Grade 2 Unit 2 The Wonder of Place Value
Introducing an innovative approach to teaching mathematics and language arts to children! This immersive unit brings numbers to life through captivating stories, hands-on activities and interactive games, fostering a deeper understanding of place value up to 1,000,000.
Through the enchanting 'Land of Numeria,' students explore the world of numbers, accompanied by engaging fables that enhance social and emotional learning. As a parent, you'll play an integral role in this journey, using these running stories to illustrate each place value, and incorporating all the senses to create a vivid and lasting impression.
The Wonder of Place Value unit cultivates a love for learning, strengthens computational fluency and number sense and is a fun and enriching experience for your child!
This purchase includes one digital curriculum unit with 15 days of lesson plans and 5 days of flexible projects. This unit will inspire you with beautiful images, clear instructions and exciting project ideas.
And that's not all. You will also gain access to the Wonder Hub, which includes supporting documents, videos, resources, and community.
The Wonder of Place Value
Learning Standards
Concept: Curiosity and wonder lead us to new discoveries about ourselves and the world around us. Exploring stories and other texts helps us understand ourselves and connect to others and the world.
Connection: During this unit, you will tell your child the captivating place value story of 'The Land of Numeria.' You'll also share a delightful Fable to help connect your child to the world through the joy of storytelling and play.
Math:
Concept 1: Numbers to 100 represent quantities that can be decomposed into 10's and 1's.
Connection: During this unit you will building imagery through counting by 1's, 2's 3's 4's 5's, 10's, 100's and 1000's building computational fluency and number sense.
Concept 2: The development of computational fluency in addition and subtraction with numbers up to 100 requires an understanding of place value.
Connection: During this unit , you will practice skip counting, and you'll observe your child counting and writing numbers. You will play the number line game and the number card game. You will be counting by 10's, 100's and 1000's and will work up to hundred thousand. You will strengthen number sense and place value understanding through enjoyable practice and play.
Concept 3: The likelihood of possible outcomes can be examined, compared, and interpreted.
Connection: You will play a game of Throw Sticks, which will lay the foundation for understanding place value.