THIRD GRADE
Keyboarding Instruction
“Community” Of Keyboarders
Lesson 1
(45
minutes)
Objectives:
The students will:
 Review and practice finger placement on the home keys.
Technology Applications TEKS:
 126.2 (b)(2) (B) – Use proper keyboarding techniques such
as correct hand and body positions and smooth and
rhythmic keystroke patterns as grade-level appropriate.
 126.3 (b) (2) (C) - Demonstrate touch keyboarding
techniques for operating the alphabetic, numeric,
punctuation, and symbol keys as grade-level appropriate.
Materials:
 1 laminated keyboard per student (from `99-`00
Keyboarding Curriculum)
 Transparency of keyboard (from `99-`00 Keyboarding
Curriculum)
 Power Point slide of ASDF Hands (Consult the Technology
Assistant about where you can access the PowerPoint file.
A “hard copy” of the slide is located in the Resources
section, p.3.R.1. )
 Practice Activity Electronic Template, Lesson 1, p.3.1.4
1. Classroom Activity
20 minutes
a) Hold up your fingers to review the finger names as
“right hand” – first finger (index finger), second
finger, third finger, fourth finger and thumb; “left
hand” – first finger (index finger), second finger,
third finger, fourth finger, and thumb. Practice
with students, repeating as often as necessary.
b) Use the keyboard transparency to review the correct
finger placement for the home row keys. Point out
that the letters on the keyboard are upper case
letters, but will appear lower case when typed.
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c) Slowly place each finger on the home row keys while
calling out the finger name as well as the letter
name.
d) Tell the students to watch the teacher's finger
using the presentation station as it strikes each
key and returns to the home row position. Repeat
several times.
e) Instruct students to strike keys with quick, sharp
strokes – as if the keys were hot.
f) Hand out the laminated keyboards. Tell students to
strike each key on their keyboard as you call it out
several times, returning to the home row position
after each strike. Your voice should be loud and
sharp (cutting words off quickly). Tell them that
this procedure is known as “touch keyboarding”.
g) Call aloud the same keys and instruct students to
press the space bar (with the right thumb) after
each key, such as “d, space, d, space, d, space…”
with students striking keys immediately after each
key is called. Demonstrate this first and then have
students do it.
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2. Multimedia Classroom Activity (Practice)
20 minutes
a) On the presentation station, display the Power Point
slide with the picture of the ASDF Hands from the
Lesson 1 practice activity. Draw students’ attention
to the picture on the presentation station. Point
out the words that are written on each of the
fingers. Ask students to identify the significance
of each of the words – i.e. they start with the
letters of the home row keys. Tell students that
these silly phrases can help them remember the
letters on the home row keys. Have students practice
chanting the silly phrases.
b) Give directions for the Practice Activity, Lesson 1.
Direct students to type the Tab to move from one
typing field to another (gray box.)
Call out the letters and spacings on the first two
lines of the Practice Activity so that the students
can practice their pacing and begin to develop a
steady rhythm.
c) Before students begin the independent portion of the
Practice Activity, instruct them to simultaneously
strike a key as they say the key to themselves.
3. Closure and Reflection Activity (Journal)
5 minutes
Have students write and illustrate the silly phrases
that correspond to the letters of the home row keys.
A silly dancing frog (A,S,D,F)
Jazzy kangaroo’s little semi (J,K,L,;)
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