Type to Learn, Jr. Teacher's Guide.pdf

The Home RowMaterials:Skills:The Big Key (p.65), red and purple crayons ormarkersrecognizing key positions★ Have nine children model the key positions of the homerow.★ Make nine copies of The Big Key.★ Help students write one letter on each key. Color the a, s, d,f, and g keys “red.” Color h, j, k, and l keys “purple.”★ Ask the children to stand in front of the class in any order,holding their key letter in front of them.★ Have volunteers in the class give directions to help thechildren arrange themselves in keyboard order.★ After the row is ordered correctly (a, s, d, f, g, h, j, k, l) discusswhy some of the letters are red and some are purple(you type the red letters with your left hand and the purpleletters with your right hand.)★ Challenge students to think of words that can be typedusing only these letters. As suggestions are offered, havethe children model typing the letters by bending theirknees and calling out their letters.★ Some words that can be typed using only the home roware: sad, dad, fad, had, lad, has, ask, ash.Type to Learn Jr.67