Lesson 2: Sending an email

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Computing systems and networks 2: Emailing >
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Lesson 2: Sending an email

Learning objective

To understand what emails are and how to send one.

Success criteria

I can log

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National curriculum

Computing

Pupils should be

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Cross-curricular links

English

Writing – composition

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Ask the children to create a mind map to show everything they learnt about communicating with technology in the last lesson.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Should have adult support when typing their email address to log in; could have a printed copy of the recipient’s (the teacher’s) email address in front of them to copy.

Pupils working at greater depth

Should think of a variety of questions to ask the recipient and consider the tone of voice in their email.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: understanding how to log

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Vocabulary definitions

domain

The online location or hosting website that the email address belongs to.
email

Electronic-mail which allows us to send messages and files from one account to another over a network.

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In this unit

Assessment - Computing Y3: Emailing

Lesson 1: Communicating with technology

Lesson 2: Sending an email

Lesson 3: Adding attachments

Lesson 4: Be kind online

Lesson 5: Fake emails

Originally created by:

Cat Lamin

Computing specialist

Cat is a former primary school teacher with 12 years of teaching experience. She has a passion for coding and computer science and specialises in supporting teachers who are getting started on their journey into using technology in the classroom. In 2017 she…

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