Problem Solving - Year 2

Problem Solving - Year 2 gives teachers a coherent week of mathematical modelling and practical problem-solving instruction. The editable presentation introduces a six-stage pathway: read and retell, find important information, represent, choose a strategy, solve, then explain and check.

Students apply the pathway to additive situations, equal groups and arrays, money and mixed word problems. Colour displays, reusable reference cards, a think-board activity, task cards, a trail game and model-matching cards support whole-class and small-group teaching. Black-and-white worksheets provide structured written practice, while matching answer pages use red teacher answers for quick checking.

The unit concludes with the three-page School Fair Solutions assessment, matching answer pages and a practical marking rubric. Additional Strategy Puzzles develop flexible thinking through Target Ten, a route challenge, number Sudoku, working backwards and guess-and-check.

What's Included

• Editable 25-slide teaching presentation
• Editable 22-slide quiz with 10 question-and-answer pairs
• 54-page unit plan PDF
• Problem-Solving Pathway and Strategy Toolbox displays
• Student Reference Cards and Think-Board Challenge
• Problem-Solving Trail game and Match the Model activity
• Worksheet sets covering representation, additive problems, equal groups, arrays, money and mixed challenges
• Five Strategy Puzzles with answers
• Three-page School Fair Solutions assessment with answers
• Problem Solving Rubric
• 20 answer or solution pages across games, activities, worksheets and assessment
• Protected 101-page preview PDF

Learning Focus

• Interpret practical problems and identify relevant information.
• Represent situations with drawings, diagrams, number lines, arrays, equal groups, money models and equations.
• Choose efficient addition, subtraction, repeated-addition, multiplication or division strategies.
• Explain mathematical reasoning and check whether an answer is reasonable.
• Build persistence by changing representations or strategies when needed.

Classroom Use

Use the presentation for daily explicit teaching, then select the displays and reference cards for a classroom problem-solving wall. The think board, trail game, task cards and model-matching activity suit guided groups or maths centres. Assign the worksheet sequence for independent practice, consolidation, homework or extension, and use School Fair Solutions with the rubric for end-of-unit assessment.

Formats, Pages and Answers

Includes a 54-page PDF unit plan, editable 25-slide PowerPoint presentation and editable 22-slide PowerPoint quiz. Twenty answer or solution pages are included. The protected preview has 101 pages.

Digital Product and Licence

This is a digital product; no physical item is supplied. Purchase grants a single-teacher classroom licence. Files may be used with the purchasing teacher's students but may not be shared with other teachers, uploaded publicly, resold, redistributed or used to create a competing resource. Schools and organisations should purchase the appropriate number of licences for their users.