Keyboard and Typing Skills
Kindergarten - Proper posture, hand, and body. Place the correct fingers on the home row keys. Use a mouse to click and drag. Log in to the school email.
1st Grade - Place correct fingers on the home row keys. Use a mouse to click and drag. Use action keys, space, enter, shift, etc. Use the shift keys to make capital letters. Log in to the school email.
2nd Grade - Place correct fingers on the home row keys. Use the action keys, space, enter, shift, etc. Use the enter and return keys to create spaces. Type sentences with two hands while occasionally looking down at the keyboard. Log in to the school email.
3rd Grade - Press the shift key to make capitals and symbols. Uses proper keyboarding technique for each letter by using capitalization and punctuation. Type without looking at the keyboard to build accuracy and fluency. Log in to the school email.
4th Grade - Use a mouse to choose from a drop-down menu, scroll through text & manipulate objects. Type all text in a document without looking at the keyboard. Use proper finger positions and techniques for each letter of the alphabet.
5th Grade - Continue to build upon the skills listed above, and build accuracy with keyboarding. Should be able to type 8-11 words per minute.