Back to TrackClass 2 • IQ & Analytical Reasoning
🔤
Unit Overview

Number & Word Puzzles

Part of the analytical reasoning track — this unit builds Number & Word Puzzles in a way that is structured and confidence-building.

🚀
Why it matters for the future

Sharpens the logical reasoning measured by NTS-GAT and every aptitude test.

🧠 Skills & Topics

What Comes Next?

Number patterns: 2,4,6,__.

Word Ladders

cat→bat→bag: one letter changes.

Riddle Time

Solving and inventing simple riddles.

🎯 Learning Outcomes

  • Extends 5 number patterns
  • Climbs a 4-step word ladder
  • Invents one riddle for the class
  • Explains Number & Word Puzzles in their own words with an example

🎲 Suggested Activities

  1. 1Solve a timed set of Number & Word Puzzles puzzles
  2. 2Explain Number & Word Puzzles to a partner, then swap
  3. 3Home challenge: find Number & Word Puzzles in daily life

✅ How Learning is Checked

  • ◆Short 5-question class quiz
  • ◆Hands-on task scored on a simple rubric
  • ◆Quick oral check and signed home practice
🧰 Materials
Workbook and notebookCharts and printable worksheetsEveryday objects for hands-on practice
🔑 Key Vocabulary
What Comes Next?Word LaddersRiddle Time

👨‍👩‍👧 At Home — for Parents

Ask your child to explain Number & Word Puzzles to you and spot one real example at home. Stay positive — reward effort and curiosity over perfect answers.

🍎 In the Classroom — for Teachers

Open with a 5-minute real-life hook, teach Number & Word Puzzles with concrete examples, then a guided task and an independent task. Differentiate with easier and extension versions.

Explore the rest of this track

Every unit follows the same clear plan — skills, outcomes, activities, and home + classroom guidance.

Back to all units