Build a strong understanding of 2D shapes, 3D shapes, and fractions with 2nd Grade Magic of Math Unit 3: Shapes and Fractions! This comprehensive 4-week math unit includes 20 days of hands-on lessons and activities that make geometry and fractions visual, interactive, and meaningful for second graders.
Students explore shapes and fractions through mini-lessons, hands-on activities, partner games, interactive notebooks, visual models, and student practice.
Week 1: 2D Shapes
Students explore 2D shape attributes while naming, classifying, composing, and decomposing shapes. They investigate polygons and quadrilaterals and use hands-on materials to build and analyze shapes.
Week 2: 3D Shapes & Partitioning
Students learn to classify and sort 3D shapes, describe their attributes, and compose 3D shapes. They also begin exploring how shapes can be partitioned into equal parts.
Week 3: Introduction to Fractions
Students build foundational fraction understanding by partitioning shapes into equal parts and naming fractions. Hands-on models help students make sense of halves, thirds, fourths, and other fractional parts.
Week 4: Understanding Fractions
Students deepen their understanding of equal shares and parts of a whole while identifying examples and non-examples of fractions, comparing fractional parts, and exploring fractions beyond one whole.
What's Included
- 20 days of detailed lesson plans
- Daily mini-lessons
- 20 daily word problems
- Hands-on math activities
- Partner games and activities
- Independent student practice
- Interactive notebook activities
- Vocabulary cards
- I Can statements
- Printable math tools and visual supports
- Assessments
Magic of Math combines structured daily instruction with hands-on learning and meaningful practice to help students build a strong conceptual understanding of geometry and fractions.
Standards: Common Core and Texas TEKS alignment is included.
