This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Mathematics program (guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the processes that grade 2 students use and develop during mathematics inquiry), and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates and connections to the Achievement Levels outlined in the Ontario Mathematics Curriculum. It also provides strategies and visual resources for developing students’ mental math skills.

The resource includes:

• Mental Math Strategies
• Unit 1: Patterning and Algebra
• Unit 2: Data Management and Probability
• Unit 3: Measurement
• Unit 4: Geometry and Spatial Sense
• Unit 5: Number Concepts
• Unit 6: Number Operations

Each unit is divided into lessons that focus on specific curricular expectations. Each lesson has

• materials lists
• activity descriptions
• questioning techniques
• problem-solving examples
• activity centre and extension ideas
• assessment suggestions
• activity sheets and  visuals