Category: 3rd Grade

Typing Practice Before the Break

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Lesson Objectives:

  • Maintain proper posture for keyboarding
  • Learn about the Home Row keys
  • Practice finger reaches for the Home Row

Word Wall:
[glossary]Accuracy[/glossary], [glossary]Home Row[/glossary], [glossary]Keyboarding[/glossary], [glossary]Posture[/glossary], [glossary]Words Per Minute[/glossary]

Student Directions:

  1. Go to TypingTraining.com
  2. Login with your Student ID Number for both the Username and Password
  3. You have been assigned 4 Activities that must be done 3 times each.
  4. Complete all 4 activites and you may have free time on the Keyboarding Links at the bottom of the page.

Google Searches & The Home Row

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Lesson Objectives:

  • Practice Google Searches using and, or & vs.
  • Begin learning the Home Row keys

Word Wall:
[glossary]Accuracy[/glossary], [glossary]Home Row[/glossary], [glossary]Keyboarding[/glossary], [glossary]Posture[/glossary], [glossary]Words Per Minute[/glossary]

Student Directions:

  1. Go to Google.com
  2. Click on Images at the top in the black.
  3. Search for Lemons, search for Oranges
  4. Search for Lemons and Oranges, search for Lemons or Oranges
  5. Click on Search in the black
  6. Type Orange vs. Doughnut
  7. Go to TypingTraining.com
  8. Login with your Student ID Number for both the Username and Password
  9. Work on the Left Index Finger & Right Index Finger lessons

 

TypingTraining – Pre-Test

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Lesson Objectives:

  • Take yet another typing pre-test
  • Begin to learn how to touch type correctly

Word Wall:
[glossary]Accuracy[/glossary], [glossary]Home Row[/glossary], [glossary]Keyboarding[/glossary], [glossary]Words Per Minute[/glossary]

Student Directions:

  1. Go to TypingTraining.com
  2. Login with your Student ID Number for both the Username and Password
  3. Choose a Coach
  4. “Let’s Measure Your Speed” click on Next at the bottom
  5. Pick a topic that interests you, them an exercise
  6. Complete the test and click the I’m Done button
  7. View your results and click Next, you must complete 3 exercises 

After you have finished the 3 exercises you may go back to Mr.Errico.net and play any of the keyboarding games at the bottom of the page.

TypingClub.com Pre-Test

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Lesson Objectives:

  • Take a typing pre-test
  • Begin to learn how to touch type correctly

Word Wall:
[glossary]Accuracy[/glossary], [glossary]Home Row[/glossary], [glossary]Words Per Minute[/glossary]

Student Directions:

  1. Go to the TypingClub website
  2. Select Lesson 36
  3. When the Jumping Ahead message comes up, click Continue
  4. Complete the typing test.
  5. Record your accuracy and WPM speed on the sheet of paper
  6. Type in your accuracy and WPM in the TMES – 5th Grade – Typing Pre-Test Google form
  7. Return to the TypingClub website, start with Lesson 1 and work your way to Lesson 2, Lesson, 3, etc.