Year 2 Being Collaborative

Which comes next in each pattern of dominoes?

Sara and Will were sorting some pictures of shapes on cards. "I'll collect the circles," said Sara. "I'll take the red ones," answered Will. Can you see any cards they would both want?

You'll need to work in a group on this problem. Use your sticky notes to show the answer to questions such as 'how many girls are there in your group?'.

Exploring the structure of a number square: how quickly can you put the number tiles in the right place on the grid?

Try this matching game which will help you recognise different ways of saying the same time interval.

Throw the dice and decide whether to double or halve the number. Will you be the first to reach the target?

Find the next two dominoes in these sequences.

Who said that adding couldn't be fun?

Can you describe a piece of paper clearly enough for your partner to know which piece it is?

What do you notice about these squares of numbers? What is the same? What is different?

Are these statements relating to odd and even numbers always true, sometimes true or never true?

Use the interactivities to fill in these Carroll diagrams. How do you know where to place the numbers?

In how many different ways can you break up a stick of seven interlocking cubes? Now try with a stick of eight cubes and a stick of six cubes. What do you notice?

It's Sahila's birthday and she is having a party. How could you answer these questions using a picture, with things, with numbers or symbols?

How will you work out which numbers have been used to create this multiplication square?

Here are some rods that are different colours. How could I make a yellow rod using white and red rods?

Try out this number trick. What happens with different starting numbers? What do you notice?

Have a look at these photos of different fruit. How many do you see? How did you count?

Can you work out how to make each side of this balance equally balanced? You can put more than one weight on a hook.

Order these four calculations from easiest to hardest. How did you decide?

Can you cover the camel with these pieces?

Which two items of fruit could Kate and Sam choose? Can you order the prices from lowest to highest?

Ben and his mum are planting garlic. Can you find out how many cloves of garlic they might have had?

Can you spot the mistake in this video? How would you work out the answer to this calculation?

Can you sort these triangles into three different families and explain how you did it?

Use your addition and subtraction skills, combined with some strategic thinking, to beat your partner at this game.

This activity is best done with a whole class or in a large group. Can you match the cards? What happens when you add pairs of the numbers together?

Mr Gilderdale is playing a game with his class. What rule might he have chosen? How would you test your idea?

This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.

This challenge invites you to create your own picture using just straight lines. Can you identify shapes with the same number of sides and decorate them in the same way?

"Ip dip sky blue! Who's 'it'? It's you!" Where would you position yourself so that you are 'it' if there are two players? Three players ...?

Two children made up a game as they walked along the garden paths. Can you find out their scores? Can you find some paths of your own?

Can you place these quantities in order from smallest to largest?

Find a great variety of ways of asking questions which make 8.

Can you put these times on the clocks in order? You might like to arrange them in a circle.

Vincent and Tara are making triangles with the class construction set. They have a pile of strips of different lengths. How many different triangles can they make?

What could the half time scores have been in these Olympic hockey matches?

Create a pattern on the small grid. How could you extend your pattern on the larger grid?

Explore ways of colouring this set of triangles. Can you make symmetrical patterns?

Arrange the shapes in a line so that you change either colour or shape in the next piece along. Can you find several ways to start with a blue triangle and end with a red circle?

There were chews for 2p, mini eggs for 3p, Chocko bars for 5p and lollypops for 7p in the sweet shop. What could each of the children buy with their money?

Jack's mum bought some candles to use on his birthday cakes and when his sister was born, she used them on her cakes too. Can you use the information to find out when Kate was born?

How many balls of modelling clay and how many straws does it take to make these skeleton shapes?

A hundred square has been printed on both sides of a piece of paper. What is on the back of 100? 58? 23? 19?

Choose four of the numbers from 1 to 9 to put in the squares so that the differences between joined squares are odd.

Annie and Ben are playing a game with a calculator. What was Annie's secret number?

Ben has five coins in his pocket. How much money might he have?

In this problem it is not the squares that jump, you do the jumping! The idea is to go round the track in as few jumps as possible.

If you put three beads onto a tens/ones abacus you can make the numbers 3, 30, 12 or 21. What numbers can be made with six beads?

Eight children each had a cube made from modelling clay. They cut them into four pieces which were all exactly the same shape and size. Whose pieces are the same? Can you decide who made each set?

This is a game for two players. Can you find out how to be the first to get to 12 o'clock?

Choose a symbol to put into the number sentence.