Mathematics · Pacing guide · 2026–27

Grade 2 math in Oakland Unified

Oakland Unified's plan for teaching grade 2 math: what is taught each school day from August 10, 2026 to May 19, 2027. Copied from the district's own guide, OUSD_G2_Math_ModuleMap_26-27, as it stood on October 25, 2026.

Overview of today's school system as applied by Oakland Unified School District:

one schedule for every grade 2 classroom.

Module	Dates	Lessons	Assessment days	Flex days
Unit 0: Classroom Culture and Routines	Aug 10 – Aug 14, 2026	5	0	0
Module 1: Place Value Concepts Through Metric Measurement and Data	Aug 17 – Oct 16, 2026	38	2	2
Module 2: Addition and Subtraction Within 200	Oct 20 – Dec 10, 2026	27	5	0
Module 3: Shapes and Time with Fraction Concepts	Dec 11, 2026 – Feb 1, 2027	19	5	0
Module 4: Addition and Subtraction Within 1,000	Feb 2 – Mar 12, 2027	24	4	0
Module 5: Money, Data, and Customary Measurement	Mar 16 – Apr 16, 2027	16	2	0
Module 6: Multiplication and Division Foundations	Apr 20 – May 19, 2027	18	2	2

Unit 0: Classroom Culture and Routines

Aug 10 – Aug 14, 2026 · 5 lessons

Day by day (5 school days)

Mon Aug 10	Lesson 1: Classroom Culture — Establish math norms, group roles, and 'Math is for everyone' anchor chart.
Tue Aug 11	Lesson 2: Number Routines — Introduce Number Talks and 'Quick Image' / 'How many?' routines.
Wed Aug 12	Lesson 3: Math Tools Tour — Explore counters, place value tools, rulers, and manipulatives.
Thu Aug 13	Lesson 4: Problem-Solving Protocol — Introduce Read–Draw–Write (RDW) with a low-floor task.
Fri Aug 14	Lesson 5: i-Ready Math Diagnostic kickoff + Equip Module 1 Pre-Module Assessment (optional).

Module 1: Place Value Concepts Through Metric Measurement and Data

Aug 17 – Oct 16, 2026 · 38 lessons · 2 assessment days · 2 flex days

Represent Data to Solve Problems
Metric Measurement and Concepts About the Ruler
Estimate, Measure, and Compare Lengths
Solve Compare Problems by Using the Ruler as a Number Line
Understand Place Value Units
Express Three-Digit Numbers In Different Forms
Model Base-Ten Numbers Within 1,000 with Money
Compose and Decompose with Place Value Disks

Day by day (45 school days)

Represent Data to Solve Problems
Mon Aug 17	Lesson 1: Draw and label a picture graph to represent data.
Tue Aug 18	Lesson 2: Draw and label a bar graph to represent data.
Wed Aug 19	Lesson 3: Use information presented in a bar graph to solve put together and take apart problems.
Thu Aug 20	Lesson 4: Use information presented in a bar graph to solve compare problems.
Metric Measurement and Concepts About the Ruler
Fri Aug 21	Lesson 5: Connect measurement to physical units by iterating a centimeter cube. / Topic A Topic Ticket
Mon Aug 24	Lesson 6: Make a 10 cm ruler and measure objects. + Data Talk: 'Animals Gliding Over' (10 min)
Tue Aug 25	Lesson 7: Measure lengths and relate 10 cm and 1 cm.
Wed Aug 26	Lesson 8: Make a meter stick and measure with various tools.
Thu Aug 27	Lesson 9: Relate 1 cm, 10 cm, and 100 cm.
Fri Aug 28	Lesson 10: Reason about the relationship between the size of the unit and the number of units needed to measure.
Estimate, Measure, and Compare Lengths
Mon Aug 31	Lesson 11: Estimate and compare lengths. / Topic B Topic Ticket
Tue Sep 1	Lesson 12: Model and reason about the difference in length. + Data Talk: 'Calcium in Foods' (10 min)
Wed Sep 2	Lesson 13: Estimate and measure height to model metric relationships.
Thu Sep 3	Lesson 14: Represent and compare students’ heights.
Solve Compare Problems by Using the Ruler as a Number Line
Fri Sep 4	Lesson 15: Use a measuring tape as a number line to add efficiently. / Topic C Topic Ticket
Mon Sep 7	Labor Day
Tue Sep 8	Lesson 16: Use a measuring tape as a number line to subtract efficiently.
Wed Sep 9	Lesson 17: Represent and solve comparison problems by using measurement contexts.
Thu Sep 10	Lesson 18: Solve compare with difference unknown word problems by using measurement contexts. + Data Talk: 'Growing Times for' (10 min)
Fri Sep 11	Lesson 19: Solve compare with difference unknown word problems in various contexts.
Understand Place Value Units
Mon Sep 14	Lesson 20: Count and bundle ones, tens, and hundreds to 1,000. / Topic D Topic Ticket
Tue Sep 15	Lesson 21: Count efficiently within 1,000 by using ones, tens, and hundreds.
Wed Sep 16	Lesson 22: Use counting strategies to solve add to with change unknown word problems.
Thu Sep 17	Lesson 23: Organize, count, and record a collection of objects.
Fri Sep 18	Professional Development (PD) Day
Express Three-Digit Numbers In Different Forms
Mon Sep 21	Lesson 24: Count up to 1,000 by using place value units. / Topic E Topic Ticket
Tue Sep 22	Lesson 25: Write three-digit numbers in unit form and show the value that each digit represents.
Wed Sep 23	Lesson 26: Write base-ten numbers in expanded form.
Thu Sep 24	Lesson 27: Read, write, and relate base-ten numbers in all forms.
Model Base-Ten Numbers Within 1,000 with Money
Fri Sep 25	Lesson 28: Use place value understanding to count and exchange $1, $10, and / Topic F Topic Ticket
Mon Sep 28	Lesson 29: Count by $1, $10, and $100.
Tue Sep 29	Lesson 30: Determine how many $10 bills are equal to $1,000.
Compose and Decompose with Place Value Disks
Wed Sep 30	Lesson 31: Count the total value of ones, tens, and hundreds with place value / Topic G Topic Ticket
Thu Oct 1	Lesson 32: Exchange 10 ones for 1 ten, 10 tens for 1 hundred, and 10 hundreds for 1 thousand.
Fri Oct 2	Lesson 33: Model numbers with more than 9 ones or 9 tens.
Mon Oct 5	Lesson 34: Problem solve in situations with more than 9 ones or 9 tens.
Tue Oct 6	Lesson 35: Compare three-digit numbers by using >, =, and <. / Topic H Topic Ticket
Wed Oct 7	Lesson 36: Apply place value understanding to compare by using >, =, and <.
Thu Oct 8	Lesson 37: Organize, count, represent, and compare a collection of objects.
Fri Oct 9	Lesson 38: Compare numbers in different forms.
Mon Oct 12	Indigenous Peoples' Day
Tue Oct 13	Flex Day: Data Investigation: 'Growing Bean'
Wed Oct 14	Flex Day — Spiral Review, reteach, or enrichment.
Thu Oct 15	Benchmark 1 — Session 1
Fri Oct 16	Benchmark 1 — Session 2

Module 2: Addition and Subtraction Within 200

Oct 20 – Dec 10, 2026 · 27 lessons · 5 assessment days Being taught now

Simplifying Strategies for Addition
Strategies for Composing a Ten and a Hundred to Add
Simplifying Strategies for Subtraction
Strategies for Decomposing a Ten and a Hundred to Subtract

Day by day (38 school days)

Simplifying Strategies for Addition
Tue Oct 20	Lesson 1: Reason about addition with four addends.
Wed Oct 21	Lesson 2: Break apart and add like units.
Thu Oct 22	Lesson 3: Use compensation to add within 100.
Fri Oct 23	Lesson 4: Use compensation to add within 200.
Mon Oct 26	Lesson 5: Make a ten to add within 100. Today
Tue Oct 27	Lesson 6: Make a ten to add within 200. + Data Talk: 'Penguins in Antarctica' (10 min)
Wed Oct 28	Lesson 7: Solve word problems by using estimation and simplifying strategies for addition.
Thu Oct 29	Topic A Topic Ticket + Flex: Data Talk: 'California Condors' (10 min)
Strategies for Composing a Ten and a Hundred to Add
Fri Oct 30	Lesson 8: Use concrete models to compose a ten.
Mon Nov 2	Lesson 9: Use place value drawings to compose a ten and relate to written recordings.
Tue Nov 3	Lesson 10: Use concrete models to compose a hundred.
Wed Nov 4	Lesson 11: Use math drawings to compose a hundred and relate to written recordings.
Thu Nov 5	Lesson 12: Use place value drawings to compose a ten and a hundred with two‑ and three-digit addends. Relate to written recordings.
Fri Nov 6	Topic B Topic Ticket + Flex
Simplifying Strategies for Subtraction
Mon Nov 9	Lesson 13: Estimate and represent to solve take from word problems.
Tue Nov 10	Lesson 14: Use addition and subtraction strategies to find an unknown part.
Wed Nov 11	Veterans' Day
Thu Nov 12	Lesson 15: Use compensation to subtract within 100.
Fri Nov 13	Lesson 16: Use compensation to subtract within 200.
Mon Nov 16	Lesson 17: Take from a ten to subtract within 200.
Tue Nov 17	Lesson 18: Take from a hundred to subtract within 200.
Wed Nov 18	Lesson 19: Solve word problems with simplifying strategies for subtraction.
Thu Nov 19	Topic C Topic Ticket + Flex
Strategies for Decomposing a Ten and a Hundred to Subtract
Fri Nov 20	Lesson 20: Reason about when to unbundle a ten to subtract.
Mon Nov 23	Thanksgiving Break
Tue Nov 24	Thanksgiving Break
Wed Nov 25	Thanksgiving Break
Thu Nov 26	Thanksgiving Break
Fri Nov 27	Thanksgiving Break
Mon Nov 30	Lesson 21: Use concrete models to decompose a ten with two-digit totals.
Tue Dec 1	Lesson 22: Use place value drawings to decompose a ten and relate them to written recordings.
Wed Dec 2	Lesson 23: Use concrete models and drawings to decompose a hundred.
Thu Dec 3	Lesson 24: Use place value drawings to decompose a hundred and relate them to written recordings.
Fri Dec 4	Lesson 25: Use place value drawings to subtract with two decompositions.
Mon Dec 7	Lesson 26: Solve add to and take from with start unknown word problems.
Tue Dec 8	Lesson 27: Solve two-step word problems within 100.
Wed Dec 9	Topic D Topic Ticket + Flex
Thu Dec 10	Module 2 Module Assessment

Module 3: Shapes and Time with Fraction Concepts

Dec 11, 2026 – Feb 1, 2027 · 19 lessons · 5 assessment days

Attributes of Geometric Shapes
Composite Shapes and Fraction Conceptsn
Halves, Thirds, and Fourths of Circles and Rectangles
Application of Fractions to Tell Times

Day by day (37 school days)

Attributes of Geometric Shapes
Fri Dec 11	Lesson 1: Determine the defining attributes of a polygon.
Mon Dec 14	Lesson 2: Use attributes to identify, build, and describe two-dimensional shapes.
Tue Dec 15	Lesson 3: Identify, build, and describe right angles and parallel lines.
Wed Dec 16	Lesson 4: Use attributes to identify, classify, and compose different quadrilaterals.
Thu Dec 17	Lesson 5: Relate the square to the cube and use attributes to describe a cube.
Fri Dec 18	Topic A Topic Ticket + Flex: Data Talk: 'US National Park' (10 min)
Mon Dec 21	Winter Break
Tue Dec 22	Winter Break
Wed Dec 23	Winter Break
Thu Dec 24	Winter Break
Fri Dec 25	Winter Break
Mon Dec 28	Winter Break
Tue Dec 29	Winter Break
Wed Dec 30	Winter Break
Thu Dec 31	Winter Break
Fri Jan 1	Winter Break / New Year's Day
Mon Jan 4	Winter Break
Tue Jan 5	Professional Development (PD) Day
Composite Shapes and Fraction Conceptsn
Wed Jan 6	Lesson 6: Recognize that a whole polygon can be decomposed into smaller parts and the parts can be composed to make a whole. + Data Talk: 'Our Favorite Seasons' (10 min)
Thu Jan 7	Lesson 7: Combine shapes to create a composite shape and create a new shape from composite shapes.
Fri Jan 8	Lesson 8: Create composite shapes by using equal parts and name them as halves, thirds, and fourths.
Mon Jan 11	Lesson 9: Interpret equal shares in composite shapes as halves, thirds, and fourths.
Tue Jan 12	Topic B Topic Ticket + Flex: Data Investigation: 'Seasons'
Halves, Thirds, and Fourths of Circles and Rectangles
Wed Jan 13	Lesson 10: Partition circles and rectangles into equal parts and describe those parts as halves.
Thu Jan 14	Lesson 11: Partition circles and rectangles into equal parts, and describe those parts as halves, thirds, or fourths.
Fri Jan 15	Lesson 12: Describe a whole by the number of equal parts in halves, thirds, and fourths.
Mon Jan 18	Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Tue Jan 19	Lesson 13: Recognize that equal parts of an identical rectangle can be different shapes.
Wed Jan 20	Topic C Topic Ticket + Flex
Application of Fractions to Tell Times
Thu Jan 21	Lesson 14: Distinguish between a.m. and p.m.
Fri Jan 22	Lesson 15: Recognize time as measurement units.
Mon Jan 25	Lesson 16: Use a clock to tell time to the half hour or quarter hour.
Tue Jan 26	Lesson 17: Relate the clock to a number line to count by fives.
Wed Jan 27	Lesson 18: Tell time to the nearest 5 minutes.
Thu Jan 28	Lesson 19: Solve elapsed time problems.
Fri Jan 29	Benchmark 2 — Session 1
Mon Feb 1	Benchmark 2 — Session 2

Module 4: Addition and Subtraction Within 1,000

Feb 2 – Mar 12, 2027 · 24 lessons · 4 assessment days

Mental Place Value Strategies
Strategies for Composing Tens and Hundreds Within 1,000
Simplifying Strategies for Subtracting Within 1,000
Strategies for Decomposing Tens and Hundreds Within 1,000
Apply Efficient Addition and Subtraction Strategies

Day by day (29 school days)

Mental Place Value Strategies
Tue Feb 2	Lesson 1: Organize, count, and represent a collection of objects.
Wed Feb 3	Lesson 2: Mentally add and subtract multiples of 10 and 100 with unknowns in various positions.
Thu Feb 4	Lesson 3: Solve multi-step word problems and reason about equal expressions.
Fri Feb 5	Lesson 4: Represent and solve compare with bigger unknown word problems.
Strategies for Composing Tens and Hundreds Within 1,000
Mon Feb 8	Lesson 5: Use the associative property to make a benchmark number to add / Topic A Topic Ticket
Tue Feb 9	Lesson 6: Use compensation to add within 1,000. + Data Talk: 'Got Water?' (10 min)
Wed Feb 10	Lesson 7: Use concrete models to add and relate them to written recordings.
Thu Feb 11	Lesson 8: Use place value drawings to represent addition and relate them to written recordings, part 1.
Fri Feb 12	Lesson 9: Use place value drawings to represent addition and relate them to written recordings, part 2.
Mon Feb 15	Presidents' Day
Tue Feb 16	Lesson 10: Choose and defend efficient solution strategies for addition.
Wed Feb 17	Lesson 11: Choose and defend efficient strategies to add up to four two-digit numbers.
Simplifying Strategies for Subtracting Within 1,000
Thu Feb 18	Lesson 12: Take from a ten or a hundred to subtract. / Topic B Topic Ticket + Data Talk: 'The Right to Vote' (10 min)
Fri Feb 19	Lesson 13: Use compensation to subtract within 1,000.
Mon Feb 22	Lesson 14: Use compensation to keep a constant difference by adding the same amount to both numbers.
Tue Feb 23	Lesson 15: Use compensation to keep a constant difference by subtracting the same amount from both numbers.
Strategies for Decomposing Tens and Hundreds Within 1,000
Wed Feb 24	Lesson 16: Use concrete models to subtract and relate them to written recordings. / Topic C Topic Ticket
Thu Feb 25	Lesson 17: Use place value drawings to represent subtraction with one decomposition and relate them to written recordings.
Fri Feb 26	Lesson 18: Use place value drawings to represent subtraction with up to two decompositions and relate them to written recordings.
Mon Mar 1	Lesson 19: Use place value drawings to represent subtraction from numbers with
Tue Mar 2	Lesson 20: Subtract by using multiple strategies and defend an efficient strategy.
Apply Efficient Addition and Subtraction Strategies
Wed Mar 3	Lesson 21: Apply strategies to find sums and differences and relate addition to / Topic D Topic Ticket
Thu Mar 4	Lesson 22: Solve compare with smaller unknown word problems.
Fri Mar 5	Lesson 23: Solve two-step addition and subtraction word problems.
Mon Mar 8	Lesson 24: Organize, count, and represent a collection of objects.
Tue Mar 9	Topic E Topic Ticket + Flex
Wed Mar 10	Flex Day: Performance Assessment: 'Board' (30 min)
Thu Mar 11	Flex Day: Performance Assessment: 'Hot Air' (30 min)
Fri Mar 12	Module 4 Module Assessment

Module 5: Money, Data, and Customary Measurement

Mar 16 – Apr 16, 2027 · 16 lessons · 2 assessment days

Problem Solving with Coins and Bills
Use Customary Units to Measure and Estimate Length
Use Measurement and Data to Solve Problems

Day by day (24 school days)

Problem Solving with Coins and Bills
Tue Mar 16	Lesson 1: Organize, count, and represent a collection of coins.
Wed Mar 17	Lesson 2: Use the fewest number of coins to make a given value.
Thu Mar 18	Lesson 3: Solve one- and two-step word problems to find the total value of a group of coins.
Fri Mar 19	Lesson 4: Solve one- and two-step word problems to find the total value of a group of bills.
Mon Mar 22	Lesson 5: Use different strategies to make 1 dollar or to make change from
Tue Mar 23	Lesson 6: Solve word problems by using different ways to make change from + Data Talk: 'Olympic Baseball' (10 min)
Wed Mar 24	Lesson 7: Solve word problems by using bills and coins. / Topic A Topic Ticket
Use Customary Units to Measure and Estimate Length
Thu Mar 25	Lesson 8: Iterate an inch tile to create a unit ruler and measure to the
Fri Mar 26	Cesar Chavez Day (in Lieu)
Mon Mar 29	Spring Break
Tue Mar 30	Spring Break
Wed Mar 31	Spring Break
Thu Apr 1	Spring Break
Fri Apr 2	Spring Break
Mon Apr 5	Lesson 9: Use an inch ruler and a yard stick to estimate and measure the length of various objects.
Tue Apr 6	Lesson 10: Measure an object twice by using different length units, and compare and relate measurement to unit size.
Wed Apr 7	Lesson 11: Measure to compare differences in lengths.
Thu Apr 8	Lesson 12: Identify unknown numbers on a number line by using the interval as a reference point. + Data Talk: 'The Heights of Trees' (10 min)
Use Measurement and Data to Solve Problems
Fri Apr 9	Lesson 13: Solve word problems that involve measurements and reason about estimates. / Topic B Topic Ticket
Mon Apr 12	Lesson 14: Solve addition and subtraction two-step word problems that involve length.
Tue Apr 13	Lesson 15: Use measurement data to create a line plot.
Wed Apr 14	Lesson 16: Create a line plot to represent data and ask and answer questions.
Thu Apr 15	Topic C Topic Ticket + Flex
Fri Apr 16	Module 5 Module Assessment

Module 6: Multiplication and Division Foundations

Apr 20 – May 19, 2027 · 18 lessons · 2 assessment days · 2 flex days

Count and Problem Solve with Equal Groups
Arrays and Equal Groups
Rectangular Arrays as a Foundation for Multiplication and Division
The Meaning of Even and Odd Numbers

Day by day (22 school days)

Count and Problem Solve with Equal Groups
Tue Apr 20	Lesson 1: Compose equal groups and write repeated addition equations.
Wed Apr 21	Lesson 2: Organize, count, and represent a collection of objects.
Thu Apr 22	Lesson 3: Use math drawings to represent equal groups and relate them to repeated addition.
Fri Apr 23	Lesson 4: Represent equal groups with a tape diagram.
Arrays and Equal Groups
Mon Apr 26	Lesson 5: Compose arrays with rows and columns and use a repeated count to find the total. / Topic A Topic Ticket
Tue Apr 27	Lesson 6: Decompose arrays into rows and columns and relate them to repeated addition. + Data Talk: 'Highways Across' (10 min)
Wed Apr 28	Lesson 7: Distinguish between rows and columns and use math drawings to represent arrays.
Thu Apr 29	Lesson 8: Use square tiles to create arrays with gaps.
Rectangular Arrays as a Foundation for Multiplication and Division
Fri Apr 30	Lesson 9: Determine the attributes of a square array. / Topic B Topic Ticket
Mon May 3	Lesson 10: Use math drawings to compose a rectangle.
Tue May 4	Lesson 11: Decompose an array to find the total efficiently.
Wed May 5	Lesson 12: Reason about how equal arrays can be composed differently. + Data Talk: 'Condor Conservation' (10 min)
Thu May 6	Lesson 13: Decompose an array and relate it to a number bond.
The Meaning of Even and Odd Numbers
Fri May 7	Lesson 14: Relate doubles to even numbers and write equa-tions to express / Topic C Topic Ticket
Mon May 10	Lesson 15: Pair objects and skip-count to determine whether a number is even or odd.
Tue May 11	Lesson 16: Use rectangular arrays to investigate combinations of even and odd numbers.
Wed May 12	Lesson 17: Solve word problems that involve equal groups and arrays.
Thu May 13	Lesson 18: Use various strategies to fluently add and subtract within 100 and know all sums and differences within 20 from memory. / Topic D Topic Ticket
Fri May 14	Flex Day: Performance Assessment: 'School' (30 min)
Mon May 17	Flex Day — Spiral Review, reteach, or enrichment.
Tue May 18	Flex Day — Spiral Review, reteach, or enrichment.
Wed May 19	Benchmark 3 — Session 1

Source: Oakland Unified's math pages, which links the guide. The district's sheet has more for teachers than this page shows.