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Elementary
Keyboarding
6th
Grade Assessment
Elementary
Core Curriculum
3rd
grade keyboarding
4th
grade keyboarding
5th
grade keyboarding
6th
grade keyboarding
Secondary
Core Curriculum
7-12
Keyboarding 1
7-12
Keyboarding Applications
Keyboarading
Improvement
USOE
Keyboarding in Utah
Additional
Resources
Keyboarding
Resources
Easy Typing Games
Typing
Football
Touch Typing
Typing Colors and Shapes (K-1)
KBK
Book Changes
Lessons
3-15
Lessons 3-19
Lesson 43-4
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Kindergarten
- Second Grade Keyboarding Recommendations
Teach
K-2 students to:
- Use
left hand right hand correctly.
- Use
the shift key to capitalize.
- Use
the space bar between words. (reinforce 1 space)
- Use
the space bar after puncutation. (1 space after periods)
Third
Grade Keyboarding Recommendations
Using
a classroom set of AlphaSmarts,
students will receive a minimum of 30 minutes of instruction, four days
a week for five consecutive weeks. Teachers will use Keyboard Chatter
Lesson Plans to provide the instuction.
Keyboard Chatter - A 20-lesson
plan for teaching children to "chat with the computer" through
touch typing, by Susan and Randy Boothe, Copyright 1998.
(Includes drill sheets, poster masters, music cd, game masters, evaluation
charts, technique evaluation forms, etc.)
$228 (first copy per school), $114 (each additional copy per school).
Spectrum Publishing, 935 East 1160 South, Spanish Fork, UT 84660,
(801) 798-6997 or email Susan
Boothe.
Fourth
Grade Keyboarding Recommendations
Using
a classroom set of AlphaSmarts,
students will receive keyboarding instructions 15-20 minutes, twice
a week. Keyboard Craze Lesson Plans will be used to provide
the instruction.
Keyboard
Craze - A 70-Lesson Plan for Helping Children
Build Speed and Accuracy on the Keyboard, by Randy and Susan Boothe,
Copyright 2001.
(Separated into seven lesson groups--technique review, alphabet review,
high frequency words, high frequency phrases, speedbuilding, number
keypad, and composition; includes drill sheets, poster masters, music
cd. methods reminders, etc.)
$246 (first copy per school), $123 (each additional copy per school).
Spectrum Publishing, 935 East 1160 South, Spanish Fork, UT 84660,
(801) 798-6997 or email Susan
Boothe.
Fifth
and Sixth Grade Keyboarding Recommendations
Using the
computer lab or AlphaSmarts,
students will receive keyboarding instruction 15-20 minutes, twice a
week. Keyboarding For Kids books will be used to provide the
instruction. Teachers may also use the Keyboarding For Kids software
package if they desire. Speedbuilding drills should be used and timings
should be given at this level.
Keyboarding
For Kids - Is self-paced
and individualized: by grade level, by reading level, from slow learners
to fast learners. KBK is textbook based where the students have a goal,
a score to beat, and a time limit. Scores the meet the accuracy standard
are automaticaly saved to a Goal/Progress Report which can be printed
periodically if desired.
KBK Renewal Information
Purchasing Your Site License - Network Version $75.00
a year (minimum purchase of two years $150.00). Internet Version for
OSX $119.10 a year (minimum purchase of two years $238.20). Please indicate
whether you are renewing the Network Version or the Internet Version.
Send your P.O. to:
Ellsworth Publication Company
P.O. Box 6727
Chandler, AZ 85246
Phone: (888) 963-4817
Fax: (480) 963-4502
| Contact Kathy
Miller for Keyboarding questions 567-8759 or your Area Curriculum
Technology Specialists |
For
more information visit the KBK
website
Ways to practice keyboarding
in the classroom with the AlphaSmarts.
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