2ND GRADE MEASUREMENT AND DATA

Measure and estimate lengths in standard units 

2.MD.A.1 Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.
Sample Activities:
Measuring Paths
Also included in 2nd Grade Math Centers:
Measuring with a Meter Stick
Measuring Strips

2.MD.A.2 Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different lengths for the two measurements; describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen.
Sample Activity:
Math Literature Link: How Big is a Foot?
Measure it Twice
Also included in 2nd Grade Math Centers:
Measuring with Two Units
Measuring in Inches and Feet
Measuring in Centimeters and Meters

2.MD.A.3 Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters.
Sample Activity:
Estimating Meter Measures
Also included in 2nd Grade Math Centers:
Estimating Centimeter Measures
Estimating Length

2.MD.A.4 Measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length difference in terms of a standard unit length.
Sample Activities:
Comparing Lengths in Centimeters
Gummy Worm Stretch
Also included in 2nd Grade Math Centers:
Are You A Square or a Rectangle? 
Comparing Lengths in Meters
How Far Can You Jump?
Measuring Cuisenaire Rods

Relate addition and subtraction to length

2.MD.B.5 Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems involving lengths that are given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as drawings of rulers) and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
Sample Activity:
Length Word Problems

2.MD.B.6 Represent whole numbers as lengths from 0 on a number line diagram with equally spaced points corresponding to the numbers 0,1,2 …, and represent whole-number sums and differences within 100 on a number line diagram.
Included in 2nd Grade Math Centers:
Jumping Frogs (v.1)
Jumping Frogs (v.2)

Work with time and money

2.MD.C.7 Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m.
Sample Activity:
Time Barrier Game (v. 2)
Also included in 2nd Grade Math Centers:
One Hour Earlier, One Hour Later
Time Match (v.3-4)
Time Bump (v.1-3)
A.M. or P.M.?

2.MD.C.8 Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies using $ and cent symbols appropriately. Example: If you have 2 dimes and 3 pennies, how many cents do you have?
Sample Activities:
Money Board
Which Has the Greater Value?
Math Read Aloud Task Cards:
A Quarter from the Tooth Fairy    
A Chair for My Mother 
Also included in 2nd Grade Math Centers:
Coin Sort
Coin Scoop (v.1-3)
Coin Barrier Game
Money Word Problems
Joe's Fruit and Vegetable Store
Make One Dollar

Represent and interpret data

2.MD.D.9 Generate measurement data by measuring lengths of several objects to the nearest whole unit, or by making repeated measurements of the same object. Show the measurements by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in whole-number units.
Sample Activity:
Pencil Plot
Also included in 2nd Grade Math Centers:
Measurement Line Plot
Straw Plot

2.MD.D.10 Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph.
Sample Activity:
Collecting and Representing Data
Also included in 2nd Grade Math Centers:
Button Picture Graph
Button Bar Graph