Math Homework

---Math Homework---

Math homework comes home after a completed lesson.  We usually get through a lesson in one day, but I can’t promise this will be a routine.  No one knows how long it takes someone to learn something!  But generally, your second grader will bring home an assignment every Monday through Thursday.  Friday we review and reteach math concepts, so I can promise there won’t be a math assignment to complete over the weekend.

The front side of the worksheet will be practice from our new lesson that day.  This side will always say "Homework."  If there is ever questions on the worksheet, it will probably be on this side.  Hardly anyone masters anything on their first try, so don't be afraid to try your best but send it back to school with questions.  Please attempt the problems but your child can always point out any questions to me right away in the morning or during math class.  Remember, this is your child's homework and not yours.  I always chuckle when I get answers written in elegant cursive! 

The back side of the math worksheet will be a spiraling review of math concepts already taught in class.  True mastery of a concept entails recall.  Did your child carry the skill forward?  If not, they truly didn't learn or understand it.  My students usually say this page is "so easy."  I always pat them on the back and say "good for you....you are learning!"  Please pay extra attention to the last problem on this page.  It usually involves patience.  Help your child by asking short, simple questions.  Make them do the talking.  Telling them what to do isn't helping them learn.  But being patient with them and not letting them give up will!

All math homework is viewed as complete or incomplete.  I will find time during the day for students to complete any incomplete worksheets (not finished or several incorrect answers).  Giving a "bad grade" doesn't teach anything, but sitting down with a student and accomplishing a goal does!  Remember, any homework assigned to your child is important, and I won't let them off the hook that easy! 

Thinking this looks like a lot of work and you have a busy night of religion or a basketball game to attend?  Well, you are in luck!  This teacher here gives a minimum of ten minutes for kiddos to get a good start.  Most students come home with one side already completed.  I always have a handful of students who get the whole worksheet done.  All worksheets go home so their homework helper can look it over and stay connected to what their child is learning.  Please ask them to fix any mistakes!  That helps too!

Interested in what your kiddo is learning in math this year?  Check out our overview!

Grade 2 Overview

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

• Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction.
• Add and subtract within 20.
• Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication.

Number and Operations in Base Ten

• Understand place value.
• Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add and subtract.

Measurement and Data

• Measure and estimate lengths in standard units.
• Relate addition and subtraction to length.
• Work with time and money.
• Represent and interpret data.

Geometry

• Reason with shapes and their attributes.

Mathematical Practices

• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• Model with mathematics.
• Use appropriate tools strategically.
•  Attend to precision.
•  Look for and make use of structure.
•  Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.