Resources

Investigations at a Glance
[|InvestigationsAtAGlance.pdf]

 Performance Record of Mathematical Focus Points
[|revised Perf_Inv_gr_02.xls] [|revised Perf_Inv_gr_02.xlsx] (Office 2008 compatible version)

Vertical Alignment of Investigations' Benchmarks
[|vertical alignment of benchmarks number.doc] (Number and Operation)

Money Frame
[|Money Frame.docx]

Where to Start (Unit by Unit Self-Help!)
[|wts_unit1_g2.pdf] [|wts_unit2_g2.pdf] [|wts_unit3_g2.pdf] [|wts_unit4_g2.pdf] [|wts_unit5_g2.pdf] [|wts_unit6_g2.pdf] [|wts_unit7_g2.pdf] [|wts_unit8_g2.pdf] [|wts_unit9_g2.pdf]

Vocabulary
[|investigations_vocabulary_g2.pdf]

Smartboard Notebook Resources
[|10 Frame.notebook] [|build it fast.notebook] (for use with Kathy RIchardson activities in "Developing Number Concepts Book 3" page 73, and her //excellent// Teacher-directed Addition and Subtraction of Two-Digit Numbers activities on page 109.) [|Base10.notebook] [|pattern tiles.notebook] [|Tell Me Quickly.notebook]

Literature Connections

 * In Investigations 2nd Edition, a selection of children’s literature relating to the mathematical content of a specific unit is included in every Family Letter. These books are offered as one of the ways that families can support their child’s mathematical experiences at home. Many teachers also like to display a selection of these books on the classroom bookshelf over the course of a unit. In Grade 2, two units suggest using a piece of children’s literature as part of a math lesson. In both cases an alternate story is provided for the teacher to use (instead of the book) and thus the use of literature is considered an option rather than required material. The following two Grade 2 units include suggestions for using children’s literature:**

Unit 1, Counting, Coins and Combinations, suggests using the book Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale by Lily Hong (optional) Unit 9, Measuring Length, Measuring Time suggests using the book How Big Is a Foot? by Rolf Myller (optional)

The following is the list of children’s literature which appears in the Grade 2 Family Letters:

Adams, Barbara Johnston. The Go-Around Dollar. Axelrod, Amy. Pigs Will Be Pigs. Barabas, Kathy. Let’s Find Out About Money. Baer, Edith. This Is The Way We Go To School. Burns, Marilyn. The Greedy Triangle. Burningham, John. Would You Rather? Clement, Rod. Counting on Frank. Crampton, William G. Flag. Eyewitness Guides. Cribb, Joe. Money. Eyewitness Guides. Cristaldi, Kathryn. Even Steven and Odd Todd. DeRubertis, Barbara. A Collection for Kate. DeRubertis, Barbara. Count on Pablo. (Math Matters Series.) DeRubertis, Barbara. Deena’s Lucky Penny. (Math Matters Series.) Emberley, Ed. Ed Emberley's Picture Pie: A Circle Drawing Book. Friedman, Aileen. A Cloak for the Dreamer. Friedman, Aileen. The King’s Commissioners. Giganti, Paul Jr. How Many Snails? Grossman, Bill. My Little Sister Ate One Hare. Hamm, Diane Johnson. How Many Feet in the Bed? Harper, Dan. Telling Time with Big Mama Cat. Haskins, Jim. Count Your Way Through Japan. Hoban, Tana. 26 Letters and 99 Cents. Hoban, Tana. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes. Holtzman, Caren. A Quarter from the Tooth Fairy. Hong, Lily Toy. Two of Everything. Hulme, Joy N. Sea Sums. Hutchins, Pat. Clocks and More Clocks. Hutchins, Pat. The Doorbell Rang. Jenkins, Steve. Biggest, Strongest, Fastest. Jocelyn, Marthe. Hannah’s Collection. Jonas, Ann. Splash. Jones, Carol. What’s the Time, Mr. Wolf Kaczman, James. When a Line Bends…A Shape Begins. Kassirer, Sue. What’s Next, Nina? Math Matters Series. Keenan, Sheila. What Time Is It? Leedy, Loreen. Fraction Action. Leedy, Loreen. Measuring Penny. Lionni, Leo. Inch by Inch. Llewellyn, Claire. My First Book of Time. Long, Lynette. Domino Addition. Mahy, Margaret. 17 Kings and 42 Elephants. McMillan, Bruce. Eating Fractions. Merriam, Eve. 12 Ways to Get to 11. Murphy, Stuart J. Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom. Murphy, Stuart J. The Best Vacation Ever. Murphy, Stuart J. A Fair Bear Share. Murphy, Stuart J. Let’s Fly a Kite. (Math Start Series.) Murphy, Stuart J. Game Time! Murphy, Stuart J. Give Me Half! Murphy, Stuart J. The Penny Pot. Murphy, Stuart J. Super Sand Castle Saturday. Myller, Rolf. How Big Is a Foot? Neuschwander, Cindy. Sir Cumference and the First Round Table. Ochiltree, Dianne. Bart’s Amazing Charts. Penner, Lucille Recht. Clean-Sweep Campers. (Math Matters Series.) Pinczes, Elinor J. One Hundred Hungry Ants. Pittman, Helena Clare. Counting Jennie. Pluckrose, Henry. Math Counts: Length. Pluckrose, Henry. Math Counts: Shape. Pluckrose, Henry. Math Counts: Time. Richards, Kitty. It’s About Time, Max! (Math Matters Series.) Rocklin, Joanne. The Case of the Missing Birthday Party. (OUT OF PRINT) Rockwell, Anne F. 100 Days of School. Schlein, Miriam. More Than One. Schultz, Charles M. How to Draw Peanuts. Schwartz, David M. If You Hopped Like a Frog. Singer, Marilyn. Nine O’Clock Lullaby Sloat, Teri. From One to One Hundred. Sturges, Philemon. Ten Flashing Fireflies. Tang, Greg. The Grapes of Math. Tang, Greg Math-terpieces. Viorst, Judith. Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday. Walton, Rick. Bunny Day: Telling Time From Breakfast to Bedtime. Watts, Barrie. How They Grow Series. Wiesner, David. Tuesday. Williams, Rozanne Lanczak. The Coin Counting Book. Zimelman, Nathan. How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty.