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General Information for Parents:
Practicing Keyboarding at Home
January
Practice Calendar Jan.
Calendar Larger Version
December
Practice Calendar Dec.
Calendar Larger Version
November
Keyboarding Practice Calendar Nov.
Calendar Larger Version
October
Keyboarding Practice Calendar Oct.
Calendar Larger Version
All students should practice their
keyboarding regularly. Students in grades 3-6 have been assigned this calendar
to record their practice times. They may practice using their own keyboarding
software, the web sites listed below or the practice sheets that are
available in our classroom as well as below. Students who do not have regular
access to a computer should use the practice sheets with a stand alone keyboard
(available from Ms. Pierce-Fortin).
 UltraKey
Lesson Practice Sheets 
These practice sheets directly align with the lessons and quizzes the students
are doing at school.
The first link opens as a web page which you can print directly or copy and
paste into your own word processing program to format as you wish.
The second link is a Word document, which is formatted and ready to print.
If you do not have MS Word, you
can download a free Word Viewer here.
This free download will let you view, print and copy Word documents, even if you
don't have Word installed.
Lesson 1 Lesson 1 as Word Document
Lesson 2(all capitals)
Lesson 2 as Word
Document (all capitals)
Lesson 2 (lowercase
& capitals) Lesson 2 as Word Document (lowercase
& capitals)
Lesson 3 Lesson 3 as Word Document
Lesson 4 Lesson 4 as Word Document
Lesson 5 Lesson 5 as Word Document
Lesson 6 Lesson 6 as Word Document
Lesson 7 Lesson 7 as Word Document
Lesson 8 Lesson 8 as Word Document
Lesson 9 Lesson 9 as Word Document
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= best for beginning students
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Keyboard
Jigsaw Puzzles
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12
Piece Color Coded Keyboard Puzzle 12 piece color coded puzzle.exe
Choose Open to play. Right click on the puzzle piece to rotate
it. Left click and drag to move the puzzle piece.
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44
Piece Color Coded Keyboard Puzzle (very challenging)
44 piece color coded puzzle.exe
Choose Open to play. Right click on the puzzle piece to rotate
it. Left click and drag to move the puzzle piece.
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Other
Keyboarding Sites of Interest
Keyboarding
Tips for Students http://www.bytesoflearning.com/UltraKey/HTTKB/Tips.htm
Keyboarding
Software Reviews http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/typing/
Any keyboarding program will help your child as long as they use it regularly.
Choose anything that motivates your child. Frequent short practice
sessions are better than infrequent long sessions. Stress fluency and
keyboarding with good posture and without looking at the keys. Speed will come
after fluency and familiarity, after repeated practice.
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Learn
the Keys http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm
Your job is to put a keyboard back together. You can click and drag letters to
their correct places. Only the letters in the right spots will stay! Choose the
keyboard design you like below and click on it to begin.
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Dance
Mat Typing http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Dance Mat Typing is an introduction to touch typing for children aged 7 - 11
years. Each of the 4 levels are divided into 3 stages. The games use the Flash
plug-in - if your computer doesn't have Flash, you can find information on how
to download it below, or you can play the alternative interactive versions
available at each stage. Worksheets are available for each stage that can be
printed out and used offline with a typewriter or computer. Flash
Info
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Practice
your keyboarding online at Nimble
Fingers http://www.nimblefingers.com/index.html
Features of this website include:
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online
typing tutorials to learn the basic keystrokes. http://www.nimblefingers.com/index_1.html
The online tutorials will give you error counts and words-per-minute
scores. |
| Then use Flash Cards to build typing speed
and accuracy. |
| Exercises for your finger and limbs for
healthy typing. |
| Or have fun exploring this huge web site
with interesting challenges and lots of typing tips and tricks. |
| FREE web
downloads permit customizing the program to meet your keyboarding
needs. This unique
typing program features the “Little Professor” as your private
instructor. He introduces the keys one at a time, analyzes errors,
offers suggestions, and may even send you back to the classroom. The
program contains interesting keyboard and numeric pad exercises, timed
writings and flash cards to develop your typing ability. |
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Peter's
Online Typing Course
http://www.typing-lessons.org/
A set of free online typing lessons and typing exercises
beginning with the home keys.
PowerTyping
http://www.powertyping.com/
Online
lessons to learn the keys and games for building speed. Will give you scores for
words-per-minute and errors-per-minute.
Keyboarding Practice http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/cjh/appliedtech/Business/Keyboarding/Index.html
Practice drills online or print out and practice in your word processor.
Sense-lang.org http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/
Free Program that lets you exercise and learn Touch Typing. Practice online
or download the program to do offline. Builds slowly, two keys at a time. Also includes numeric keypad practice,
games and a timed test to use when user has learned all of the finger positions,
as well as the option to paste in your own text to practice typing.
Site description: For the most part, practicing will be with words having a
meaning. But at first, to get used to touch-typing, we will practice the lessons
with random text (up to Lesson 7). Use the lessons only for the beginning to
gradually get used to touch-typing. Please understand that the real practice is
with meaningful words and that you don't learn a lot from practicing random
text.
To practice real words, copy a text from anywhere (sites, word processor, etc.)
and paste your text inside the text box by clicking the right mouse button and
selecting "paste".
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Games
to Build Speed that are Modifiable
Choose a
difficulty level (speed) and choose the letters to practice before playing each
of these games. Lesson 1 is homerow only so everyone can play these games.
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Keyboard
Revolution http://www.freetypinggame.net/play15.asp
Get
your fingers ready for the groove and type your favorite dancing moves. Fun
characters will show off your skills. Find your favorite dance tune to play
along.
**Keyboard
Triathlon http://www.freetypinggame.net/play12.asp
3
Timed events test your knowledge of the keyboard. Are you up to the challenge?
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The
Frogs are off Their Diet http://www.freetypinggame.net/play3.asp
Type
the words before the frogs eat the letters. Bonus points for bugs.
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Save
the Sailboat Race http://www.freetypinggame.net/play1.asp
Falling
letters are ruining the sailboat race. Type the words or groups of letters
before they run into the boats.
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Outerspace
Fleet Commander http://www.freetypinggame.net/play2.asp
Outerspace
letter aliens are stopping your ships from flying through the galaxy. Type the
words or group of letters before they run into your ships. Words with
multipliers earn more points.
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Desert
Typing Racer http://www.freetypinggame.net/play14.asp
Looking
for adventure? Like the thrill of driving down the highway at supersonic speeds
and jumping over cars in your way? Let's play!
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Trick
or Type http://www.freetypinggame.net/play17.asp
The
Trick or Treat Ghosts want candy. Help them collect candy by typing the words or
characters dropping from the sky. Try not to be too scared!
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Meteor
Typing Blast http://www.freetypinggame.net/play11.asp
Flying
Meteors and UFOs are coming at your spaceship from every direction. Use your
typing skills to blast them out of the universe!
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Spacebar
Invaders http://www.freetypinggame.net/play9.asp
Strange
creatures are wiggling their way down from space. Stop them by typing. The more
you type the faster they get. Bonus points for UFOs!
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Martian
City Defender http://www.freetypinggame.net/play13.asp
Flying
laser beams are trying to destroy the Martian Colony. Defend the colony and save
the little green aliens! Watch out for the letter drops in bonus rounds.
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Advanced
Speed
Builders - You must know all the correct finger positions to play the
following games.
Typer
Shark -http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=typershark
This
program will not teach you the keys, it will just let you practice your
keyboarding to build speed. You must already know all of the finger positions. Zap
sharks and piranha as you dive for sunken treasure! Improve your typing speed while
having fun!
There
are 3 options. A free online version, a downloadable trial version or the full
game which must be purchased but then can be played without being online.
Cup
Stacking Game Typing Game
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/cup_stacking.htm
Helps
build speed. You must know all the keys. Type the black letters shown on the
stacking cups.
Krazy
Keys http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/krazy_keyz.htm
Type
the alphabet (in ABC order) in the fastest time possible. Ask a parent if you
may submit your name (first name only or nickname) and score to see if you make
it to the Hall of Fame.
The
Typing of the Ghosts http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/ghost_typing.htm
The
ghosts are coming! Type quickly to destroy them! Use both hands and all ten
fingers
to practice your speed typing as your type words to destroy the ghosts in this
Halloween typing game. You must know all of the keys.
Type Type Revolution http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/type_type_revolution.htm
Practice speed with this game. You must know all the letters. Type the
letters as they pass through the bar. Pick your song, adjust your difficulty
level.
Bubbles Typing Game http://www.typingmaster.com/individuals/bubbles.asp
Push your typing skills to their limits by playing this popular online typing
game that works in any Java(TM) 1.1 compatible web browser. Your target is to
burst the rising bubbles by pressing the character shown in them. The more
bubbles you burst, the better score your score. Practice letters or numbers or
both. Option to practice the number keypad.
Foggies Typing Game http://www.powertyping.com/fog/foggies.html
Pick a song and speed level. Type words as they appear. You must know all the
keys.
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