2nd Grade Common Core Resources
These tasks are grade-level formative performance assessment tasks aligned to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Some have accompanying scoring rubrics and discussion of student work samples. Others, such as the Dana Center Early Mathematics Tasks, connect to children’s literature.
You may download and use these tasks for professional development purposes without modifying the tasks.
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking (OA)
Inside Problem Solving
Got Your Number (2.OA.B.2)
Squirreling It Away (2.OA.1)
Performance Assessment Tasks
Incredible Equations (2.OA.2)
Pam's Shopping Trip (2.OA.3)
Dana Center Early Math Tasks
One Hungry Monster, the Eleventh Hour (Series) (2.OA.1) -
Number and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)
Inside Problem Solving
Got Your Number (2.NBT.A.1, 2.NBT.A.4, 2.NBT.B.5)
Miles of Tiles (2.NBT.B.5)
Performance Assessment Tasks
Apple Farm Field Trip (2.NBT.5, 2.NBT.6)
Carol's Numbers (2.NBT.)
Peanuts and Ducks (2.NBT.5, 2.NBT.7)
Pocket Money (2.NBT.5, 2.NBT.6)
Sheep and Ducks (2.NBT.5)
Dana Center Early Math Tasks
One Hungry Monster, the Eleventh Hour (Series) (2.NBT.1, 2.NBT.3, 2.NBT.8, 2.NBT.9) -
Measurement and Data (MD)
Inside Problem Solving
Courtney’s Collection (2.MD.C.8)
Digging Dinosaurs (2.MD.C.8)
Through the Grapevine (2.MD.D.9, 2.MD.D.10)
Dana Center Early Math Tasks
One Hungry Monster, the Eleventh Hour (Series) (2.MD.6) -
Geometry (G)
Inside Problem Solving
Part and Whole (2.G.A.3)
Piece it Together (2.G.A.1)
The Shape of Things (2.G.A.1)
What’s Your Angle (2.G.A.1)
Performance Assessment Tasks
Don's Shapes (2.G.1)
Half and Half (2.G.2, 2.G.3)