BBC Bitesize lessons: Week 3 supporting resources
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Activities and resources to support the BBC Bitesize Daily Lessons.
During school closures, BBC Bitesize has been publishing daily lessons in English and Maths for all ages. You’ll find a list of our supporting resources for the Week 3 lessons (starting Monday 4th May) below. Alternatively, take a look at this week’s lesson support.
Year 1: English
Expand the sections below to explore resources related to each daily English lesson. For more Year 1 English support, visit English: Age 5–6 (Year 1).
Monday 4 May: Phonics skills
Practise phonics skills and develop vocabulary about the UK.
Practice activities:
- Phonics: Matching sounds [PDF]: Join the new words using your phonics knowledge.
- Phonics: Grouping words by sound [PDF]: Group the new words using your phonics knowledge.
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Tuesday 5 May: Writing postcards
Use capital letters and full stops when writing postcards.
Practice activities:
- Capital letters: Draw lines to match each letter to its capital letter.
- Writing sentences [PDF]: Practise writing sentences using the correct punctuation.
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Wednesday 6 May: Long ladder letters
Practise forming long ladder letters.
Practice activities:
- Letters, words, and sentences [PDF]: Practise joining up letters.
- Words to practice in Year 1 [PDF]: Try to write out these words neatly.
- Writing letters [PDF]: Write the letters i, l, t, j, u, and y.
- Writing words [PDF]: Write words including the letters i, l, t, j, u, and y.
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Thursday 7 May: Questions
Practise creating questions correctly using question marks.
Practice activities:
- Punctuation marks [PDF]: Use the punctuation marks correctly in the sentences.
- Sentences and questions [PDF]: Practise writing sentences using the correct punctuation.
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Year 1: Maths
Expand the sections below to explore resources related to each daily Maths lesson. For more Year 1 maths support, visit Maths: Age 5–6 (Year 1).
Monday 4 May: Number bonds
Explore part-whole relationships and number bonds.
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: Number bonds to 20
- Numicon: Number trio [PDF]
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Tuesday 5 May: Fact families
Explore fact families that link addition and subtraction.
- MyMaths: Number facts and doubles 1
- Numicon: Winning row [PDF]
- Cut-out calculations [PDF]: Cut out the cards and make calculations.
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Wednesday 6 May: Find parts
Add together and find parts of numbers.
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: Number bonds to 20
- Numicon: Adding pairs [PDF]
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Thursday 7 May: Count within 20
Add more to numbers and count on within 20.
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: Sums to 20
- Numicon: Race to 20 [PDF]
- Numicon: Number trays [PDF]
- Order from 11–20: Move the numbers into the correct order.
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Year 2: English
Expand the sections below to explore resources related to each daily English lesson. For more Year 2 English support, visit English: Age 6–7 (Year 2).
Monday 4 May: Phonics skills
Use phonics to develop vocabulary about the UK.
Practice activities:
- Phonics: What am I? [PDF]: Read the phonics clues to find the word.
- Phonics: Rhyming games [PDF]: Figure out the words based on rhymes.
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Tuesday 5 May: Commas in lists
Practise using commas in lists when writing statements.
Support:
- Commas [PDF]: Match the phrases to the correct use of the comma.
Wednesday 6 May: Long letter lists
Practise using long ladder letters in your writing.
Practice activities:
- Letters, words, and sentences [PDF]: Practise joining up letters.
- Writing letters [PDF]: Write the letters i, l, t, j, u, and y.
- Writing words [PDF]: Write words including the letters i, l, t, j, u, and y.
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Thursday 7 May: Questions
Practise creating questions correctly using question marks.
Practice activities:
- Punctuation marks [PDF]: Use the punctuation marks correctly in the sentences.
- Sentences and questions [PDF]: Practise writing sentences using the correct punctuation.
More support:
Year 2: Maths
Expand the sections below to explore resources related to each daily Maths lesson. For more Year 2 maths support, visit Maths: Age 6–7 (Year 2).
Monday 4 May: Fact families
Explore fact families that link addition and subtraction.
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: Number bonds to 20
- Numicon: Number trios [PDF]
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Tuesday 5 May: Comparing amounts
Your child will compare the value of two sums (for example, a + b > c + c).
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Wednesday 6 May: Related number facts
Your child will explore related number facts.
Practice activities:
- Numicon: 3 leaf clover [PDF]
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Thursday 7 May: Adding to a two-digit number
Your child will add ones to two-digit numbers (for example, 45 + 3).
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: Add single digits
- MyMaths: Subtract single digits
- Numicon: Number triangles [PDF]
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Year 3: English
Expand the sections below to explore resources related to each daily English lesson. For more Year 3 English support, visit English: Age 7–8 (Year 3).
Monday 4 May: Inverted commas
Practise using inverted commas to show speech.
Practice activities:
- Inverted commas [PDF]: Add inverted commas to the sentences to show when someone is speaking.
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Tuesday 5 May: Expanded noun phrases
Practise using expanded noun phrases.
Practice activities:
- Nouns and noun phrases (Super challenge) [PDF]: Classify and order the nouns.
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Wednesday 6 May: Recounts
Understand what a recount is – a non-fiction account of something that has happened.
Practice activities:
- My magic key adventure [PDF]: Imagine the magic key took you back in time. Write about it!
- Go back in time! [PDF]: Where would you go and why?
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Thursday 7 May: Similes and metaphors
Practise using similes and metaphors.
Practice activities:
- Simile pictures [PDF]: Write a simile to describe each picture.
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Year 3: Maths
Expand the sections below to explore resources related to each daily Maths lesson. For more Year 3 maths support, visit Maths: Age 7–8 (Year 3).
Monday 4 May: Pence and pounds
Practise converting pounds and pence.
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: Money calculations
- Numicon: Buying stationary [PDF]
- Missing numbers [PDF]: Fill in the missing numbers to complete the calculations.
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Tuesday 5 May: Adding money
Your child will learn to add money (without decimal points).
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: Using money
- Numicon: Comic book [PDF]
- Counting coins [PDF]: Cut out and add the coins together.
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Wednesday 6 May: Subtracting money
Your child will learn to subtract money (without decimal points).
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: Using money
- Numicon: Giving change [PDF]
- Shopping problems [PDF]: Practise using coins in word problems.
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Thursday 7 May: Multiply and dividing by 3
Your child will practise multiplying and dividing by 3.
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: 3 times tables
- Numicon: Carroll diagrams [PDF]
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Year 4: English
Expand the sections below to explore resources related to each daily English lesson. For more Year 4 English support, visit English: Age 8–9 (Year 4).
Monday 4 May: Paragraphs
Tuesday 5 May: Fronted adverbials
Wednesday 6 May: Coordinating conjunctions
Practise using coordinating conjunctions.
Practice activities:
- Conjunctions: Drag a conjunction into each gap to join the clauses.
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Thursday 7 May: Recounts
Practise writing a recount.
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Year 4: Maths
Expand the sections below to explore resources related to each daily Maths lesson. For more Year 4 maths support, visit Maths: Age 8–9 (Year 4).
Monday 4 May: Multiplying two-digit numbers
Your child will learn to multiply two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers.
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: Short multiplication
- Numicon: Going on holiday [PDF]
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Tuesday 5 May: Multiplying three-digit numbers
Your child will learn to multiply three-digit numbers by one-digit numbers.
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: More short multiplication
- Numicon: Buying drinks [PDF]
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Wednesday 6 May: Dividing two-digit numbers
Your child will learn to divide two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers.
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: Short division
- Numicon: Problem of the week [PDF]
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Thursday 7 May: Dividing three-digit numbers
Your child will learn to divide three-digit numbers by one-digit numbers.
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: Short division
- Numicon: Buying drinks [PDF]
- Numicon: Cinema trip [PDF]
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Year 5: English
Expand the sections below to explore resources related to each daily English lesson. For more Year 5 English support, visit English: Age 9–10 (Year 5).
Monday 4 May: Settings and context
Practise writing setting descriptions.
Practice activities:
- Be brave with words: Awesome antonyms [PDF]: Play with adjectives and words with opposite meanings.
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Tuesday 5 May: Prepositions
Use prepositions for effect in a setting description.
Practice activities:
- Cohesion [PDF]: Use conjuctions, adverbs, pronouns, and prepositions.
- Tenses, prepositions, and clauses [PDF]: Test your grammatical skills.
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Wednesday 6 May: Alliteration and onomatopoeia
Use alliteration and onomatopoeia in a setting description.
Practice activities:
- Onomatopoeia (1) [PDF]: Have you heard?
- Onomatopoeia (2) [PDF]: What do you hear?
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Thursday 7 May: Personification
Year 5: Maths
Expand the sections below to explore resources related to each daily Maths lesson. For more Year 5 maths support, visit Maths: Age 9–10 (Year 5).
Monday 4 May: Grid/area method of multiplication
Your child will practise using the area model and grid method to multiply numbers.
Practice activities:
- Numicon: Shoe show [PDF]
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Tuesday 5 May: Multiplying two- and four-digit numbers
Your child will practise multiplication using formal method up to 4 digits × 2 digits.
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: Long multiplication
- Numicon: Cafe crowd [PDF]
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Wednesday 6 May: Short division and remainders
Practise short division with remainders, including interpreting remainders in contexts.
Practice resources:
- MyMaths: Interpreting remainders
- Numicon: Ribbon shapes [PDF]
- Numicon: Family holiday [PDF]
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Thursday 7 May: Area and perimeter
Your child will learn to measure and calculate perimeter.
Practice resources:
- MyMaths: Perimeter
- Numicon: Garden design [PDF]
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Year 6: English
Expand the sections below to explore resources related to each daily English lesson. For more Year 6 English support, visit English: Age 10–11 (Year 6).
Monday 4 May: Settings and context
Practise writing setting descriptions.
Practice activities:
- Be brave with words: Awesome antonyms [PDF]: Play with adjectives and words with opposite meanings.
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Tuesday 5 May: Personification
Wednesday 6 May: Relative clauses
Use relative clauses to add detail to a setting description.
Practice activities:
- Be brave with words: Awesome antonyms [PDF]: Play with adjectives and words with opposite meanings.
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Thursday 7 May: Subordinating conjunctions
Use subordinating conjunctions effectively in a setting description.
Practice activities:
- Conjunctions: Drag a conjunction into each gap to join the clauses.
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Year 6: Maths
Expand the sections below to explore resources related to each daily Maths lesson. For more Year 6 maths support, visit Maths: Age 10–11 (Year 6).
Monday 4 May: Simplify fractions
Simplify fractions using knowledge of common factors.
Practice resources:
- MyMaths: Ordering and simplifying fractions
- Numicon: Quiz team scores [PDF]
- Simplifying fractions [PDF]: Practise simplifying and calculating with fractions.
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Tuesday 5 May: Compare fractions
Compare and order fractions.
Practice activities:
- MyMaths: Ordering and simplifying fractions
- Numicon: Rainfall [PDF]
- Numicon: Fraction shade [PDF]
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Wednesday 6 May: Fraction calculations
Add and subtract fractions.
Practice resources:
- MyMaths: Adding and subtracting fractions
- Numicon: Weekly activities [PDF]
- Numicon: Fraction designs [PDF]
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Thursday 7 May: Mixed numbers
Add and subtract mixed numbers.
Practice resources:
- MyMaths: Mixed numbers
- Numicon: Fraction spin [PDF]
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