Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Ten $10s Make $100

For Students 2nd Standards
If ten $10s make $100, then how much money do twenty $10s make? Young bankers find the number of bills required to make base ten amounts in three different word problems.
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Growing Bean Plants (Grade 2)

For Students 2nd Standards
After planting a bean seed in a jar, young scientists observe the growth patterns over several days. As the bean becomes a sprout, and the sprout becomes a plant, partners measure and plot the data. They notice patterns, practice...
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Saving Money 1

For Students 2nd Standards
How many days will it take Louis to save enough money for school supplies and new pair of shoes? Focus on Common Core math standards with a two-part task that involves a word problem and counting manipulatives.
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Three Composing/Decomposing Problems

For Students 2nd Standards
Practice composing and decomposing numbers in base-ten using three word problems. Each problem presents a different scenario requiring learners to explain their thinking, find the number of ones, and find out different ways to make a...
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Counting Stamps

For Students 2nd Standards
Stamps come in sheets, strips, and singles. Young mathematicians use their knowledge of hundreds, tens, and ones to determine how many stamps Mike has altogether.
Worksheet
Coloring Squared

Thanksgiving Turkey—Holiday Subtraction

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
It's time to practice 2-digit subtraction up to 20 the fun way. Learners solve a grid full of subtraction problems and then color each square the appropriate color according to the key. The final picture: a turkey!
Worksheet
Coloring Squared

Thanksgiving Pilgrim—Holiday Subtraction

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
What's the mystery picture? Pupils solve the subtraction problems in each square. Then they use the key at the bottom to determine the color of the square. 
Activity
Doina Popovici

Soccer Addition and Subtraction

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Students compete on two teams practicing adding and subtracting whole numbers. After each correct answer, students attempt to make a goal by kicking a soccer ball.
Worksheet
Math Drills

Valentine's Day Ordering and Comparing (E)

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Love is in the air, and in a math table! Young learners chart the number of cards from each grade from least to greatest in three Valentine's Day word problems.
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Looking at Numbers Every Which Way

For Students 2nd Standards
Assess class members' ability to look at numbers every which way. A helpful worksheet contain four tasks, including writing numbers as a sum of 100's, 10's, and 1's, and drawing a picture to represent the number.
Assessment
Fluence Learning

Divide Shapes

For Students 2nd Standards
Let's partition rectangles into equal parts. Assess learners on their ability to divide shapes into equal parts, and their ability to explain their thinking.
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Comparisons 1

For Students 2nd Standards
A seven question worksheet asks learners to use place value strategies to decide if each number comparison is true or false.
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Making 124

For Students 2nd Standards
How many ways can you make the number 124 using only tens and ones? Use a task that prompts young mathematicians to make 124 in as many ways as possible.
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

One, Ten, and One Hundred More and Less

For Students 2nd Standards
What's 1 more or less than a number? What's 10 more or 10 less than a given number? What's 100 more or 100 less than a number? These are the types of problems learners must answer in a six-question worksheet.
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Saving Money 2

For Students 2nd Standards
Adding money is a key skill in life. Give a worksheet that requires second graders to find the total amount of money Louis needs to make certain school supply purchases.
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Regrouping

For Students 2nd Standards
What number does 6 tens and 16 ones represent? How is it different from or similar to the number that 7 tens and 6 ones represent? This is the type of questions learners are asked to solve as a way to understand the concept of regrouping.
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Red and Blue Tiles

For Students 2nd Standards
Here, second graders are tasked to find the patterns that have an even number of tiles. They are asked to think about why these patterns are even or odd and explain how they know.
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Largest Number Game

For Students 2nd Standards
Learners are asked to make the largest three-digit number they can with the numbers 1, 8, and 5 in a quick assessment worksheet.
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Digits 2-5-7

For Students 2nd Standards
Given three digits, what is the largest humber you can make? What is the smallest number you can make? These are the questions second graders are prompted to answer in a three-question quiz.
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Bundling and Unbundling

For Students 2nd Standards
Seven tens, plus five ones, equals 75. Five ones, plus seven tens, also equals 75. These are the types of equations learners are asked to make true in a activity with 11 unfinished equations.
Worksheet
Curriculum Corner

Chrysanthemum: Name Graphing

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Let's graph the amount of letters in everyone's name in the class. Give the two-page sheet to class members to collect letter data and then translate their data into a graph.
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Jamir's Penny Jar

For Students 2nd Standards
Before you start counting the coins in Jamir's coin jar, figure out which coin to start with. Should it be the penny or the quarter? Why? This is the focus around a worksheet that works well as an assessment on counting money and...
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Ordering Time

For Students 2nd Standards
Practice telling time to the nearest five minutes in a digital and analog clock activity. Learners are prompted to order clock cards in increasing time order, and then write the time each clock represents.
Assessment
Illustrative Mathematics

Which Pictures Represent One Half?

For Students 2nd Standards
Which image represents one half? Answer the question surrounding four shapes, some of which represent one half and others representing a different amount. The last two questions ask learners to explain why some shapes represent one half...