Maths problem solving year 2 Ages 5-7 yrs

Maths Problem Solving - Year 2 is the second of six books in the Maths Problem Solving series. The books have been written for teachers to use during the numeracy lesson. They cover the 'solving problem' objectives from the numeracy framework. This first book contains four chapters; Making decisions, Reasoning about numbers or shapes, Problems involving 'real life', money or measures and Organizing and using data. The books are designed in such a way that each section has six stages of questions to be worked through. Every stage is split into three levels, for example 1a, 1b or 1c, based on achievement. Each corresponding question from these levels follow the same line of questioning, so that when the teacher talks about a certain question, the solution process is the same for each level but the complexity of the sum varies. Maths Problem Solving, Year 2 is the second book in a six-book series that has been written for teachers to use during the numeracy lesson. The sheets provide opportunities for making decisions, reasoning about numbers and shapes, solving real life problems and organizing and using data. Differentiated sheets makes it easy to use the sheets in a mixed-ability classroom. The length of the problems are varied with short, medium and more extended problems for children to solve. The problems on each page are mixed so the children do not assume that the solution process is the same each time, but have to understand the problem. They are varied in their complexity and are presented in a meaningful, age-appropriate manner with topics the children will find relevant Cover ......Page 1 Contents ......Page 2 Title Page ......Page 3 Publisher Information ......Page 4 Introduction ......Page 5 Class activity answer sheet ......Page 11 Making decisions ......Page 12 Reasoning about numbers or shapes ......Page 36 Problems involving 'real life', money or measures ......Page 60 Organizing and using data ......Page 84 Answers ......Page 108 Also Available ......Page 111