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2nd Grade Addition Activities

37 2nd grade addition activities. Teacher favorites: Finding 10 More 10 Less Activity and Subtraction as an Unknown Addend Activity. How teachers use these

2nd Grade Addition Activities

37 2nd grade addition activities. Teacher favorites: Finding 10 More 10 Less Activity and Subtraction as an Unknown Addend Activity. How teachers use these

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Activity2nd GradeFinding 10 More 10 Less Activity

This finding 10 more 10 less activity helps 1st and 2nd grade children use a hundred chart to find 10 more and 10 less. Practice page and answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeSubtraction as an Unknown Addend Activity

This subtraction as an unknown addend activity helps K through 2nd grade students solve subtraction within 20 by matching each fact to its addition fact card. Answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeAdding and Subtracting Unknown Numbers Activity

Find the missing number in equations within 20 with this adding and subtracting unknown numbers activity for 1st and 2nd grade: matching cards, a recording sheet and practice, answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeTrue or False Equations Activity

While using our True or False Equations Activity, students sort each popcorn equation card under the true or false popcorn containers.

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Activity2nd GradeAdding and Subtracting to 1000 Activity

Children solve three-digit addition and subtraction problems with regrouping and fit each problem to its answer in 12 self-checking puzzles. For 2nd and 3rd grade; work sheet, practice page and answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeDecomposing a Ten Frame Activity

This decomposing a ten frame activity helps kindergarten to 2nd grade students match ten frames to facts that make 10, with a practice page and answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeDoubles Addition Activity

This doubles addition activity has Kindergarten to 2nd Grade children match rocket fact cards to planet sum cards, with a dot practice page and an answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeCommutative Property of Addition Activity

Using Commutative Property of Addition Activity, studentsmatch the popcorn cards to the matching popcorn container to show examples of the property.

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Activity2nd GradeSweet Summer Treats Money Addition Activity

This Sweet Summer Treats money addition activity has 1st and 2nd grade students count coins and match them to treat prices, then add two prices. A practice page and answer key are included.

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Activity2nd GradeA Dime A Dozen Counting Dimes Activity

Using A Dime A Dozen Counting Dimes Activity, students practice counting dimes amount by playing a "Go Fish" inspired game.

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Activity2nd GradeSnickel-Doodles Counting Nickels Activity

Using Snickel-Doodles Counting Nickels Activity, studentspractice counting nickels and cents amounts usingthe Snicker-doodle cookies.

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Activity2nd GradeAdding Three Numbers Activity

This adding three numbers activity has 1st and 2nd grade students find a make-ten or a double, then match pumpkin problem cards to wagon sum cards. Answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeComputation Station Triple Digit Addition Activity

This computation station triple digit addition activity has children match 12 three-digit problems to their sums with no regrouping. Made for 2nd and 3rd grade, with a Station Log, practice page and answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeIce Fishing Addition Subtraction Within 100 Activity

This ice fishing word problems activity gives 2nd and 3rd graders 12 task cards for adding and subtracting lengths within 100, with recording sheets. Answer key included for quick checking.

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Activity2nd GradePlenty O' Pennies Counting Pennies Activity

Using Plenty O' Pennies Counting Pennies Activity, students practice counting pennies to build their coin counting skills.

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Activity2nd GradeMissing Number Addition and Subtraction Activity

Using Missing Number Addition and Subtraction Activity, students fill in the missing addends to complete the addition and subtraction number sentences.

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Activity2nd GradeAdding Two Digit Numbers Activity

The Adding Two Digit Numbers Activity is a travel card game where 2nd and 3rd Grade students add two, three or four two-digit numbers. Answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeMarch Madness Basketball Addition Activity

Using March Madness Basketball Addition Activity, students compete in March Madness by playing rounds of addition basketball and scoring points for their team!

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Activity2nd GradeSingle Digit Addition Activity

This single digit addition activity for 1st and 2nd grade uses life ring number cards and a Ship's Log to practice sums to 18, with a practice page and answer key included.

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Activity2nd GradeLet's Workout Our Brain Add Subtract Within 20 Activity

This Let's Workout Our Brain Add Subtract Within 20 activity gives 1st-2nd grade students two mental math card games, a score sheet and a practice page, with an answer key included.

From our teachers' playbook

Bigger numbers, bigger sums!

What do 2nd graders learn about addition?

Second graders level up from single digits to two- and three-digit numbers. They add within 100 using place value, number lines and mental math, and learn to regroup when the ones add up to 10 or more: 38 + 25 = 63. They add 10 or 100 in their heads, add up to four two-digit numbers, and solve one- and two-step word problems. They also aim to know all their sums within 20 by memory. The click comes when kids see that regrouping is just trading 10 ones for 1 ten!

Our favorite ways to make addition stick

Second grade addition is all about place value. These moves build strong, flexible adders.

Trade ten ones for a ten

Have kids add 38 + 25 with base ten blocks. When they get 13 ones, they trade 10 for a rod. Then show the same trade on paper as the little "1" above the tens. The blocks explain the rule.

Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.

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Hop by tens and ones

Show 46 + 27 on an open number line: jump 20 to 66, then 7 more to 73. Think aloud as you hop. Kids see a way to add big numbers in their heads without any carrying at all.

Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).

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Sing the facts

Quick facts within 20 make everything faster. Play an adding song during transitions and have kids sing back the sums. Soon they know them without counting on fingers.

Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).

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Questions teachers and parents ask

What addition should a 2nd grader know?

Second graders should know all sums within 20 from memory, add within 100 fluently, and add within 1,000 using place value. They also solve one- and two-step word problems.

How do you teach regrouping in 2nd grade?

Start with base ten blocks so kids can see 10 ones become 1 ten. Then connect it to writing the small 1 above the tens place. Understanding the trade makes the steps make sense.

What strategies do 2nd graders use to add?

They use number lines, breaking numbers into tens and ones, making a ten, and the standard method with regrouping. Knowing more than one way helps kids check their answers.

How can I practice addition at home?

Add prices at the store, keep score in board games or add up coins in a piggy bank. Ask your child to explain how they got their answer.