Math lesson plan · 2nd grade (Year 3 in England) · 45 minutes
Odd and even numbers
Number sense
CCSS 2.OA.C.3England: Y2 Number and place value
Objective and success criteria
Students will: Odd and even numbers.
- I can answer questions on today's skill on my own, without help.
- I can explain each step and say why it works.
- I can check my answer and spot a mistake.
Before and after
Needs first: Skip count by 2s, 5s, 10s and 100s
Leads to: Odd and even: rules for sums and products; Divisibility tests for 2, 5 and 10
Materials: Place value chart, Base-ten blocks or a number line, Mini whiteboards and pens, Printed student sheet (below).
Warm-up · 5 min
- Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Skip count by 2s, 5s, 10s and 100s). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
- Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.
- Count by 100s. What is missing? 400, 500, 600, 700, __ → 800Prompt: How much does the count go up each time?
- Count back by 10s: 180, 170, 160, 150, __ → 140Prompt: Each number is less than the one before. By how much?
- Count by 10s. What is missing? 50, 60, 70, 80, __ → 90Prompt: How much does the count go up each time?
Hook · 5 min
- Show a number in the news or a price tag and ask what each digit is worth.
- Share the objective: Odd and even numbers. Read the success criteria together.
I do: model it · 10 min
- Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
- Example: Is 9 odd or even?
- Step 1: 9 ends in 9.
- Step 2: 9 is odd.
- Answer: Odd
- Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.
We do: guided practice · 10 min
- Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
- Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.
- Is 7 odd or even? (Odd / Even) → OddPrompt: Only the ones digit matters.
- 17 children line up in pairs. Will everyone have a partner? (Yes: the number is even / No: the number is odd) → No: the number is oddPrompt: Try sharing the children into two equal lines.
You do: independent practice · 10 min
- Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
- Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.
The 8 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.
Exit ticket · 5 min
- Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.
- Is 64 odd or even? (Odd / Even) → EvenPrompt: Only the ones digit matters.
- 14 children line up in pairs. Will everyone have a partner? (Yes: the number is even / No: the number is odd) → Yes: the number is evenPrompt: Try sharing the children into two equal lines.
Watch out for
- Reading 1,045 as one thousand four hundred five: point to each place and say its value.
- Thinking a longer number is always bigger, even with decimals (0.45 vs 0.5).
Support and stretch
Support
- Review first: Skip count by 2s, 5s, 10s and 100s.
- Use concrete materials: place value chart.
- Give the first step of each question, or a partly worked example to finish.
- Pair with a confident partner for the guided practice.
Stretch
- Move on to: Odd and even: rules for sums and products; Divisibility tests for 2, 5 and 10.
- Explain a common mistake in writing and how to fix it.
- Write a word problem that uses today's skill, then solve a partner's.
Homework and more practice
Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/math/grade-2.
Free lesson plan from eurekami.com/lesson-plan-builder