Welcome to "Sugar Bundle Regroup", a Grade 2 Regrouping within 1000 mission at the Seedling warm-up level, staged in a bakery scenario. The mission opens with a hands-on prompt: "Trade sugar cubes to add 137 and 28. First, build 1 bundles of 10 sugar cubes (a stand-in for the hundreds in 28)." Students work with the numbers 137, 28, 1 and reach a final answer of 1 across 3 guided steps.
Behind the story, this lesson builds regrouping within 1000 understanding aligned to CCSS 2.NBT.B.7. The key strategy is: 137 + 28 = 165.
A common misconception this page surfaces is: Carrying twice in the same column. Each "10 ones → 1 ten" trade happens once per place per problem. Re-check before applying a second carry. The adaptive Socratic hints move from a small nudge to a fuller strategy, keeping the reasoning visible for students, parents, and teachers.
Grade 2 · Regrouping within 1000
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[Discovery] Trade sugar cubes to add 137 and 28. First, build 1 bundles of 10 sugar cubes (a stand-in for the hundreds in 28).
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Active StepDistribute items equally among groups
2nd Grade Regrouping within 1000 seedling-1 representative practice page for students who need a crawlable, worked entry point into the topic without exposing every near-duplicate long-tail mission.
This seedling · gentle warm-up mission uses a equal-groups model to move from the story to a precise regrouping within 1000 idea. Work through the prompts in order: notice the structure first, name the quantities, then check whether the final answer fits the original situation.
Common wrong turn: 28 is the WHOLE addend; we're only sketching the hundreds.
Common wrong turn: That's the absolute difference — only correct when the operator is subtraction AND a > b. Re-read the operator.
Common wrong turn: At least one column needed a trade. Count again, right-to-left.
In 2nd Grade Regrouping within 1000, students need to connect the story, the model, and the symbolic answer. The core move here is: 137 + 28 = 165. A useful check is to ask whether the answer avoids this pitfall: Carrying twice in the same column. Each "10 ones → 1 ten" trade happens once per place per problem. Re-check before applying a second carry.
