**This is a relatively new class but you can see more 5 STAR REVIEWS on my flex keyboarding class, which is the same material as this live class**

Give your learner the gift of typing-efficiency for the rest of their lives! This 8-week course will bring learners from beginner thru intermediate typing skills. The first few weeks will be devoted to learning the keyboard (the various function of the keys as well as letter and word drills), then we will transition into sentence and paragraph drills as they begin to memorize where the keys are located and which finger should strike each key/letter. I will assign practice games between classes specific to the skills/keys we worked on during the lesson that week. 

This class will be taught using interactive slides on Nearpod.com to do drills. I will demonstrate letter-drills by moving my webcam so that the learners can see my hands and keyboard. It is important that they know how to match up the correct finger with each letter so that good habits develop at the start. The drills will be broken up with various activities such as memory games, virtual field trips and jokes on the Nearpod slides. This gives their brains a break in between learning each set of keys so the letters do not "run together" in their minds!


Here is a breakdown of the curriculum, week by week:

Week 1: 
1. Discuss the color-coded keyboard chart and intro to the keyboard.
2. Discuss proper arm, finger placement, and timing.
3. Learn home row keys (ASDFGHJKL:") through letter- and word- drills and games.
4. Learn how to use the "Space bar".
5. Time to Climb contest 
6. Typing game
Assignment: Print the keyboard chart (and color it if you do not have a color printer).

Week 2:
1. Learn how to use the "Shift" key.
2. Learn letters (ENUTROCI) using letter- and word- drills and games.
3. Review home row keys. 
4. Time to Climb contest
5. Typing game

Week 3:
1. Learn how to use the  "Enter/Return"  and "Down arrow" keys.
2. Learn how to use the "Caps lock" key.
3. Learn how to use the "Backspace" and "Back arrow" keys.
4. Learn letters (PVWMBYGH) using letter- and word- drills and games.
5. Review home row letters, ASDFGHJKL;, and letters ENUTROCI.
6. Time to Climb contest
7. Typing game

Week 4:
1. Learn how to use the "Delete" and "Insert" keys.
2. Learn letters and characters (ZQX ! . , ' ") using letter- and word- drills and games.
3. Time to Climb contest
4. Speed typing test (3 minute speed test).

Week 5:
1. Tab Key
2. Numbers: 1234567890
3. Characters: ; : - _ ( ) +=* & $ % @ # / ? <>
4. Sentence drills
5. Time to Climb contest
6. Typing game

Week 6:
1. Warm-up: type sentences with characters.
2. Sentence drill: more sophisticated sentences.
3. Type sentences about objects I hold up on the video (watch out for a "special guest"!)
4. Number keypad lesson and drills (the numbers to the right of the keyboard, don't worry if you don't have this keypad).
5. Time to Climb contest
6. Typing game

Week 7:
1. Type sentences from dictation (I talk, you type!).
2. Personal paragraph (copy a paragraph, filling in the blanks)
3. Paragraph drill.
4. Time to Climb contest
5. Typing game

Weeks 8:
1. Type a paragraph, practicing all skills and many characters.
2. Type a paragraph from dictation (I talk, you type!)
3. Create your own paragraph (tell me a story).
4. How to type a business letter.
5. Time to Climb contest
6. Final typing test!
Assignment: Send me a business letter in the Outschool classroom, under the week 8 post.