Lesson 2
Sending Email (K-2)
Common Sense Education Lesson
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This video will model the lesson for you.
This video will model the lesson for you.
Materials and Preparation
Materials and Preparation
• Copy the Emails in Print Student Handout, one for every two students, or conduct a brief email exchange with another teacher at school and print out a string of at least three messages to show to students.
• Copy the Emails in Print Student Handout, one for every two students, or conduct a brief email exchange with another teacher at school and print out a string of at least three messages to show to students.
• Paper, blank labels or nametags, and markers or crayons
• Paper, blank labels or nametags, and markers or crayons
• Access to school email network
• Access to school email network
Sending Email Teacher Handout
Sending Email Teacher Handout
k-2-unit1-sendingemail.pdfSending Email Student Assessment
Sending Email Student Assessment
sendingemail.pdfEssential Question
Essential Question
How do you connect with others through email?
How do you connect with others through email?
Lesson Overview
Lesson Overview
Students explore how they can use email to communicate with real people within their schools, families, and communities. After discussing the different ways they can send messages to other people, students observe an email exchange between teachers on paper. Students then participate in an imaginative role-play that helps them envision how messages are transmitted between people over the Internet
Students explore how they can use email to communicate with real people within their schools, families, and communities. After discussing the different ways they can send messages to other people, students observe an email exchange between teachers on paper. Students then participate in an imaginative role-play that helps them envision how messages are transmitted between people over the Internet
Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Students will be able to ...
Students will be able to ...
• understand that the Internet provides a means of communicating with real people.
• understand that the Internet provides a means of communicating with real people.
• describe how email messages are sent and received.
• describe how email messages are sent and received.
• demonstrate an appreciation of how real people send messages to one another on the Internet through a role-playing activity
• demonstrate an appreciation of how real people send messages to one another on the Internet through a role-playing activity
Key Vocabulary
Key Vocabulary
Message: something you want to tell or ask another person
Message: something you want to tell or ask another person
Email: an electronic message; a letter you send through the Internet
Email: an electronic message; a letter you send through the Internet
Internet: a worldwide network that connects people using computers, phones, or other devices
Internet: a worldwide network that connects people using computers, phones, or other devices
WARM-UP
WARM-UP
DEFINE
DEFINE
Vocabulary term message.
Vocabulary term message.
ASK
ASK
To whom do you send messages? Who sends messages to you?
To whom do you send messages? Who sends messages to you?
What kinds of messages do you need to send other people?
What kinds of messages do you need to send other people?
What are some ways that you send and receive messages?
What are some ways that you send and receive messages?
Have you heard of email?
Have you heard of email?
Do you have an email account?
Do you have an email account?
]Do other members of your family have an email account?
]Do other members of your family have an email account?
Have you ever sent or received an email?
Have you ever sent or received an email?
How do you think email works?
How do you think email works?
DEFINE
DEFINE
Vocabulary term email, and encourage students to discuss the idea that email is one way to send and receive messages.
Vocabulary term email, and encourage students to discuss the idea that email is one way to send and receive messages.
Teach 1
Teach 1
Sending a Message (15 minutes)
Sending a Message (15 minutes)
DISCUSS
DISCUSS
An email is a message that travels through the Internet. It travels from the computer of
An email is a message that travels through the Internet. It travels from the computer of
the person who sends it to the computer of the person who receives it. Have students describe how they might
the person who sends it to the computer of the person who receives it. Have students describe how they might
like to use email to connect with other people they know.
like to use email to connect with other people they know.
DEFINE
DEFINE
Vocabulary term Internet.
Vocabulary term Internet.
CREATE
CREATE
In an area of your classroom that is distinct from other areas – a rug area, or an area you set off using
In an area of your classroom that is distinct from other areas – a rug area, or an area you set off using
floor tape or other barriers.
floor tape or other barriers.
ARRANGE
ARRANGE
Put students in small groups and distribute paper, blank nametags, and markers or crayons. Have one
Put students in small groups and distribute paper, blank nametags, and markers or crayons. Have one
group make a sign that says Internet and place it in the rug area. Have other groups make sets of nametags with
group make a sign that says Internet and place it in the rug area. Have other groups make sets of nametags with
each of the following words: send, receive, and email. There should be enough sets for each student in your
each of the following words: send, receive, and email. There should be enough sets for each student in your
classroom to wear one nametag. (For example, if there are 24 students in your class, you should have eight
classroom to wear one nametag. (For example, if there are 24 students in your class, you should have eight
nametags with each word.)
nametags with each word.)
CHOOSE three volunteers and complete the following steps.
CHOOSE three volunteers and complete the following steps.
1. Present two of the students with the send and receive nametags and have them stand just outside the
1. Present two of the students with the send and receive nametags and have them stand just outside the
Internet area, on opposite sides. Tell them to imagine they are in different classrooms.
Internet area, on opposite sides. Tell them to imagine they are in different classrooms.
2. Instruct the “send” student to write a brief message (which can be as simple as “Hello”) for the
2. Instruct the “send” student to write a brief message (which can be as simple as “Hello”) for the
“receive” student.
“receive” student.
3. Present the third student with the email nametag. Have that student pick up the message from “send”
3. Present the third student with the email nametag. Have that student pick up the message from “send”
and deliver it to “receive.”
and deliver it to “receive.”
4. Ask the “receive” student to read the message aloud.
4. Ask the “receive” student to read the message aloud.
5. Repeat the activity with new volunteers. Invent new scenarios for the role-play, such as the following
5. Repeat the activity with new volunteers. Invent new scenarios for the role-play, such as the following
(or invite students to come up with their own):
(or invite students to come up with their own):
• Sending a message to a family member at home
• Sending a message to a family member at home
• Sending a message to a friend about an after-school plan
• Sending a message to a friend about an after-school plan
• Sending a message to a relative in another town or country
• Sending a message to a relative in another town or country
PRESENT
PRESENT
Scenario: I’d like to tell (name a teacher in another classroom) some
Scenario: I’d like to tell (name a teacher in another classroom) some
important news. I can’t go and tell him/her now, because I am teaching in this room.
important news. I can’t go and tell him/her now, because I am teaching in this room.
ASK
ASK
How will I get the message to her/him? Students may suggest using a cell phone to call or text, or
How will I get the message to her/him? Students may suggest using a cell phone to call or text, or
sending a student with a written note. They may also suggest
sending a student with a written note. They may also suggest
the computer or email.
the computer or email.
ENCOURAGE
ENCOURAGE
Discuss how through email you can use a computer to send the news to your colleague
Discuss how through email you can use a computer to send the news to your colleague
when he or she is somewhere else. Using email, you can send messages to people without being in the same
when he or she is somewhere else. Using email, you can send messages to people without being in the same
place, and without seeing them or talking to them on the phone.
place, and without seeing them or talking to them on the phone.
Teach 2
Teach 2
Traveling the Internet (20 minutes)
Traveling the Internet (20 minutes)
DISTRIBUTE
DISTRIBUTE
Emails in Print Student Handout, which shows an email exchange between two teachers. Read aloud the exchange between the two teachers.
Emails in Print Student Handout, which shows an email exchange between two teachers. Read aloud the exchange between the two teachers.
ASK
ASK
Which message was sent first?
Which message was sent first?
Who sent the third message? Who received it?
Who sent the third message? Who received it?
INVITE
INVITE
Students watch you type a brief email message to another teacher, fill in the recipient and subject information, and click the button to send it.
Students watch you type a brief email message to another teacher, fill in the recipient and subject information, and click the button to send it.
ASK
ASK
How could I send a message to a different teacher in our school? To our principal? To the nurse?
How could I send a message to a different teacher in our school? To our principal? To the nurse?
Can you send a message to a family member at home or at work? Can you send a message to a friend who lives in another town, or even another country?
Can you send a message to a family member at home or at work? Can you send a message to a friend who lives in another town, or even another country?
Closing
Closing
Wrap-up (5 minutes)
Wrap-up (5 minutes)
You can use these questions to assess your students’ understanding of the lesson objectives.
You can use these questions to assess your students’ understanding of the lesson objectives.
ASK
ASK
What is an email?
What is an email?
What happens when you send an email?
What happens when you send an email?
Who should you ask before creating and sending an email?
Who should you ask before creating and sending an email?
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