Keyboarding

Keyboarding for Elementary

Research shows...

• When students are fluent in keyboarding they spend more effort thinking about their ideas and arguments, and tend to write longer passages.
• Fluency occurs when you can type 50 wpm or better.
• 5th grade students handwrite 17 wpm; hunt & peck 12 wpm
• 1 semester, 3x week, 15 - 20 minutes = 15 - 30 wpm
• Grades 1 & 2: keyboard familiarity
  • letters, numbers, space bar, punctuation
  • posture and finger placement
• Grades 3 - 5: supervised practice
  • Goal of 20 wpm or better
  • Students encouraged to practice at home
    • Grade 3, 5-10 wpm
    • Grade 4, 10-15 wpm
    • Grade 5, 15-20 wpm