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By rm

Hi. You sound like you have a good start and yes you can use what you have used just at a higher level. I think calendar is a very important part of second grade. It is well worth the time involved. In our school (K-5) we
use the calendar math program by Houghton Mifflin. Each grade level teaches calendar on a daily basis. It isn't that much different from level to level, except it builds on the previous year and becomes more difficult.
This is what I use on my calendar math..I teach a 2/3 split. The star represents what I start with at the beginning of the year and continue all year. The others are

added slowly. Uually one a month.

*1.Calendar of course, with a different pattern each month. so for instance I might have a two pattern at the beginning of the year and by the end I might have a two part pattern. one with colors and one with shapes, usually five parts to each pattern. Month, date, day, year.
*2. Today is, yesterday was, tomorrow is..
If today is..how many days until __? what day does this month begin and end on. How many days in this month? etc..
*3. Days of school count. Providing a visual either on tape, or I use those small cut outs changing the design for each month. Sept..apples, October pumpkins..and so on.
*4. Place value. We use the day of school and add to each day. So day one..1+1=2...2nd day..2+ 2=4
3rd day..4+3= 7 and so on.. so by the end of the year you are in the ten thousands. We place sticks in a place value chart and bundle by tens.
And lastly we use manipulative money(ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands bills to represent the amount of the day. All amounts are written in standard and expanded notation.
*5. Money with coins on a velcro chart. I do different ways to make a certain amount. I use the day of school usually. Later in the year I will add shopping cards. If I have (so much money) what can I buy? And if I buy this..with this..do I have change and if so how much.
*6. Time. Two clocks, one representing a digital clock. and we review hour, half hour, quarter after, quarter to, half past. One or two story problems to figure out how long or what time was it if..
*7. Weather graph. (Monthly)
*8. Geometric shapes
9. odd and even
10. skip counting by.. 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's,6's, 7's, 8's, 9's, 10's, 20's, 100's. ( I don't do this everyday and not all of them, choose whatever you are working on or for a review) It helps with multiplication. Build gradually and make sure you have a visual students can look at.
10. measurement. inches,yards,centimeters and liquid measurement.
11.Addition patterns.
12.Multiplication patterns.
13. Symmetry and congruence.
14. A story problem of the day.
*15. Reviewing addition and subtraction facts.

To my calendar I add the following; letter sounds, a quote of the day, a vocabulary word, a classroom pledge and a poem. I do sight words also. Depending on time we will read a poem off a chart and/or I will read a short story.
Calendar takes about 30 minutes. By the end of the year it will get less, about 20. I make sure it is no longer than 30 minutes..30 min MAX
This may seem like alot but if you build slowly the students will progress nicely.
I hope this helps some.