KeyboardingTwo

Beginning the week of October 12th, fourth grade students will be engaged in a series of keyboarding lessons. The emphasis is on correct posture, proper finger placement on the home row keys and correct reaches to other keys from the home row. Nightly keyboarding homework will be assigned and will be given to students in a printed document in class. If the homework sheet is lost, it may be downloaded from the bottom of this page. Lessons may be learned or practiced at home also by visiting @http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing. We will be completing each level and stage in chronological order.

 Homework should be completed on the student's own page on this wiki. Please see the directions below. If you are unable to use the wiki for some reason, you may print your homework and turn it in to your homeroom teacher. Please remember to put your name on it. If your child is struggling with keyboarding homework, please allow them to spend 15 minutes on the assignment, using the correct fingers on the correct keys, and submit what they have completed.

To use the wiki:
 * 1)  Sign in to the wiki. If you aren’t prompted right away for a user name and password, you may have to click the sign in link in the top right corner.
 * 2)  Type the user name and password you were given in class.
 * 3) After you have logged in, click the link for your homeroom located on the left.
 * 4) Click the link for your user name.
 * 5) Click “Edit This Page” at the top. MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN PAGE.
 * 6) Type a heading for the name of the lesson so I’ll know which homework it is. For example, Home Row Lesson One, or E and I Lesson Two. Tap the Return key.
 * 7) Type your homework. Remember to tap the return key after each line that you see on the homework sheet. Please don’t erase existing homework. Type the newest homework above the oldest homework.
 * 8) Click the Save button.
 * 9) For security purposes, remember to click the Sign Out link at the top of the web page.

 Lesson One **//(due 10/13)//** > Lesson Two **//(due 10/15)//** > Lesson Three **//(due 10/18)//**
 * Introduction to the wiki
 * Proper keyboarding posture, learn home row keys
 * Practice using wiki by beginning homework in class
 * [|Download lesson one homework here – Home Row Lesson One]
 * Review home row
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Introduction to Dance Mat Typing
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Level One, Stage One on Dance Mat
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learn E and I
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Level One, Stage Two on Dance Mat
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Download lesson two homework here - e and i Lesson Two]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Review e and i
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learn r and u
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Level One, Stage Three on Dance Mat
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learn t and y
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Level Two, Stage Four on Dance Mat
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Download lesson three homework here - r, u, t, y Lesson Three]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lesson Four **//(due 10/19)//**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Review r u t and y
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learn w and o
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Level Two, Stage Five on Dance Mat
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learn q and p
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Level Two, Stage Six on Dance Mat
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Download lesson four homework here - w 0 q p Lesson Four]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lesson Five **//(due 10/20)//**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Review w o q and p
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learn v and m
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Level Three, Stage Seven on Dance Mat
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learn b and n
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Level Three, Stage Eight on Dance Mat
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Download lesson five homework here - v m b n Lesson Five]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lesson Six **//(due 10/22)//**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Review v m b and n
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learn c ,
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Level Three, Stage Nine on Dance Mat
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learn x z '
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Level Four, Stage Ten on Dance Mat
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Download lesson six homework here - c, x z ' Lesson Six]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lesson Seven
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Review c, x z '
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learn /.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Level Four, Stage Eleven on Dance Mat
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Learn shift keys
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Level Four, Stage Twelve on Dance Mat
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Download lesson seven homework here - shift keys Lesson Seven]