How to read this page
New Brunswick publishes its curriculum as long official documents written for teachers. This page is the same content, translated for the fridge door: each subject below shows this year's units and the skills inside them. If a skill sounds unfamiliar, that's the point — now you know what to ask about at dinner.
Mathematics this year
Numbers stop being abstract this year — they become things your child can count, compare, build, and explain. In New Brunswick, that's Mathematics, Grade 2 — 4 units, 37 skills.
Number
- Skip-counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s from multiples
- Even and odd numbers
- Showing numbers to 100
Patterns and Relations
- Describing and extending repeating patterns
- Describing and reproducing increasing patterns
- Equality and inequality
Shape and Space
- Days in a week and months in a year
- Comparing and ordering by length and distance
- Sorting by two attributes
See the full Mathematics, Grade 2 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
English Language Arts this year
Reading and writing grow fast at this age — this is the year the letters turn into stories. In New Brunswick, that's English Language Arts, Grade 2 — 3 units, 22 skills.
Interactions
- Sharing feelings and opinions with explanations
- Exploring words of harmony and respect
Reading
- Confirming earlier reading skills (review)
- Reading with accuracy and expression
- Choosing texts for a purpose
Representations
- Printing words and sentences
- Composing complete thoughts and sentences
See the full English Language Arts, Grade 2 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Three ways parents use this list
Common questions
What does my child learn in Grade 2 in New Brunswick?
New Brunswick's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts for Grade 2 — 59 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers number and patterns and relations; English Language Arts covers interactions and reading. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official New Brunswick curriculum?
It's built from New Brunswick's official program of studies, reorganized into plain language — and each subject links to a course page that quotes the ministry's own wording and links to the government source, so you can check our work. One honest caveat: we're not the ministry, curricula do change, and we can't guarantee this reflects the very latest revision, so confirm anything important against the live provincial curriculum data.
My child is finding one of these skills hard. What can I do?
That's normal — every skill on this page is one most kids wobble on at first. MapleMind teaches any of them one-on-one: a short lesson in plain words, a worked example, then solving together. It's free to start, on any device, in 14 languages.
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The other half is the teaching — and that's what MapleMind does. Pick any skill on this page and see it taught properly, free, in under a minute.
MapleMind isn't affiliated with any ministry of education. We build these guides from each province's official program of studies and refresh them from time to time — but curricula change, and we can't guarantee this page reflects the very latest revision. Always confirm against the live provincial curriculum data. Last updated 2026-08-15.