4th Grade Keyboarding Homework

Please practice keyboarding for 20 to 30 minutes a day. You may use keyboarding software you already have, a keyboarding Web Site or open a word processing program and use the lines below to practice. Please remember to always use proper fingering when practicing.

 

Keyboarding Web Sites

Please remember to always use proper fingering when practicing. When you are playing a keyboarding game, don't be tempted to use improper fingering.

goodtyping.com
freetypinggame.net
powertyping.com

 

Practice Lines

To use these practice lines:

1: Open your word processing program.
2: Come back to this Web Page and select the lines to practice. Go to Edit and Copy.
3: Go to your word processing program and go to Edit and Paste.
4: Practice typing the lines you pasted. Make up new words using the letters you have learned and practice typing those new words.

Remember to use your right little finger to reach for the Enter/Return key and the Backspace/Delete key. Your fingers need to remain on the home row keys as much as possible.

    Practice q, z and question mark(?)

     

    a q a q aq aq qa qa quit quit;

    aqua aqua quad quad quip quip;

    square equal quart quote equip

    a z a z az az za za zero zero;

    zoo zoo zero zero dizzy dizzy

    real cozy; too lazy; to zigzag

    ; ? ; ? ;? ;? ?; ?; Why? When?

    What? Who is it? Is it true?

    Did she call? What day is it?

     

    aq zq ;q ;? V? b? q, qz qg qCy

    ?h ?i ?r qZ eq qn ?u ?p ?w qz?

    av ;z, ;vs vfv xte axn dxl sv; w,

    When did Raquel quit the team?

    How quickly did Quint qualify?

    Zack Martinez went to the zoo.

    Zo was amazed by the lazy pup.

    Was Liza puzzled by the speed?

    Why did Zoey question the squad?

    Practice Paragraph

    Break the habit of looking from the copy to the monitor and down at your hands. Looking away from the copy will keep you from building up your speed and becoming a better keyboarder. Keeping your eyes on the copy is your goal. When you look from the copy to check the monitor you lose your place and waste time trying to find it again. Lost time can lower your speed. So do not look away.

    Practice Sentences

    Anna Adams ate an apple and banana.
    Bobby Bubbage bobbled the baseball.
    Chuck checked on the cute raccoons.
    Don decided to hide the old fiddle.
    He thinks it may rise three feet.
    I shot fifty free throws on Friday.
    Gregg, Glenda, and Gus were guests.
    Here is the other half of the hymn.
    I picked Illinois, Idaho, and Iowa.
    Jess, Joy, and Jane just saw Jerry.
    Jo kept her Snickers in a backpack.
    Bill left the will with the lawyer.

    I sent the minimum amount of money.
    Nan left at noon on the nineteenth.
    Don and Tom took two books to read.
    Paul asked Pat to pass the pickled peppers.
    Robert came after Richard left.
    Stan sold us his second season pass.
    Trent went to Seattle to see Brent.
    That music museum is really unusual.
    Eva had over seventy vivid violets.
    Will knew we had two weeks of work.
    Rex Xiong explained the excise tax.
    Joy and I may buy the keys in July.

     

       

       

Reporting Absences

You may report your child's absences as follows:
*By calling 687-1700, between 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
*By writing a note
*By e-mail

Please report your child's name, grade and teacher, date of absence, the reason for the absence and your name and relationship to the child.

District policy states that absences must be cleared within 72 hours after student returns to school. If no notification is received, the absence will be considered a truancy.