1. Year 2 Summer Term Week 8 Lesson 2
Counting and
Properties of
Numbers
Year 2 Summer Term Week 8 Lesson 2

2. Today we will be learning to:
solve mathematical problems or puzzles
explain how a problem was solved
count on in steps of 1.

3. ‘What’s my number operation?’
Mental Activity
‘What’s my number operation?’

4. One child wears a headband with a number and
a number operation written on it.
The rest of the class
look at what is written
on the headband (don’t call out!).

5. The child wearing the headband has to decide what operation
I will give the class
some numbers to apply
the operation to.
The child wearing the headband
has to decide what operation
the class are using?

6. Today we are going to find
Main Activity
Today we are going to find
the number we need
to reach a total.

7. How many more do I need?
Total 11

8. What strategies did you use?
Total 11

9. How many more do I need?
Total 11

10. What strategies did you use?
Total 11

11. How many more do I need?
Total 7

12. What strategies did you use?
Total 7

13. How many more do you need to make 11?
Here is a number card. 6
How many more do you need to make 11?

14. How many more do you need to make 11?4
How many more do you need to make 11?

15. How many more do you need to make 11?2
How many more do you need to make 11?

16. How many more do I need to make 15?2 + 7
Number sentence

17. How many more do I need to make 13?+ 6
Number sentence

18. How many more do I need to make 12?+ 4
Number sentence

19. How many more do I need to make 15?7 + 4
Number sentence

20. Find numbers to make totals of 12, 15 and 18.
Group Work
Find numbers to make totals of 12, 15 and 18.
Pick a number card 1–5. What number do you need to add to it to make a total of 12?