Students should have the numbers that are even and odd memorized. This makes it easier when finding patterns, skip counting, and multiplication fact memorization. Here is a song that helps students remember even and odd numbers.

Subtraction with Regrouping

Subtraction with regrouping is a difficult concept for students.  This video helps show the regrouping concept.

Motivating Students in Math

Motivating students is a difficult task but it is very important to student success.  This proves to be more difficult to do in math class because some students come in with an attitude that math is hard and that they do not like it.  By understanding different types of motivation, and ways to motivate students, parents and teachers can better prepare students for mathematics class.  This article gives great information about the types of motivation, and strategies to use to increase student motivation.  Lets motivate our kids!
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/9-strategies-motivating-students-mathematics-alfred-posamentier

Hands on Math

All students learn in different ways.  It is important to acknowledge this and give all students opportunities.  Many students learn best when they are involved in hands on activities.  This is very important in math.  Doing hands on activities in math helps give students real meaning to the concepts that are being taught.  This website has lots of great hands on activities that I will be using in the classroom to help reinforce math concepts.   

http://creeksidelearning.com/hands-on-math-2nd-3rd-4th-grade/

Kentucky 2nd Grade Math Standards

Here is a link to the Kentucky Department of Education 2nd Grade Math Standards.  This is what your child should learn in my classroom or any other 2nd grade classroom in Kentucky.  I use this to plan my lessons and classroom activities.  As a parent, this is a good resource to know about so you can know what your child is learning, should be learning, or will be learning.
http://education.ky.gov/curriculum/standards/kyacadstand/Documents/Second%20Grade%20Mathematics.pdf