2nd grade Instructional Guide

26-27 Math Block

2nd-5th Grade

90 minute Block

Range of Time

Numeracy Component

Class Configuration

Focus of Instruction

Components of Instruction

Building Fact Fluency (BFF) Kit

• Image Talk • Tool Talk.

• Number Talk • 3-Act Math

Whole Group Cooperative Groups Partners

Automaticity and Conceptual Understanding

Build understanding of numbers, relationships, and operations through reasoning, visualization, and flexible strategies

• Anchor Problems (2nd) • Optional Routines (3rd-5th) • Contextualized Problems • Fact Fluency Games

Number Sense

10-15 min.

Amplify Desmos Math

• Warm-Up

- Fluency Builder - Unit Story - Strategy Highlight - Invitation to Lesson Tasks

Activate prior knowledge and spark mathematical thinking to connect and prepare for the lesson's big ideas and concepts

Invitation to Learn

5-10 min.

Whole Group

• 1-2 Lesson Activities - Launch - Monitor - Connect • Lesson Synthesis

Cooperative Groups Partners Whole Group

Engage in challenging tasks while intentionally reinforcing foundational skills that connect to core disciplinary ideas

Core Learning

Concept/Skill Development

25-35 min.

Synthesize

5 min.

Whole Group Consolidate and refine lesson ideas

Check for Understanding

Assess what students know and what they are still learning

• Show What You Know

5 min.

Independent

Provide opportunities to apply skills and concepts, reinforcing learning, building fluency, and deepening conceptual understanding through meaningful applications

• Daily Practice Problems • Additional Practice • Spiral Review

Partners Independent

Practice

Skill Application

10-15 min.

Amplify Desmos Math

• Support

Skill-Based Instruction - Mini Lesson - Personalized Learning - Center Activity • Strengthen - Center Activity - Personalized Learning - Mini Lesson Center Activity • Stretch: Math Adventures - Extension Activity - Center Activity - Personalized Learning *Special Education math IEP services should be provided during Practice and Skill- Based Instruction times. Differentiation 15 -30 min.

Support learning by frontloading, reviewing, and extending essential skills

Small Groups

Revised 3/3/26