measuring length; reading graphs, identifying 2-D and 3-D shapes, and understanding simple fractions.

📌 Key Features & Specifications 

• Format: PDF

• Content Coverage: 

• Reading, writing, and comparing numbers up to 1000 

• Adding and subtracting 2- and 3-digit numbers 

• Solving word problems 

• Telling time, counting money, and measuring length 

• Reading graphs, identifying 2-D and 3-D shapes, and understanding simple fractions 

• Teaching Approach: Mastery-based with daily reviews and checkpoints 

• Activities: Includes games like Pretend Restaurant, Measurement Tag, and Fraction Bump 

• Materials Needed: Simple household items (e.g., play money, base-ten blocks, clock, ruler) 

• Extras: Optional weekly enrichment lessons with picture book recommendations and real-life math extension activities