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Lesson Three – Road Signs

This computing teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explain and model how to use the shift key on a computer keyboard to type different punctuation marks for use in a range of road signs that can be found around a city.
The class can suggest how a pedestrian or vehicle might act after seeing one of the different signs along a city road such as a speed or advertisement sign.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explain and model how to use the shift key on a computer keyboard to type different punctuation marks for use in a range of road signs that can be found around a city
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to explain the meaning of different signs that might be found along a road in a city and describe the function of different keyboard buttons used when typing documents and a template to practise using the shift key to type special characters for different signs that might be found along a road in a city.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to use the shift key to type different punctuation marks for use in a range of road signs found in a city.
This lesson is part of a computing scheme of work to get the children to practise and refine skills in formatting and editing text in word processed documents to make different signs suitable for a range of locations in a city. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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