Week 4 – Typing Continued

What We are Learning: Strategies for increasing speed while learning to type

Program We are using: Mavis Beacon

Word of the Week: strike

Challenge: What is the difference between “striking” a key and “pressing” a key? When you strike a key, you use force and quickness. Students demonstrate and feel the difference between slowing pressing a key and quickly striking it. They take a lesson where they slowly press keys and then another when they throw their fingers forcefully at the keys. They compare the results. Students take four typing lessons where they focus on striking a key purposefully.

Verse of the Day: Whatever you do, do it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not men. Colossians 3:23

Week 3 – Typing Drills

What We are Learning: How to increase speed and accuracy while typing with the correct fingers.

Program We are Using: Mavis Beacon

Challenge: Students work on using the home row, along with e, i, g, and h. Each student is allowed to work at his or her own pace. They complete typing drills and play typing games to improve each week.

Week 2 – Home Row Keys

What We are Learning: Students learn the correct way to sit at the computer when typing, and how to place their fingers on the home row keys.

Program We are Using: Mavis Beacon

Vocabulary Word of the Week: QWERTY Keyboard

Challenge: Start with the first 5 – 6 drills in Mavis Beacon and work to type a, s, d, f, j, k, l, ; without looking at the keys. Students are starting the process of typing by feeling rather than typing by seeing. They complete lessons, drills, and typing games to learn those eight letters along with the spacebar this week.

Week 1 – Second Semester – Typing Pre-Test

What We are Learning: Introduction to Typing

How to Navigate to Word: Start – All Programs – Microsoft Office – Microsoft Word

Vocabulary Words of the Week: Shift and CAPS Lock

Challenge: Students will be taking aPre-Test to check their current typing speed and accuracy. They are typing a paragraph about the new year and keeping the paragraph for future reference. Students will be able to compare their typing skills today to their skills after learning the correct way to type. Students also discuss common keys to confuse such as CAPS Lock and Shift, Backspace and Delete, Comma and Period, Semicolon and Colon.