Keyboarding for Modern Typing (Beginners) Ages 5-10

This 5-week FLEX (pre-recorded) typing course can be done on the learner’s own time (assignments are posted in the Outschool classroom every Monday at 9am Eastern). PARENTAL GUIDANCE will be necessary (to one degree or another, depending on learner-age and speed with which the learners grasp new concepts). 

This course is intended to be a “beginners” course for this age group. After this course, the learners can continue to practice the typing games we do in this course and improve accuracy and speed on their own (potentially without further coursework). They can also choose to take my 8-week typing/keyboarding course when they are of age (that course is for ages 9-13 and is intended to bring learners from beginners through advanced level). I also have a new Keyboarding 2 class for extra practice.

BENEFITS of flex format with Nearpod:
*type the drills at your own pace
*parents and teachers can monitor activity slides/drills
*can break the lesson up as you see fit (doesn't have to be done all in one sitting - just start where you left off in Nearpod)

ASSIGNMENTS:
*Weekly lesson video (this is me instructing the drills and activities) 
*Nearpod activity slides/drills (matching games,  mini quizzes)
*Typing games each week that match the skills taught that week (learners should play games several times per week for practice)

 

SYLLABUS:

Week 1:
1.	Homerow, space bar, shift keys
2.	Homerow letters: ASDFGHJKL;’
3.	Keyboard chart: match fingers with correct keys
4.	How to use an “apostrophe”
5.	Word drill 


Week 2:
1.	Shift key for capital letters and characters
2.	Return/Enter key
3.	Review homerow keys: ASDFGHJKL;’
4.	New letter drills: ENUTROCI
5.	Word drills

Week 3:
1.	Caps Lock key
2.	Backspace key
3.	Review letters: ASDFGHJKLENUTROCI
4.	New letter drills: PVWMBY
5.	Word drill
6.	Sentence drill
Extra assignment: send me a 1-2 min video of your fingers typing during a game (so that I can monitor correct finger placement)

Week 4: 
1.	Delete key
2.	Review previous letters
3.	New letter and character drills: ZQX!.,’@”$#&*
4.	Word drill
5.	Sentence/character drill

Week 5:
1.	Numbers: 1234567890
2.	Sentence drill
3.	Create your own sentences
4.	Create your own paragraph
5.	Type from dictation (I talk, you type!)
6.	Typing speed test