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2nd Grade Addition Songs

32 2nd grade addition songs. Teacher favorites: Adding 1 Song (Lyric Music Video) and Adding Songs (Lyric Video Collection). How teachers use these

2nd Grade Addition Songs

32 2nd grade addition songs. Teacher favorites: Adding 1 Song (Lyric Music Video) and Adding Songs (Lyric Video Collection). How teachers use these

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Song2nd GradeAdding 1 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 1 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 1 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 1.

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Song2nd GradeAdding Songs (Lyric Video Collection)

Use the Adding Songs (Lyric Video Collection) to practice adding and addition facts by singing and adding these 15 addition songs. Great for addition facts!

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Song2nd GradeAdding 8 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 8 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 8 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 8.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 10 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 10 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 10 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 10.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 9 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 9 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 9 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 9.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 3 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 3 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 3 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 3.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 15 Song (MP3)

Using the Adding 15 Song (MP3), students sing and practice adding 15 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 15.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 14 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 14 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 14 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 14.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 6 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 6 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 6 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 6.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 1 Song (MP3)

Using the Adding 1 Song (MP3), students sing and practice adding 1 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 1.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 15 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 15 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 15 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 15.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 12 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 12 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 12 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 12.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 11 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 11 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 11 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 11.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 7 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 7 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 7 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 7.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 5 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 5 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 5 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 5.

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Song2nd GradeAdding Songs (MP3 Album)

Using the Adding Songs (MP3 Album), practice adding and addition facts by singing and adding these 15 addition songs. Great for memorizing addition facts!

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Song2nd GradeAdding 9 Song (MP3)

Using the Adding 9 Song (MP3), students sing and practice adding 9 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 9.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 12 Song (MP3)

Using the Adding 12 Song (MP3), students sing and practice adding 12 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 12.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 4 Song (Lyric Music Video)

Using the Adding 4 Song (Lyric Mjusic Video), students sing and practice adding 4 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 4.

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Song2nd GradeAdding 8 Song (MP3)

Using the Adding 8 Song (MP3), students sing and practice adding 8 with all addition facts 1-15. Your kids will learn how to add 8.

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: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (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.