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.
The versions of the tasks below include suggested questions to ask and, where appropriate, worksheets, in Māori.
Number
Algebra
| Te Whakaoti Rapanga (It's a problem) (PDF, 378KB) |
Show how you can record the ways you solve problems. |
Geometry
| Whāia Aku Tohutohu (Follow me) (PDF, 388KB) |
Practise using and following words to describe position and movement. |
| He Āhua (Shape shifter) (PDF, 219KB) |
Recognise and sort common shapes. |
Measurement
| Inea Ki Te Matikara (Hands high) (PDF, 346KB) |
Measure lengths by counting 'how many' of a familiar object. |
