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Year 1

Lesson 5 Developing keyboard skills

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Learners will begin by opening a file they have previously created. They will demonstrate their ability to use a keyboard to edit text, by writing a sentence and then deleting letters. They will also use the keyboard arrow keys to move the text cursor in their text box.

Learning objectives

To use the keyboard to edit text

  • I can open my work from a file
  • I can use the arrow keys to move the cursor
  • I can delete letters

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