For your information, here are first trimester benchmarks for second graders. These align to the common core state standards and are taken into consideration for determining student progress in the fall trimester. Second Grade Benchmarks aligned with the Common Core 1st Trimester MATH Represent and solve word problems involving addition and subtraction. Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem. Add within a sum of 20 using mental strategies. Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members. Understand that the three digits of a three-digit number represent amounts of hundreds, tens and ones e.g., 706 e