2nd Grade Benchmarks

Grading Scale

80% or Higher - Meets Benchmarks

79% or Below – Does Not Meet Benchmarks

Mathematic Vocabulary and Resources

h 2nd grade ISAT RIT range is 171 to 200

h Link to: Complete ISAT Vocabulary List RIT 150-280

h Link to: ISAT Resources – Sample test questions

h Link to: ISAT Proficiency Levels Chart

h Link to: Learning Continuum

h Link to: Direct Math Assessment Toolkit

Benchmarks are what Lakeland students must know. They are drawn from Lakeland and State curriculum standards and the ISAT Learning Continuum RIT 150-200.

Grading Period:

First Quarter Benchmarks

NUMBER SENSE

Read, write, and count to 100

Identify right and left

Identify one more and one less than a number

Identify ordinal position

Identify even and odd numbers

Count by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s to 100

Count backwards by 1’s from any given number

Read, write and order whole numbers to 1,000

Understand the relationship between addition and subtraction

Compare two or more sets of objects and identify which set is equal to, more than, or less than the other

Identify smaller and larger numbers

Read the number word then write its digits

Fill in the missing numbers of a hundreds chart

ESTIMATION/COMPUTATION

Identify Commutative Property of Addition

Solve addition problems using the commutative property

Write addition and subtraction fact families

Demonstrate reversal of operations

Facts: Add 0, 1, 2 and 9; Doubles to 18, Doubles plus 1, Sums of 8, 9 and 10

REASONING/PROBLEM SOLVING

Identify, act out, draw pictures and write number sentences for addition and subtraction story problems

Recognize mathematical information and select strategies appropriate for solving a problem

Choose addition or subtraction to solve word problems and explain the choice

MEASUREMENT

Identify time relationships: minutes in an hour, hours in a day, days in a week, weeks in a year

Recite the months of the year, in order

Tell and show time to the hour and half hour using digital and analog clock

Identify the time one hour ago and one hour from

Number a clock face

Read a thermometer to the nearest 10 degrees

Identify fractional parts of a whole

Divide a shape in halves, fourths, and eighths

Divide a square in half two different ways

Shade one half of a shape

Count dimes and pennies

Identify equal sized pieces

ALGEBRAIC CONCEPTS

Create and read a repeated and colored patterns

Extend patterns and identify the function rule that creates the pattern

Represent vertical notation in a horizontal form

GEOMETRY

Name the attributes of pattern blocks

Cover a design using pattern blocks

Compare and order objects by size (area)

Identify polygons

Identify and sort common geometric shapes by attributes

Identify geometric shapes pieces that differ in one way and that are alike in only one way

Identify horizontal, vertical, and oblique lines

Identify position concepts: over, under, inside, outside, in front, behind, top, middle, bottom

Identify geometric shapes

DATA ANALYSIS

Create, read and draw a pictograph, bar graph, simple tables and charts

Use tally marks to track a count

Suggested Assessments

Meetings 1-35

Lessons 1-35

Written Assessments 1-6

Oral Assessments 1-3

Second Quarter Benchmarks

NUMBER SENSE

Fill in the missing numbers on a hundreds number chart

Find a missing numbers on a hundred number chart

Identify pairs

Identify tens and ones

Order two-digit numbers

Identify the number and written word of ordinal numbers

Count by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s to 100

Count backwards by 1’s from any given number

Read and write a date using digits

Identify smaller and larger numbers

ESTIMATION/COMPUTATION

Fill in the missing addend

Indicate whether a number is above or below a benchmark number of 1,000 or less on a number line

Add two or three single-digit addends

Add 10 to a multiple of 10

Add 10 to a two-digit number

Add a two-digit number using dimes and pennies, with and without regrouping using the addition algorithm

Add three or more single-digit numbers

Add three two-digit numbers

Facts: Sums of 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. 16, 17 and 18; Subtract 0, 1 and 2

Write addition and subtraction fact families

Identify the Associate Property of Addition

Use strategies for addition and subtraction combinations through 18

MEASUREMENT

Weigh objects using nonstandard units

Measure and draw line segments to the nearest inch

Measure line segments to the nearest foot

Read, identify and measure 1 cup and ½ cup, tablespoons, teaspoons and 1/2 teaspoons

Read a thermometer to the nearest two degrees

Identify halves, fourths and eighths of a whole

Identify similarities and differences among coins

Count dimes, nickels and pennies

Name fractional parts of a whole

Write fractions using fraction notation

Trade pennies for dimes

Tell and show time to the hour and half hour using a digital and analog clock

Select a tool that can measure a given attribute (ruler-length; cup-volume; balance-weight; clock-time; thermometer-temperature)

PROBLEM SOLVING

Identify, act out, draw pictures and write number sentences for addition and subtraction story problems

Recognize mathematical information and select strategies appropriate for solving a problem

GEOMETRY

Identify a line of symmetry and create a symmetrical design

Make polygons on a geoboard

Identify the angles of a polygon

Identify, create, draw, compare and sort two-dimensional Geometric shapes

Identify and create overlapping Geometric shapes

Identify horizontal, vertical and oblique lines

DATA ANALYSIS

Create and read a bar graph

Create and read a Venn diagram

Draw and locate points on a number line

Use tally marks to track and count

Suggested Assessments

Meetings 36-70

Lessons 36-70

Written Assessments 7-13

Oral Assessments 4-7

Third Quarter Benchmarks

NUMBER SENSE

Order three-digit numbers

Show a three-digit number, using base ten blocks

Identify place value through 999

Read, write, order and compare three-digit numbers

Write a number in expanded form through 999

Find one half of a set with an even and odd number of objects

Identify dozen and half dozen

Compare numbers to 999 using comparison symbols (<, >, and =) or word phrases of less than, greater than or equal to

ESTIMATION/COMPUTATION

Add or Subtract 10 from a two-digit number

Add two and three, two-digit numbers with a sum greater than 100

Subtract two-digit numbers using pennies and dimes with regrouping

Write addition and subtraction problems vertically and horizontally

Estimate to predict the sum of numbers through 99

Use estimation to evaluate the reasonableness of the sum of numbers through 99

Multiply by 1, 10 and 100

Facts: Subtract 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9

Add a two-digit number using dimes and pennies, with and without regrouping using the addition algorithm

Count the value of a collection of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters up to $1.00

Add or subtract two-digit numbers through 99 with and without regrouping

Estimate length and time using standard units

REASONING/PROBLEM SOLVING

Identify, act out, draw pictures and write number sentences for addition and subtraction story problems

Use estimation to predict computation results

Write number sentences to show equal groups

Use clues to find an answer

Recognize mathematical information and select strategies appropriate for solving a problem

MEASUREMENT

Measure and draw line segments to the nearest half-inch

Identify, estimate, and find the capacity of gallon, half-gallon, quart and liter containers

Tell and show time to hour, half hour and five-minute intervals using digital and analog clocks

Measure and draw line segments using feet, inches and centimeters

Write a fraction to show a part of a set

Draw and write money amounts using dollar and cent sign

Count quarters

Read a thermometer to the nearest 2 degrees

Name fractional parts of a whole

Identify a.m., p.m., noon and midnight

ALGEBRAIC CONCEPTS

GEOMETRY

Cover the same designs in different ways using tangram pieces

Find area of shapes using pattern blocks

Find the perimeter of polygons

Cut a Geometric shape apart and make a new shape

Identify, build, draw, compare, and sort Geometric solids (cone, cube, sphere, cylinder, rectangular solid, and pyramid)

Identify congruent shapes

Sort and classify objects by more than one attribute (size, color, shape)

DATA ANALYSIS

Represent a three-digit number pictorially

Read and draw a pictograph with a scale of 2

Write observations from a graph/chart

Create and read a Venn Diagram

Suggested Assessment

Meetings 71-105

Lessons 71-105

Written Assessments 14-20

Oral Assessments 8-10

Fourth Quarter Benchmarks

NUMBER SENSE

Identify the multiples of 2, 3, 4, and 5

Double a number

Divide a set of objects into equal group

Apply rules of divisibility by 2’s

Round numbers to the nearest ten

Write equivalent fractions using pictorial representation

Write improper fractions from picture presentations

Combine and identify the value of a collection of coins and bills up to and including $10.00

Count by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s

ESTIMATION/COMPUTATION

Show change from $1.00

Write addition and subtraction problems vertically and horizontally

Add and subtract three and two-digit numbers and/or money amounts with and without regrouping

Facts: Multiply by 0, 2, 3, 4 and 5; Divide by 2

Multiply by 1’s, 10’s and 100’s

REASONING/PROBLEM SOLVING

Identify, act out, draw pictures and write number sentences for addition and subtraction story problems

Draw pictures, act out and write multiplication number sentences to show equal groups

Describe the likelihood of an event

Determine what operation is needed to solve a word problem (addition, subtraction, multiplication)

Recognize mathematical information and select strategies appropriate for solving a problem

MEASUREMENT

Tell and show time to the minute and quarter hour using digital and analog clocks

Select the most appropriate unit to measure the time of a given situation (minutes, hours)

Measure weight using customary units and mass using metric units

Count quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies

Show money amounts using quarters, nickels, dimes and pennies in 2 different ways

Represent and write mixed numbers

Measure length to nearest millimeter, centimeter, meter, kilometer

GEOMETRY

Identify and name solid figures: sphere, cube, cylinder, cone, rectangular prism

Identify characteristics of plan figures (sides and corners)

Identify intersecting, parallel and perpendicular lines and line segments

Identify right angles

Estimate and find area of a rectangle

Identify and show transformations, translations, reflections and rotations

DATA ANALYSIS

Create and read a bar graph with a scale of 2

Predict the outcome and conduct a probability experiment

Evaluate reasonableness of an answer

Make, label and write a number sentence for an array

Choose a survey question and choices

Represent data and record information using a graph

Locate and graph points on a coordinate graph

Suggested Assessment

Meetings 106-135

Lessons 106-135

Written Assessments 21-26

Oral Assessments 11-13

Mathematics Vocabulary

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