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Second Grade Data Paper

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For this assignment, I have chosen to study the second-grade data. By reviewing this data, I will be able to better determine where to focus my instruction as well as understand where students are at when it comes to learning math. Based on the data provided, I have decided that I will focus my instruction on two specific areas. The first area I will focus my instruction on is Number Identification. The data tells me that eight out of the seventy-four students may not understand how to successfully identify numbers. In my opinion, all students in second grade should be able to identify numbers. I will help students become successful in identifying numbers during small group instruction. This way students are provided with individual …show more content…

Second-grade students will need to be able to solve problems that involve the addition and subtraction operations. Just about each of the major clusters in the Focus Document works with addition and subtraction. This informs me that when teaching, I will need to provide the students with a wide variety of math that will help students become successful in the addition and subtraction operations so students will be successful when they reach third-grade. The Focus Document also informs me that I will need to spend some time teaching students about working with time and money. I will also need to be able to help students represent and interpret the data. The Focus Document is a great tool that helps me understand what the students should be learning in the math class. This document also informs me on the information that students need to know before reaching the next grade level. If I am observing students in second grade that have meet the require fluencies for second grade, then I know that these students will more than likely be successful by the time third grade arrives. In order to successfully connect the data and the Focus Document, I have found a lesson that helps the students work with a variety of skills that they will need to know and work on. The lesson that I have chosen is adding and subtracting within 20. The objective for this lesson is to help students make a ten to add and subtract within 20. This lesson portrays a few of the

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