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Lesson One – Shop Signs
This computing teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to practise changing the size of the text that has been used in word processed documents to make a range of signs to display in different shops found in the local area.
The class can explain and model how to type the text for some of the signs that might be displayed in a specific shop such as a bakery or greengrocers.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise changing the size of the text that has been used in word processed documents to make a range of signs to display in different shops found in the local area
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify vocabulary wording that can match the names different shops found in the local area, a set of cards to practise typing and altering the text size to match the names of shops and a template to model how to edit and change the size of the text used for a sign in a specific type of shop.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to change the size of text in word processed documents to make signs for different shops in the local area.
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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