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2nd grade worksheets & activities

Place value to 1,000, adding and subtracting within 100, telling time, money and measurement, solved one detective case at a time. Plus reading, science, ELA, social studies and phonics cases below.

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2nd Grade Math Review

Place value, time & money

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Math · by standard

Every 2nd grade math skill

Grouped the way the Common Core standards are, so you can find the pack for the unit you're teaching right now.

Grade 2 · Math · 2.G

Geometry

  • 2.G.A.1Recognize & draw shapesCase open
  • 2.G.A.2Partition rectanglesCase open
  • 2.G.A.3Halves, thirds & fourthsCase open
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2D Shapes Digital Escape Room cover – Kiwiland Education2D Shapes Digital Escape Room2.G.A.1 · Recognize & draw shapesSee the case file →2D shapes geometry math worksheets measuring inches and cm cover2D Shapes Geometry CSI Mystery Worksheets2.G.A.1 · Recognize & draw shapesSee the case file →
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Reading, science & more

The same detective format: every right answer clears a suspect. Pick a subject below or from the bar at the top.

A 2nd grade year

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One math suggestion a month that matches where most classes are in the curriculum.

AUGBack-to-school reviewTry: 2nd Grade Math Review
SEPAdd & subtract word problemsTry: Addition & Subtraction Word Problems
OCTFacts within 20Try: Add & Subtract Within 20
NOVPlace value to 1,000Try: Expanded Form to 1,000
DECTwo-digit additionTry: 2-Digit Addition with Regrouping
JANTwo-digit subtractionTry: 2-Digit Subtraction with Regrouping
FEBTelling time & moneyTry: Telling Time to 5 Minutes
MARAdding & subtracting within 1,000Try: Add & Subtract Within 1,000
APRMeasurement & dataTry: Ruler Measurement Escape Room
MAYArrays & end-of-year reviewTry: Repeated Addition & Arrays
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Reading for 2nd grade teachers

Classroom ideas, sub-day plans and seasonal activities.

Summer Activities That Stop the Slide: For Summer School, Home and the Last Week: Kiwiland Teaching Blog cover SeasonalOct 30, 2026

Summer Activities That Stop the Slide: For Summer School, Home and the Last Week

For the teacher finishing in June, the summer school teacher and the parent asking what to do in July: small, regular, self-checking work on...

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End of Year Activities After Testing: A Plan for the Last Four Weeks

Fifteen to twenty teaching days after the test, planned as a last pass through the year's skills the class will actually finish. Grades 2–9.

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Spring Activities for Testing Season: Easter, Earth Day and the Weeks Between

Built for the days around state testing: short, quiet, self-checking and still on standard. Spring, Easter and Earth Day, K–8.

Read the post → St. Patrick's Day Activities, and the March Review Before Testing: Kiwiland Teaching Blog cover SeasonalOct 30, 2026

St. Patrick's Day Activities, and the March Review Before Testing

March is the last clear run before state testing. A St. Patrick's week plan, plus the review days around it, for Grades 1–8.

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February Activities That Still Teach: Groundhog Day, the 100th Day, Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day

Four holidays in the shortest month. A date-by-date plan with self-checking math cases, reading mysteries and digital escape rooms for K–9.

Read the post → Winter math and reading activities for January: Kiwiland Teaching Blog cover with The Big Freeze, 3-digit subtraction across zeros and The Hot Chocolate Case covers in the snow SeasonalOct 30, 2026

Winter Activities for the First Week Back: A January Reset Plan

The first week of January is a review week, not a fresh start. A first-week-back plan for winter math and reading that puts December...

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Questions teachers ask

Grade 2 FAQ

What math do 2nd graders learn?

Common Core 2nd grade math has four domains: operations and algebraic thinking, number and operations in base ten, measurement and data, and geometry. The main work is place value to 1,000, adding and subtracting fluently within 20 and within 100, and solving one- and two-step word problems. Students also tell time to the nearest five minutes, solve money problems, measure length in standard units, and make picture and bar graphs.

What addition and subtraction facts should a 2nd grader know?

By the end of 2nd grade, students should add and subtract within 20 fluently using mental strategies and know all sums of two one-digit numbers from memory (2.OA.B.2). They should also add and subtract within 100 fluently using place value strategies (2.NBT.B.5) and add and subtract within 1,000 using models, drawings and strategies (2.NBT.B.7).

What place value do 2nd graders need to know?

Second graders learn that the digits of a three-digit number stand for hundreds, tens and ones, and that 100 is a bundle of ten tens (2.NBT.A.1). They count within 1,000, skip-count by 5s, 10s and 100s, read and write numbers in standard form, word form and expanded form, and compare three-digit numbers using >, = and <.

Do 2nd graders learn multiplication?

Not formally. Second grade builds the groundwork: students use addition to find the total number of objects in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and 5 columns and write an equation as a sum of equal addends (2.OA.C.4). They also decide whether a group of up to 20 objects is odd or even. Multiplication and division facts begin in 3rd grade.

What should I leave for a substitute in 2nd grade math?

Leave no-prep, self-checking work that reviews skills the class has already learned, so students can work independently and the substitute can check answers quickly. A printable review packet with an answer key covering word problems, two-digit addition and subtraction, time, measurement and graphs works well for a full math block.

What subjects do you have for 2nd grade?

Math is the biggest set, with cases for every grade-level standard listed above. There are also reading, science, ELA, social studies, phonics activities in the same detective format: students solve each question, match the answer to a suspect and cross suspects off until one is left.