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This course offers a comprehensive year-long exploration of
2nd-grade mathematics, expertly condensed into a single semester
to provide each child with an enriching, hands-on learning
experience. The detailed curriculum, organized by months and
outlined below, ensures an engaging and interactive educational
journey. All learners will actively participate in enjoyable
learning experiences that foster communication and a positive
atmosphere. As an educator, my overarching goal is to inspire
each learner to achieve their personal best. Utilizing a Montessori
approach, my teaching style involves employing open-ended
questions and understanding individual learning preferences
to make a lasting positive impact.
The monthly curriculum is as follows, with flexibility offered
for preferred class days:
Month of January or August: Topic 1 - Skip Counting, Value &
Rounding, Addition, Subtraction
Week 1: Skip Counting, Place Value & Rounding
Week 2: Addition (2 and three-digit numbers), regrouping taught if
learners understand the first part
Week 3: Subtraction (2 and 3-digit numbers), borrowing taught if
learners understand the first part
Week 4: Place value, Rounding, Adding, and Subtraction review,
"Let's put all of it together"
Month of February or September: Topic 2 - Fun with Multiplication
Week 1: Multiplication with rows, columns and arrays "bead board
recommended but not mandatory" "intro"
Week 2: Multiplication/Skip Counting "intro"
Week 3: Multiplication facts: 0's, 1's, 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's,
6's "intro
Week 4: Multiplication facts: 7's, 8's, 9's, 10's, 11's,
12's, "intro"
Month of March or October: Topic 3 - Fractions and Measurement
Week 1: Equal parts of a whole, thirds, quarters
Week 2: Intro to fractions "review for some"
Week 3: Identifying common fractions/Parts of a set using fractions
Week 4: Length, Weight, and Capacity "with a small video"
Month of April or November: Topic 4 - Counting Money, Telling
Time Review, Concepts of Time "U.S. dollars and coins"
Week 1: Counting Money Review "common coins and bills"
Week 2: Counting Money "Adding money together/money word problem"
Week 3: Units of Time "Digital and Analog Clock Review if needed"
Week 4: Telling Time Review/Concepts of Time/Time Word Problems
Month of May or December: Topic 5 - Geometry, Data and Graphing,
Word Problems
Week 1: Edges and Vertices/Faces, Edges and Vertices
Week 2: Data and Graphing
Week 3: Word problems "adding only"
Week 4: Word Problems "Subtraction, Addition, and Multiplication
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