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Mental strategies within 100 — Take-Home — 2nd Grade Adds and subtracts two-digit numbers in their head using tens, doubles and near-doubles. This one-page 2nd Grade take-home carries the two-minute check that tells you whether the skill is wobbly, then "Head Maths in the Car" — 5 minutes with nothing — plus what to say when it gets hard and how to…
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Mental strategies within 100 MATH · 2ND GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Math · 2nd Grade 5 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Adds and subtracts two-digit numbers in their head using tens, doubles and near-doubles. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK In your head: 40 + 30, 25 + 25, 56 + 20, 71 − 40. A SOLID ANSWER Three of four, no writing, within a few seconds each. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 HEAD MATHS IN THE CAR You need: Nothing Do tens first: 30 + 40, 60 − 20. These should be instant. Then add tens to any number: 26 + 30. Point out only the tens digit changes. Then doubles: 25 + 25, 30 + 30, and near-doubles: 25 + 26. Ask them to say the strategy, not just the answer. Keep it to five questions and stop while it's still easy. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Don't write it. What's the quickest way in your head? Tell me how you got there." Multiples of ten only. Bridging: 48 + 7 by getting to 50 first, then adding the rest. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-2 www.littleactivity.com 2nd Grade · Math
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Mental strategies within 100 MATH · 2ND GRADE Name Date TAKE-HOME PRACTICE Math · 2nd Grade 5 minutes WHAT THIS BUILDS Adds and subtracts two-digit numbers in their head using tens, doubles and near-doubles. 1 THE TWO-MINUTE CHECK ASK In your head: 40 + 30, 25 + 25, 56 + 20, 71 − 40. A SOLID ANSWER Three of four, no writing, within a few seconds each. Not yet Getting there Solid 2 HEAD MATHS IN THE CAR You need: Nothing Do tens first: 30 + 40, 60 − 20. These should be instant. Then add tens to any number: 26 + 30. Point out only the tens digit changes. Then doubles: 25 + 25, 30 + 30, and near-doubles: 25 + 26. Ask them to say the strategy, not just the answer. Keep it to five questions and stop while it's still easy. SAY THIS WHEN IT STALLS "Don't write it. What's the quickest way in your head? Tell me how you got there." Multiples of ten only. Bridging: 48 + 7 by getting to 50 first, then adding the rest. IF IT'S TOO HARD IF IT'S TOO EASY Did it M T W T F Full year of take-homes: www.littleactivity.com/takehome/grade-2 www.littleactivity.com 2nd Grade · Math
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