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Digital Life · Ages 8+ · Set A
Reading a web address
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Remember: The real name comes before the first slash. A padlock is not proof. If you are unsure, ask a grown-up.

The twins, Moose and the reading club

Read the story first. Then answer. Addresses are read in words.

The golden bookmarkRosa and Rafa wanted to join the school reading club, but Moose the dog ate the bottom of the paper with the address on it. Rafa typed the club's name and tapped the first page. It had a golden bookmark and a padlock. Rosa read the long address bar slowly: "free books now dot com slash sunny hill school." Mom drew a house on an envelope. "The name before the first slash is the house," she said. "Everything after it is a room. Anyone can name a room anything." The school's real address was sunny hill school dot org. "A padlock keeps the line private," said Mom, "but it does not prove a site is honest." They asked Ms Okoye for the right address, and she sent it in the school's own message.
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In this address, which part names whose site it is?
🏠free books now dot com🏫sunny hill school🔒the padlock
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A padlock proves that a site is honest.
TrueFalse
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Read from the end. Who owns 'sunny hill school dot org dot join now dot com'?
🏫The school🔗join now dot com🐕Moose the dog
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The real name comes before the first .
slashpadlockbookmark

Same site or different?

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The school is sunny hill school dot org. Circle every address that is the same site.
📗reading dot sunny hill school dot org📄sunny hill school dot org slash reading🎁sunny hill school dash prizes dot org🌐sunny hill school dot com
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Number what the twins did.
  • The real page opens and Mom saves a bookmark
  • Mom explains the house and the rooms
  • Rosa reads the address bar slowly
  • They ask Ms Okoye for the right address
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Why did Mom hold up a sealed envelope?
📮To mail a letter✍️To show a seal proves who wrote the letter🔒To show a padlock keeps the line private but does not say who wrote it
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A link in a message looks odd. What do you do?
🤞Tap it to see🙋Stop, do not tap, and ask a grown-up✍️Type your name to check
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Fix the mistake. Rafa says: 'It has a padlock, so it must be the school's page.' What is better?
🎓Padlocks mean a school owns it🔖Check the golden bookmark🔒The padlock only keeps the line private. Read the name and ask
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Stretch. In 'reading dot sunny hill school dot org slash clubs', which part is the house?
📗reading🏠sunny hill school dot org📄clubs
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Write what you will do when a link looks odd.
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Draw a house for a site's name, and rooms for its pages.
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Answer key · Set A
Reading a web address
1free books now dot com The real name comes before the first slash. Words after it only name a page, and anyone can type them.
2False A padlock keeps the line private, like a sealed envelope, but it does not say who wrote the letter.
3join now dot com Usually the last two chunks before the first slash name the owner. It looks like the school's name, but the owner is join now dot com.
4slash Everything after the first slash is a room in the house.
5reading dot sunny hill school dot org, sunny hill school dot org slash reading A word in front or after the slash is a room in the same house. An extra word or a different ending can be a different site.
64, 2, 1, 3 They read first, then asked the school for the real address, and saved a bookmark.
7To show a padlock keeps the line private but does not say who wrote it A sealed envelope keeps a letter from being read on the way, but the seal does not say who wrote it.
8Stop, do not tap, and ask a grown-up Stop, read the name before the first slash, and show a grown-up. Do not tap or type anything to check.
9The padlock only keeps the line private. Read the name and ask A trickster can have a padlock too, so we never trust a padlock alone.
10sunny hill school dot org The house is the name before the first slash. Reading in front and clubs after are rooms.
11Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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