✉️ Goal
By the end of this worksheet, you’ll be able to send, read, and reply to a text message with confidence.
- Open Messages
- Find the green icon with a speech bubble.
- Tap it once to open.
✅ Check off when done: ⬜
- Start a New Message
- Tap the square-and-pencil button (usually top-right corner).
- In the “To:” box, type your own phone number or the name of a contact.
✅ Check off when done: ⬜
- Write Your First Text
- Tap in the message box at the bottom.
- Type: “Hello, this is my first text.”
- Tap the blue arrow to send.
✅ Check off when sent: ⬜
- Add an Emoji
- Tap the smiley face icon on the keyboard.
- Choose any emoji (😊, ❤️, 👍).
- Tap the blue arrow to send.
✅ Check off when sent: ⬜
- Send a Photo
- Tap the camera icon next to the text box.
- Choose “Take Photo” or “Photo Library.”
- Select a picture and tap Send.
✅ Check off when sent: ⬜
- Read a Message
- When you receive a reply, tap the conversation to open it.
- Read the bubble.
- If it’s blue → you sent it. If it’s gray → they sent it.
✅ Check off when done: ⬜
- Reply to a Message
- Tap in the box.
- Type a short reply like: “Got it, thank you!”
- Tap the blue arrow to send.
✅ Check off when sent: ⬜
🏆 Quick Confidence Challenge
- Send yourself a text saying: “Good morning!”
- Add one emoji to your message.
- Take a photo of something nearby and send it.
- Reply to your own text with: “All done!”
✅ If you completed these steps, you’ve mastered text messaging!