Geometry and Measurement
Second Grade

STATE GOAL 7: Estimate, make and use measurements of objects, quantities and relationships and determine acceptable levels of accuracy. 
STATE GOAL 9: Use geometric methods to analyze, categorize and draw conclusions about points, lines, planes and space.
Topics Mastered

Resources           

  • Length, capacity, and weight/mass
  • Units of time using appropriate instruments
  • Temperatures to the nearest degree from Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers
  • Possible methods for estimating a given measure
  • Estimation and actual measurements
  • Appropriate measuring tools
  • Values and relationships among coins
  • Addition and subtraction problems using currency
  • Relationship between two and three dimensional shapes including circle-sphere, square-cube, triangle-pyramid, rectangle-rectangular prism and their basic properties
  • Characteristics, similarities, and differences of geometric shapes
  • Lines of symmetry in simple figures

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Students will be able to demonstrate:  
  • measuring length in inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters
  • estimating weight/mass to the nearest pound or kilogram
  • measuring capacity to the nearest pound or kilogram
  • describing the possible methods for estimating a given measure for a given problem
  • measuring using rulers, scales, and other appropriate measuring instruments in the customary and metric systems
  • reading, marking and comparing temperatures to the nearest degree working with a thermometer (F and C)
  • estimating length, weight, capacity, time, and money
  • comparing estimated measures of length, weight, capacity, time, and money (standard, non-standard, and metric)
  • determining appropriate tools for measuring (ruler, thermometer, cup, or scale)
  • reading, writing, and telling time to the nearest five minutes and fifteen minutes using analog and digital clocks
  • identifying elapsed time in hours
  • determining the time that is earlier or later than a given time
  • reading and interpreting a calendar
  • identifying and describing value of penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar
  • ordering coins from greatest to least value
  • counting by 1's, 5's, 10's, 25's, and 50's up to $1.00 using coins
  • computing money problems using correct dollar sign and decimal point
  • showing alternative collections of the same value using coins (fewer coins)
  • sorting, comparing, classifying, and giving examples of spheres, cubes, cylinders, cones, pyramids, and rectangular prisms
  • identifying and counting corners (vertices), edges, faces of two and three dimensional figures using appropriate terminology
  • drawing two dimensional shapes with 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 sides
  • identifying and describing characteristics, similarities, and differences of geometric shapes
  • identifying and drawing congruent shapes
  • identifying lines of symmetry in simple figures
  • experimenting and predicting the effects of sliding, flipping, turning, rolling, and stacking
 
Topics Introduced
  • Make change to $1.00
 
Students will practice:  
  • using different coins to make change for $1.00
 
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