Content Area: Math

 

Index: 4.4C Grade 2 CPI 2

 

Standard: 4.4 - Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics

 

Strand: C - Mathematics--Systematic Listing and Counting

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator: 2 -  The student will generate all possibilities in simple counting situations (e.g., all outfits involving two shirts and three pants).

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        Students use teddy bear cutouts with, for example, shirts of two colors and shorts of three colors, and decide how many different outfits can be made by making a list of all possibilities and arranging them systematically. (See illustration in K-2 Overview.)

 

·        Students use paper faces or Mr. Potato Head type models to create a "regular face" given a nose, mouth, and a pair of eyes. Then they use another pair of eyes, then another nose, and then another mouth (or other parts) and explore and record the number of faces that can be made after each additional part has been included.

 

·        Students read A Three Hat Day and then try to create as many different hats as possible with three hats, a feather, a flower, and a ribbon as decoration. Students count the different hats they've made and discuss their answers.

 

Kidspiration Activity:

 

·        Use the Venn SuperGrouper to create sorting and classifying activities

·        Use symbols, links, and SuperGrouper categories to create simple counting situations.