Dear Parents, 

 
We are beginning our next unit on Measurement. We will concentrate on both customary (inches, feet, 
yards) and metric measurements (centimeters and meters). Students will also use measurement data to 
create a line plot. We hope this Study Guide will help you understand what we are learning in class. We 
also want this to serve as a tool to help your child with math at home. We have also included important 
vocabulary and examples for each standard we are studying.   
 
Second Grade Math Teachers  
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Our tentative test date for this unit is ​Thursday, November 21st. ​This date may change as 
the unit progresses. Please always check weekly newsletters for updated test dates. 
 
Math Standards​: 
1. Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, 
yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes. (MGSE2.MD.1) 
 
Rulers ​(inches/cm)​:  Yardstick ​(feet/yards/meters)​:  Measuring Tape:  
Used to measure small objects:  Used to measure larger objects:  Used to measure round objects: 
● marker  ● length of the gym  ● basketball 
● pencil  ● width of the library  ● lamp shade 
● book  ● Height of the school  ● watermelon 
 
2. Measure the length of an object twice, using length units of different measurements; 
describe how the two measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen. Understand 
the relative size of units in different systems of measurement. (MGSE2.MD.2) 
 
3. Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimeters, and meters. (MGSE2.MD.3) 
 
● Length of a crayon = about 3 inches  ● Height of the door = about 6 feet 
● Length of a water bottle = about 9  ● Length of the lunch table = about 8 
inches  feet 
 
4. Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve word problems involving lengths that are 
given in the same units, e.g., by using drawings (such as drawings of rulers) and equations 
with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem. (MGSE2.MD.5) 

Ryland threw a paper airplane 26 inches on his first throw. On his second throw, he threw the 
paper airplane 18 inches. How much further did he throw the airplane on his first throw? 
 
Using our strategies for subtraction, students will be able to solve: 26 - 18 = 8 inches 

Carter was making a dog house for his new puppy. He helped his dad get wood for the 
doghouse. They needed 18 feet of wood for the sides of the house. They also needed 23 
feet for the top of the house. How many feet of wood do they need to buy altogether?   
 
Using our strategies for addition, students will be able to solve: 18 + 23 = 41 feet  
 
5. Measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length 
difference in terms of a standard length unit. (MGSE2.MD.4) 
 
How much longer is the pencil than the glue stick? 

 
 
6. Represent whole numbers as lengths from 0 on a number line diagram with equally spaced 
points corresponding to the numbers 0, 1, 2, ..., and represent whole-number sums and 
differences within 100 on a number line diagram. (MGSE2.MD.6) 
 
7. Generate measurement data by measuring lengths of several objects to the nearest 
whole unit, or by making repeated measurements of the same object. Show the 
measurements by making a line plot, where the horizontal scale is marked off in 
whole-number units. (MGSE2.MD.9)