YEAR 2 CHECKLIST WITH WORKSAMPLES
Number
L.E. 1
Year 2 Learning Experiences
Work samples
RENAMING – TWO-DIGIT PLACE VALUE
Students will:
• recognise numbers to 100 using ten frames
• count efficiently by 10s from any start number
• recognise the pattern of 10
• recognise what happens to the 10s when 10 is added or subtracted from a number
• partition two-digit numbers into tens and ones.
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COMPARING AND ORDERING TWO-DIGIT NUMBERS
Students will:
• recognise numbers are partitioned into tens and ones
• recognise, count and write numbers to 100 using ten frames and 100 boards
• identify and record numbers that come ‘before’ and ‘after’ other numbers
• recognise and record the numbers that are ‘between’ certain numbers
• compare and order two-digit numbers.
L.E. 3
SKIP COUNTING BY 2S AND 5S BEYOND 100
Students will:
• explore the patterns of 2s and 5s beyond 100
• transfer this understanding to money situations by counting to $1 using 5-cent
coins.
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COUNTING BY 10S TO 100 AND BEYOND
Students will:
• explore the pattern of 10s to 1000
• transfer this understanding to money situations by counting up to $5 using 10-cent
coins
• transfer this understanding to money situations by counting up to $1000 using $10
notes.
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INVESTIGATING REPEATED ADDITION FOR 2S AND 5S
Students will:
• create repeating patterns using base plates
• separate the repeating pattern into repeats
• count and record the numerical value in each repeat
• link the count and recording to repeated addition
• identify repeated addition on a 100 board for 2s and 5s patterns.
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CREATING, WRITING AND INTERPRETING SIMPLE ADDITION AND
SUBTRACTION WORD PROBLEMS
Students will:
• interpret addition and subtraction word problems using a variety of problemsolving strategies
• create addition and subtraction equations for each word problem
• solve addition and subtraction word problems
• write addition and subtraction word problems.
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MAKING COMBINATIONS OF MONEY
Students will:
• make different dollar combinations to $5 and $10 using $1 and $2 coins
• make different combinations to $20 using coins and notes
• use skip counting to count collection of coins and notes
• discuss what can be bought for dollar combinations up to $20
• identify equivalent collections of coins or notes.
L.E. 8
USING A VARIETY OF CALENDARS
Students will:
• create a calendar
• read and interpret information from the calendar
• create personal monthly calendars
• name and order months and seasons
• investigate the seasons used by Indigenous peoples and compare their calendars
to those used in Western society
• recognise connections between weather patterns & yearly, monthly calendars.
L.E. 9
FLIPPING OBJECTS – REFLECTIONAL SYMMETRY
Students will:
• flip objects through a line of reflection
• recognise the relationship between an object and its reflection
• identify the line of reflection when given an object and its reflection.
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USING TALLY MARKS
Students will:
• count collections and record the amounts using tally marks
• collect and tally real-world data
• classify data according to a given attribute
• interpret a tally chart to answer questions
• pose questions about the data that can be answered from the tally marks.
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UNPACKING SUBTRACTION WORD PROBLEMS
Students will:
• interpret take-away word problems using a variety of problem-solving strategies
• represent take-away word problems as a number sentence
• solve take-away word problems with missing parts
• write simple take-away problems for given equations.
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USING MENTAL COMPUTATION – DOUBLES AND DOUBLES + 1 (NEAR
DOUBLES)
Students will:
• use mental images of ‘doubles’ to recall all doubles facts to 10 + 10
• use near double facts to solve addition and subtraction problems
• use a variety of materials to recall and record all ‘bridging to ten’ facts.
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MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION –
FUNCTION MACHINES
Students will:
• follow change rules
• describe how the rule changes ‘input’ numbers
• record the data in a table of values
• reverse change rules
• describe how the reverse rule changes ‘output’ numbers.
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USING BEAD STRINGS, FLIP CHARTS AND PLACE-VALUE ARROWS
Students will:
• recognise numbers to 1000 using ten frames and identify these numbers on a 100
board
• recognise what happens to the tens when 10 is added to or subtracted from a
number
• rename and regroup two- and three-digit numbers
• partition numbers into hundreds, tens and ones
• use a variety of concrete models to represent three-digit numbers.
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USING HUNDREDS, TENS AND ONES
Students will:
• recognise numbers up to 1000 using ten frames
• identify these numbers on a variety of 100 boards and ‘show me’ boards
• count efficiently by 10s and 100s from any start number
• recognise what happens to the 10s and 100s when 10 or 100 is added to or
subtracted from a number
• rename and regroup two- and three-digit numbers
• partition numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones.
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RECOGNISING AND USING QUARTERS
Students will:
• recognise that quarters consist of four equal parts of a whole
• explore the relationship between quarters and halves
• use the language of quarter, half/two-quarters, three-quarters to name fractions
• count in quarters to 5.
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IDENTIFYING HALF AND QUARTER TURNS
Students will:
• identify and describe quarter and half turns
• relate quarter and half turns to the concept of a fraction and time
• predict and reproduce a pattern based on quarter and half turns.
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TELLING TIME – QUARTER TO AND QUARTER PAST
Students will:
• recognise the attributes of time
• read quarter-to and quarter-past times using analogue and digital clocks
• make connections between analogue and digital times
• measure time using standard and non-standard units
• identify typical activities performed at various times of the day.
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MEASURING LENGTH
Students will:
• estimate the length of objects using non-standard units
• record their estimates in a table of values
• realise that they must place the first unit in line with the start of the object and
there should be no gaps or overlaps as they measure
• record their measurement in a table
• discuss the accuracy of their estimate.
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MEASURING AREA
Students will:
• estimate the area of closed shapes using non-standard units
• record their estimates
• use non-standard units to measure the area of closed shapes, ensuring there are no
gaps or overlaps as they measure
• compare and order the area of closed shapes.
L.E. 21
SORTING AND CLASSIFYING 3D OBJECTS
Students will:
• sort and classify 3D objects using a variety of attributes
• investigate, construct and create a variety of 3D objects
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discuss the properties and geometric features of 3D objects.
CREATING AND WRITING COMPARATIVE WORD PROBLEMS
Students will:
• interpret and represent comparative word problems
• represent comparative word problems as number sentences
• solve the problems using addition and subtraction strategies
• write simple comparative word problems for given equations.
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COUNTING BY 2S, 3S, 5S AND 10S BEYOND 100
Students will:
• explore the pattern of 1s, 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s using calculators
• skip count using a variety of number boards
• count using number lines, with and without graduations.
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RECOGNISING GROUPS AND ARRAYS
Students will:
• use arrays to solve simple multiplication problems
• recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays
• represent array problems with concrete materials.
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RECOGNISING AND USING EIGHTHS
Students will:
• recognise that eighths consist of eight equal parts of a whole
• explore the relationship between eighths, quarters and halves
• use the language of one- eighth, two-eighths / one-quarter, three-eighths, foureighths, two-quarters, one-half to name fractions
• count in eighths to 3.
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MAKING TOTALS WITH DOLLARS AND CENTS
Students will:
• count collections of coins or notes to make a particular value, such as the amount
shown on a price tag
• discuss what they could buy with their money using dollars and cents.
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INVESTIGATING 2D SHAPES INCLUDING RHOMBUSES
Students will:
• identify 2D shapes by their properties
• describe 2D shapes using geometrical language
• draw representations of 2D shapes
• distinguish squares from rhombuses.
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MEASURING CAPACITY – MORE OR LESS THAN A LITRE
Students will:
• compare the capacity of two objects
• order objects according to their capacity
• explore the meaning of a litre
• identify objects with capacities larger or smaller than a litre.
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MEASURING MASS – MORE OR LESS THAN A KILOGRAM
Students will:
• compare the mass of two objects
• order objects according to their mass
• explore the notion of a kilogram
• identify objects whose mass is larger and smaller than a 1kilogram.
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MEASURING VOLUME – PACKING AND STACKING
Students will:
• predict whether an object or collection of objects will fit inside a defined space
• stack and pack objects into defined spaces
• identify the attribute of volume of an object as the amount of space it occupies
• compare the volumes of two containers directly by packing materials from one
container into the other
• use drawings, numbers and words to record volume comparisons.
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PROGRAMING THE BEE-BOT TO COLLECT THE RUBBISH!
Students will:
• locate and move to different positions on a grid according to given coordinates
• discuss their position relative to other students and objects on a grid
• act out positional language according to created or given instructions.
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GATHERING AND INTERPRETING DATA
Students will:
• gather data relating to answering a question
• identify the categories in the data
• sort the data into their categories
• represent the data in a table of values
• display the data using an appropriate visual.
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CREATING LISTS AND TABLES
Students will:
• recognise that some problems have multiple solutions
• systematically create an ordered list of all the possible solutions
• record the list of solutions in a table of values
• use the ordered list to justify that all solutions have been identified.
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INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE, CERTAIN AND IMPOSSIBLE
Students will:
• investigate events that are certain, possible or impossible
• investigate events that are likely or unlikely
• use the language of chance
• list all the possible outcomes for an event.