Hands-On Mathematics for Manitoba, Grade 2

Jennifer E. Lawson, PhD, is the creator of the Hands-On books published by Portage & Main Press. As senior writer and editor for the series, she has contributed to more than 50 publications for teachers and students. Jennifer provides professional development workshops for educators locally, nationally, and virtually, and is a Workplace Wellness Advisor. Her most recent book is a collective effort called Teacher, Take Care: A Guide to Well-Being and Workplace Wellness for Educators. She is also one of the founders of Mission to Mexico, an organization that supports schools in some of the most impoverished communities in Puerto Vallarta. Throughout her extensive career in education, Jennifer has worked as a classroom teacher, resource and special education teacher, consultant, principal, university instructor, and school trustee. She lives with her family in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

• Introduction to Hands-On Mathematics 1Program Introduction 1 Program Principles 1 The Big Ideas of Mathematics 1 Hands-On Mathematics Learning Outcomes 6 Program Implementation 8 Classroom Environment 9 Timelines 9 Classroom Management 9 Planning Guidelines 10 Assessment 13The Hands-On Mathematics Assessment Plan 13Mental Math 26Introduction to Mental Math – Grade 2 26 Grade 2 Mental Math Strategies 28 Websites 36Module 1: Patterns and Relations 39Books for Children 40 Introduction 42 1 What Is in a Name? 43 2 Pizza Patterns 46 3 Candy Patterns 53 4 Tile Patterns 57 5 Creature Features 62 6 Patterns on the Medicine Wheel 66 7 Patterns on the Hundred Chart 70 8 Exploring Patterns on the Calculator 76 9 More Addition and Subtraction Patterns 80 10 Equality and Inequality 86 11 The Equal (=) and Not Equal (≠) Symbols 89 Problem-Solving Reproducible: Patterns and Relations 93 References for Teachers 94 Module 2: Statistics and Probability 95Books for Children 96 Introduction 97 1 Collecting, Organizing, and Interpreting Data 98 2 Introducing Surveys 100 3 Constructing Graphs 104 4 Constructing More Graphs 108 5 More Graphing Activities 111 6 Birthday Data 115 7 Sorting and Graphing Apples 118 8 Our Favourite Things 122 9 Gingerbread Graphing 124 10 Coloured Candy Graph 129 11 Rawhide Glyphs 132 Problem-Solving Reproducible: Statistics and Probability 134 References for Teachers 136 Module 3: Shape and Space 137Books for Children (Measurement) 138 Books for Children (3-D Objects and 2-D Shapes) 139 Introduction 140 1 Using Non-Standard Units to Measure Length 141 2 Measuring Around an Object Using Non-Standard Units 145 3 Comparing Objects by Mass 148 4 The Days of the Week 152 5 Months of the Year 157 6 Identifying and Naming Three-Dimensional (3-D) Objects 161 7 Classifying and Describing Three-Dimensional Objects 165 8 Building Three-Dimensional Objects 168 9 Making Patterns with Two-Dimensional (2-D) Shapes 171 Problem-Solving Reproducible: Shape and Space 177 References for Teachers 178 Module 4: Number Concepts 179Books for Children 180 Introduction 182 1 Rote Counting to 100 183 2 Counting Backward from 100 188 3 Skip Counting by 2s 192 4 Skip Counting by 5s and 10s 195 5 Number Words to Twenty 202 6 Ordinal Numbers to Tenth 206 7 Reading and Writing Numbers to 100 209 8 Number Lines 214 9 Sets of 100 217 10 Greater Than and Less Than 221 11 Equal and Not Equal 225 12 Even and Odd 228 13 Estimating 232 14 Zero as a Place Holder 237 15 Representing Numbers to 100 241 16 Using What We Know: Number of the Week 244 Problem-Solving Reproducible: Number Concepts 245 References for Teachers 246 Module 5: Number Operations 247Books for Children 248 Introduction 249 1 Addition – Doubles 250 2 Addition – Near Doubles 254 3 Missing Addends 268 4 Think-Addition Strategy for Subtraction 272 5 Subtraction Facts 278 6 The Identity Property of Addition – Zero Facts 290 7 Commutative Property of Addition 293 8 Addition of a One-Digit Number to a Two-Digit Number 296 9 Addition and Subtraction of Tens 300 10 Addition of Two-Digit Numbers 305 11 Subtraction of One-Digit Numbers from Two-Digit Numbers 308 12 Subtraction with Two-Digit Numbers 311 Problem-Solving Reproducible: Number Operations 315 References for Teachers 316 Access Digital Resources 317