Typing - Keyboarding Semester Course - 3rd & 4th Grade FLEX
In this complete comprehensive keyboarding curriculum semester course students will begin with the basics of a computer, learn the keys to type, cross-curricular vocabulary and then progress to typing stories and reports.
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Assessment
The teacher will provide feedback to learners on the Outschool classroom page, based on their typing skills task, projects and activities. Students will receive a completion certificate at the end of the course.Class Experience
NO LIVE MEETINGS - FLEXIBLE COURSE
In this complete comprehensive keyboarding curriculum semester course students will begin with the basics of a computer, learn the keys to type, cross-curricular vocabulary and then progress to typing stories and reports.
Learn to type the correct way! Help to improve your typing skills for essays, lessons, stories, assignments, coding and more.
Accuracy and Proper Technique is our #1 Priority
In this complete comprehensive keyboarding curriculum semester course students will begin with the basics of a computer, learn the keys to type, cross-curricular vocabulary and then progress to typing stories and reports. Students will build the foundation of correct typing techniques by learning all the letter keys, punctuation, utilizing all ten fingers. Students will receive a certificate of completion.
Week 1
Computer Basics
The Computer Basics unit teaches students the basics of technology, including the parts of a computer, how to click and scroll using a mouse, and proper behavior for working in a computer lab.
💻 Lesson 1 - Parts of a Computer -Defining Hardware Components
💻 Lesson 2 - What Makes a Computer Run - Defining Software Components
💻 Lesson 3 - Using a Mouse - Identifying the Parts of a Mouse Practicing Using a Mouse
💻 Lesson 4 - Computer Lab Rules - Practicing Proper Technology Etiquette
Digital Citizenship
The Digital Citizenship unit teaches students the basics of appropriately and safely using technology, including rules for acceptable online behavior, cyberbullying, email manners, and more.
💻 Lesson 1 - Surfing Safely - Understanding Important Internet Safety
💻 Lesson 2 - Cyber Safety - Recognizing the Dangers of Cyberbullying
💻 Lesson 3 - Online Behavior - Practicing Proper Online Behavior
💻 Lesson 4 - Email Rules and Manners - Identifying the Parts on an Email Practicing Email Etiquette
💻 Lesson 5 - Internet Search Tips - Understanding Search Engines Searching Efficiently Identifying Information Sources and Plagiarism
Week 2
Learning to Type
The Learning to Type unit introduces students to proper touch typing technique, posture, and finger placement on the keyboard. So that students develop good keyboarding habits, it is essential that students learn these techniques from the onset of beginning the keyboarding lessons.
💻 Lesson 1 - Why Should I Learn to Type? - Identifying Benefits of Typing
💻 Lesson 2 - Where Do My Fingers Go? - Identifying Home Row Keys Demonstrating Proper Finger Placement
💻 Lesson 3 - How Do I Sit? - Verbal and Nonverbal Communication Developing Writing Skills Collaboration and Teamwork
💻 Lesson 4 - Where Should I Look? - Identifying Where to Look When Typing
💻 Lesson 5 - Tips for Timed Tests - Preparing for Timed Tests Developing Speed and Accuracy Skills
💻 Lesson 6 - How to Improve your Speed and Accuracy - Improving Speed and Accuracy Skills Reviewing Typing Basics
Letters & Common Symbols
The Letters & Common Symbols unit introduces students to touch typing using a grade-appropriate, letter-by-letter approach. The clearly structured and sequential curriculum teaches each new key on the home row and middle row one letter at a time and includes targeted practice of each new key learned.
💻 Lesson 1 - F, J, and Space Bar
💻 Lesson 2 - D and K Keys
💻 Lesson 3 - S and L Keys
💻 Lesson 4 - A and Semicolon (;) Keys
💻 Lesson 5 - H and G Keys
💻 Lesson 6 - Apostrophe (') and Enter Keys
💻 Lesson 7 - Middle Row Review
Week 3 - TOP ROW KEYS
Letters & Common Symbols
The Letters & Common Symbols unit introduces students to touch typing using a grade-appropriate, letter-by-letter approach. The clearly structured and sequential curriculum teaches each new key on the home row and middle row one letter at a time and includes targeted practice of each new key learned.
💻 Lesson 8 - U and R Keys
💻 Lesson 9 - . I and E Keys
💻 Lesson 10 - O and W Keys
💻 Lesson 11 - P and Q Keys
💻 Lesson 12 - Y and T Keys
💻 Lesson 13 - Top Row Review Words
💻 Lesson 14 - Review All Keys Learned
Week 4 - BOTTOM ROW KEYS
Letters & Common Symbols
The Letters & Common Symbols unit introduces students to touch typing using a grade-appropriate, letter-by-letter approach. The clearly structured and sequential curriculum teaches each new key on the home row and middle row one letter at a time and includes targeted practice of each new key learned.
💻 Lesson 15 - M and V Keys
💻 Lesson 16 - Comma (,) and C Keys
💻 Lesson 17 - Period (.) and X Keys
💻 Lesson 18 - . Z Key
💻 Lesson 19 - N and B Keys
💻 Lesson 20 - . Bottom Row Review Words
💻 Lesson 21 - Review Middle, Top, and Bottom Rows
💻 Timed Typing Assessment
Week 5 - TYPING WORDS WITH ALL ROWS - Words & Sentences
💻 Lesson 1 - The ABC's
💻 Lesson 2 - Word Patterns
💻 Lesson 3 - The 50 Most Common Words
💻 Lesson 4 - The Next 50 Most Common Words
💻 Lesson 5 - Number Words
💻 Lesson 6 - Two Letter Words
💻 Lesson 7 - Fruits and Veggies
Week 6 - TYPING CAPITAL LETTERS
💻 Lesson 8 - Right Hand Capitals on Middle Row
💻 Lesson 9 - Left Hand Capitals on the Middle Row
💻 Lesson 10 - Right Hand Capitals on Top Row
💻 Lesson 11 - Left Hand Capitals on the Top Row
💻 Lesson 12 - Right Hand Capitals on Bottom Row
💻 Lesson 13 - Left Hand Capitals on the Bottom Row
💻 Lesson 14 - Capital Letters Review
Week 7 - TYPING COMPLETE SENTENCES
💻 Lesson 15 - Sentences With Questions
💻 Lesson 16 - Rhyming Sentences
💻 Lesson 17 - Geography Facts
💻 Lesson 18 - Plural Words in Sentences
💻 Lesson 19 - Proper Nouns in Sentences
💻 Lesson 20 - Numbers & Letters Review
Week 8 - LEARNING NUMBERS
💻 Lesson 1 - 5 and 6 Keys
💻 Lesson 2 - 4 and 7 Keys
💻 Lesson 3 - 3 and 8 Keys
💻 Lesson 4 - 2 and 9 Keys
💻 Lesson 5 - 1 and 0 (Zero) Keys
💻 Lesson 6 - Review All Numbers Learned
💻 REVIEW OF ALPHABETIC & NUMERIC KEYS
Week 9 - Alphabetic & Number Keys Review
💻 Lesson 1 - Practice Home Row Keys
💻 Lesson 2 - Practice Rhyming Words
💻 Lesson 3 - Practice Bottom Row Words
💻 Lesson 4 - Left and Right Hand Reaches
💻 Lesson 5 - Math Terms
💻 Lesson 6 - Famous Places and Landmarks
💻 Lesson 7 - Famous People
💻 Lesson 8 - Famous Addresses
💻 Lesson 9 - Ice Cream
💻 Lesson 10 - Cyberbullying
💻 Lesson 11 - Post- Assessment
Technology has improved our lives in many ways. Students began using technology at a young age, unfortunately bad keyboarding habits developed during those times. It is crucial that students learn touch typing the correct way early, to avoid repeating bad touch typing / keyboarding habits. It takes a lot of practice to learn to type. Everyone learns to type at their own unique pace and speed. Not all students will be working on the exact same lesson during class. This is a live class but it is an individual student paced.
The course will consist of short lectures, demonstrations, and individual work.
**WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS CLASS?:
- Students with no computer keyboard experience (or very little) who want to learn the basics
- Students with some keyboard experience who want to improve their skills and understanding
**REQUIRED READING, WRITING, and COMPUTER SKILLS:
- Able to use a computer mouse/trackpad
- Recognize all 26 letters of the English alphabet (lowercase and uppercase)
- Understand that letters are combined to form words, and words are combined to form sentences
- Understand basic sentence structure - starts with uppercase letter, spaces between words, ends with punctuation mark
- NOTE: It is NOT necessary for learners to be able to fluently read every word or sentence shown to them in this class. Images will appear on all typing pages to assist with understanding and the teacher will read each word/sentence aloud also.
**TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS:
- A laptop or desktop computer is REQUIRED for typing in this class. (No tablets, please!)
NOTE to Parents: Students will need assistance set up their typing account. Instructions will be available upon enrollment.
All students learn at their level of comfort and pace. Accuracy is most important at this level.Learning Goals
Students will learn the basics of a computer, learn the keys to type, cross-curricular vocabulary and then progress to typing creative stories and reports.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Students at this young age very often need adult assistance using a computer/keyboard. Since this is a virtual, flex class and the teacher is obviously not present in the same room as the learner. This class will utilize Nearpod for some of our lessons, each student will receive a Nearpod code to join the interactive lessons for the class, we will not use Nearpod for each lesson. This class using edutyping.com, each student will receive their unique username and password prior to class.
PDF instructions will be sent to parents after enrolling explaining how to set up devices for the learner.
Supply List
Students will need access to the internet.
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1 teacher has a teaching certificate
Arkansas Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education
1 teacher has a Graduate degree
Master's Degree in Education from Arkansas State University
Master's Degree in Education from Arkansas State University
1 teacher has a Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's Degree in Science from Arkansas State University
Apples2Zippers Learning Academy teachers are licensed and certified instructors with over 30 years of combined experience in the classroom. 🔗 https://outschool.com/teachers/apples2zippers?usid=22phBPHs&signup=true&authTrigger=follow_teacher&utm_campaign=share_leader_link
🍎 Mrs. Adamson - Hello, my name is Mrs. Adamson, I am the owner and founder of Apples2Zippers Learning Academy organization on Outschool. I have been teaching for 20 years. I am a state certified and licensed teacher PreK - 12th grade. I am licensed and certified educator in Business Technology & Business Education, Special Education Instructional Specialist, Family & Consumer Sciences, and a graduate of the Career and Technical Education Leadership Academy and ESL Instructor and certifications in TEFL/TESL/TESOL. I am also an entrepreneur, small business owner, travel agent, W!SE Financial Literacy Instructor, Serv-Safe Instructor, and I hold a Master's Degree in Education and a Bachelor's Degree in Radiology Health Management. I am an advocate of Career and Technical Education (CTE), life skill classes that are designed to provide students the knowledge and skills necessary for everyday living.
🍎 Mrs. Lauren - I'm a K-8 certified teacher in the state of Michigan and have been a teacher since 2011. I have a Masters degree in Teaching and Curriculum with an Educational Technology concentration and a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education. Both degrees are from Michigan State University. I'm also a Google Certified Educator, both Levels 1 and 2.
I taught K-8 Computer and PreK-5 Library classes at a private school in southeast Michigan from 2016-2021. In my teaching career, I also have experience in middle school Math and English Language Arts, along with the general elementary classroom. On Outschool, I have taught various technology classes since summer 2020, including typing/keyboarding, Google Slides design, and coding.
I'm very passionate about technology in education and I love teaching young students about all sorts of tech programs and skills - typing and word processing, slide shows and other presentations, graphic design, spreadsheets, website creation, video editing, coding, and more. My goal is to help students build new tech skills, apply them in creative ways, and have lots of fun while learning!
🍎Mrs. Sarah D. - Hello! My name is Mrs. Sarah D and I specialize in Business classes for the Apples2Zippers organization on Outschool. I'm a K-12 certified teacher in the state of Pennsylvania and have been a teacher since 2010. I hold a Masters Business Education and am currently a PhD candidate in Instructional Management and Leadership. I'm also a Microsoft Innovative Educator.
I currently teach Business and Computer Science classes in a public high school in south western Pennsylvania. I currently teach Intro to Business, Personal Finance, Sports and Entertainment Management and Marketing, International Business, Information Technology I and II (A+ and Network+). I have also taught Accounting, Web Design, and Intro to Coding.
I am a second career teacher, prior to teaching I worked in finance before following my true passion. In addition to teaching I also coach boys and girls volleyball. I love learning and really enjoy helping my students and players realize what they are truly capable of doing. Whether it is learning typing skills, the 4 P's or how to serve a ball, there is nothing more fulfilling than seeing them enjoy the sense of accomplishment.
🍎Mrs. Lisa T. - Hello, my name is Mrs. Lisa and I'm an experienced educator with a diverse background. My areas of expertise and certification include Kindergarten through 6th grade teacher, 7th and 8th grade all four core areas, Gifted and Talented Teacher and Director of Education, Special Education Grades 4 through 12 specialist as well as building principal for PreK through 8th grade. During Covid shutdowns and quarantines I discovered that my students and I loved the online platform. I taught in a one to one school. Every student had a laptop as well as a school hotspot if their family asked for one. I chose not to do the minimum "office hours" as my school required. I felt this did not meet my students' needs. I ran an online classroom during regular school hours as well as recorded the class for those students who were unable to connect with us or needed to hear the lesson more than once. My experience as a principal resulted in greatly improved learning for all students. The gifted students improved as well as those with learning disabilities. I believe in high expectations for all. High expectations that are attainable
🍎Mrs. Pope - Hello! My name is Mrs. Pope and I specialize in Typing classes for the Apples2Zippers organization on Outschool.
I am a certified K-12 teacher in the state of Pennsylvania and have been teaching since 2018. I hold a bachelor's degree in Spanish Education and am currently working on my master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction.
I have teaching experience in elementary, middle, and high school. I currently teach Spanish at the high school level. I enjoy teaching students of all ages and watching them grow and learn. I am very passionate about teaching in general and want to help students learn valuable life skills such as typing to help them succeed in the future.
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Live Group Class
$15
weekly or $135 for 9 weeks9 weeks
Completed by 1 learner
No live video meetings
Ages: 7-10
