Scams and phishing are the focus of this Grade 5 Computer Science worksheet for digital citizenship. Students learn how to recognize suspicious messages, pop-ups, and emails, use key vocabulary correctly, and decide what safe actions to take when they are unsure whether a message is real. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}

Recognize the warning signs

The lesson builds practical awareness around the terms scam, phishing, suspicious, and fraud. Students identify common warning signs that may appear in digital messages and consider why those clues can signal a possible risk. They also practise matching phishing clues with the meaning or danger each clue represents.

Rather than stopping at vocabulary recognition, students explain appropriate responses when something online seems suspicious. This keeps the focus on both identifying a possible scam and knowing how to react safely when a message, email, or pop-up does not seem trustworthy.

Practice through varied activities

The worksheet includes multiple-choice questions, true-or-false items, short-answer responses, a dialogue, matching, a cloze passage, a labeled diagram, a reading passage, and an essay. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1} These formats let students identify clues, interpret scenarios, explain safe choices, connect vocabulary with meaning, and communicate their reasoning in different ways.

What students work with

• Scam and phishing vocabulary: using important terms correctly in context.
• Suspicious messages: noticing warning signs in emails, messages, and pop-ups.
• Safe responses: explaining what to do when a message may not be real.
• Phishing clues: matching signs with the risk or meaning they suggest.

Teacher support is included

A separate Teacher Guide PDF provides learning objectives, teaching tips, discussion questions, and common mistakes. :contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2} This gives teachers support for introducing the concepts, prompting discussion, and addressing misunderstandings while students work through the digital citizenship lesson.

Easy to use in a Grade 5 lesson

Use the worksheet after introducing online safety vocabulary, during guided practice, for independent work, homework, or as a review of phishing and scam awareness. The dialogue, reading passage, labeled diagram, and written responses also provide opportunities for students to talk through suspicious situations and explain why a particular response is safer.

This resource gives students focused practice with an everyday digital citizenship skill: noticing possible scam or phishing clues and thinking carefully before responding to suspicious online content.