Click to read about the purpose of the tasks below (show purpose).
The tasks in this section are intended:
- for students in year 2
- to complement similar class tasks
- to be a selection only of enjoyable learning opportunities for your child (and for you)
- to generate useful explanations and discussions between you and your child.
The tasks in this section are NOT:
- intended to be comprehensive in their coverage of all maths at year 2
- intended to be ‘one off’ tasks. Feel free to review or modify these to suit the needs of your child.
These Year 2 tasks recognise that students:
- are mostly working at level 1 of the NZ Curriculum, growing in their understanding of number, algebra, geometry, measurement and statistics
- are all different, and some find parts of maths easier or harder than others
- are learning to solve problems in different ways
- are learning that it’s okay to make a mistake and to have another go
- respond well to supportive questions from adults, such as, ‘What is the question asking you to do?’, or ‘What do you already know that might help you (solve the problem)?’
- enjoy exploring open tasks for which there can be a range of appropriate approaches and solutions
(accordingly, set answers are not included for a number of these tasks).
We suggest that you ask your child what kinds of things they have been doing in maths at school, and select a task from this menu.
Click for versions with Māori content.
Number
Algebra
Geometry
Follow me (PDF, 388KB) |
Practise using and following words to describe position and movement. |
Shape shifter (PDF, 219KB) |
Recognise and sort common shapes. |
Measurement
Statistics
Who will win? (PDF, 1.2MB) |
Explore probability ideas in snakes and ladders. |