3rd Grade Keyboarding
Learning Target:
- Today I will practice my typing
- Using academic vocabulary (wpm, accuracy, home row)
- So that I can type sentences and paragraphs quickly.
- I'll know I've got it when I can sit up straight, press keys with correct fingers, return fingers to home row, and keep my eyes on the screen.
Our Motto: Train hard to succeed!
Show that you know proper keyboarding posture and hand position
Take a Typing Test and record your results in your Typing Log. Go slow enough that you can type at least 90% of the words correctly. Speed will come later.
Set your timer for 20 minutes. Choose one of the three options below to practice your keyboarding skills. Don't skip lessons!
Get a Stopwatch like this or make your own! At: Online Stopwatch |
Don't forget to set the timer!
Remember:
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After you have practiced you may visit any of these keyboarding games:
Do you know these keys?
- Enter key - use when double-click doesn't work to open an icon
- Backspace key - deletes to the left, one character at a time
- Delete key - deletes to the right, one character at a time
- Space bar - use to put a space between words, after commas, periods, question marks, and exclamation points.
- Shift key - hold down to make a capital letter
- Caps Lock - press to turn off if shift key doesn't work to make a capital letter
- Escape key - use to exit full screen when watching a video (the get me out-of-here key)
- Tab - use to indent a paragraph or move between cells in a spreadsheet
- Alt + F4 - use to exit a program
- Ctrl + Z - use to undo
- Flying Windows key - use to show or hide the Start Menu