Tuesday, January 31st- 7th Grade- Typing Posture

Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 01-31-2017

Teacher:	Witkowski
Lesson/Unit Topic:	Keyboarding- Module 2- Alphabetic keys- Part 2
Standards:	1.1 Implement proper keyboarding technique 1.2 Introduce Alphabetic keys 1.3 Begin timed writings on Alphabetic keys 1a and 4f team work on posture skit

“I Can…” Statement	Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can type using good posture	Students use the new typing method.

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)

Typing Posture                                           http://www.rapidtyping.com/img/typing/typing-position-write-big.png

Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy

Bellringer: A. Get your typing packet out of the crate.

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

Guided Practice   Miss W will review: @ Proper Keyboarding Posture and Technique Independent Exercise:   @ 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.  @ 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. http://www.rapidtyping.com/typing-instructions.html @ Students will open and save the daily bellringer page. Type your name.  @ Students will complete the practice on page 5 by typing lines 1 and 2 (F and J)   @Learning the Home Row Keys  http://questgarden.com/152/55/6/121211160555/process.htm   @ Students will evaluate themselves and another student using the Posture and Technique Check List and will list 2 items they need to improve. @ In teams students will answer the Posture and Technique Review questions on last page. If you were absent on Monday: 1. Students will take a typing test at http://www.typingtest.com to get their beginning words per minute. 2. Students will learn proper finger placement for touch typing by looking on page 52 and coloring the correct colors for each finger on the QWERTY keyboard.   3. Why is the keyboard called a QWERTY keyboard? http://image.slidesharecdn.com/objective1-011-02-100205143106-phpapp02/95/objective-1-01-1-02-18-728.jpg?cb=1265380293 4. On the bottom of the first page write: Home keys ASDF    JKL;    draw a picture of a home because these are the home row keys   5. 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

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 1: Choose beginner if you are a slow typist http://www.freetypinggame.net/play9.asp   Exit Activity 2: 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