Thursday, Jan. 29th- 8th Grade- Keyboarding- Part 3

	Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 01-29-2015

Teacher:	Witkowski
Lesson/Unit Topic:	Keyboarding- Module 2- Alphabetic keys- Part 3
Standards:	1.1 Implement proper keyboarding technique 1.2 Introduce Alphabetic keys

“I Can…” Statement	Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can learn how to properly type. Typing Test next Tuesday, Feb. 3rd	Students use the new typing method.

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)

Qwerty keyboard, technique, alphabetic keys, touch method of typing, posture, pinky (little finger), ring finger, middle finger, index finger, thumb, wrist, the copy The COPY is whatever you are typing. It is to the right of you unless you are left-handed. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vorontsov_ Palace_Apollo_Belvedere_the_copy_of_the_Leohars_work_IMG_3618_1725.jpg

Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

Bellringer: 1. You need a pen or pencil. 2. You need to have wclassroom up. 3. You need to open your typing document and minimize it.

Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students (Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)

Guided Practice Miss W will review: @Touch-method of typing technique @ Correct finger placement for the home keys @ Proper Keyboarding Posture and Technique Independent Exercise: 1 Students will learn the proper finger placement for touch typing by looking on page 52 and coloring the correct colors for each finger on the QWERTY keyboard. 2. Students will take a typing test at http://www.typingtest.com to get their beginning words per minute. 3. On the bottom of the first page write:     Home keys ASDF    JKL;    then draw a picture of a home 4. Students will participate in a team exercise-    Proper Typing Skit- students will act out the improper way to type                                    and then act out the proper way to type.    Make sure to include all of the Posture and Technique bullets and    the Work Area Arrangement bullets. 5. Open a new Word document and save it with the title Typing. Practice understanding daily Bell ringer exercises. 6. On the bottom of the second page write: -Eyes should look at the copy (what you are copying) NOT the keyboard. - When a person is keying copy the hands and arms should remain relatively stationary. They should not move much. 7. Students will label the different types of fingers, index (blue), middle(red), ring(green) and pinky (yellow) and color them so they match the QWERTY keyboard finger positions. 8. In teams students will answer the Posture and Technique Review questions on the last page. 9. Students will evaluate themselves and another student using the Posture and Technique Check List and will list 2 items they need to improve. 10. All students will log in to Achieve 3000 https://login.achieve3000.com/ Miss W will get helpers for Friday. 11. If time: Student will complete learning style survey.

Higher Order Thinking Questions

How can typing faster help you in college and on your job?

Student Technology/Differentiation

The typing unit is taught with all three learning styles. Fingers and keys are associated with colors and are demonstrated on huge visual keyboard (visual), students color keys and practice typing game (kinesthetic) and students are given (verbal) instructions.

Closure Strategy

Exit Activity:Students will practice touch typing the home row keys with a game called HomeKeys Kennys.         Remember- Do NOT look at the keys while playing. Try your best to click on the keys from memory.http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games/homekey-kennys.html