If you are a 7th Grade Student, click here: http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2015/01/friday-jan-30th-7th-grade-qwerty.html?_sm_au_=iVVqnB1qDFV0DjRf
If you are a 8th Grade Student, click here: http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2015/01/friday-jan-30th-8th-grade-qwerty.html?_sm_au_=iVVqnB1qDFV0DjRf
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Friday, Jan. 30th- 8th Grade- Qwerty keyboard
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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
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Date: 01-30-2015
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Teacher:
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Witkowski
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Lesson/Unit Topic:
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Qwerty Keyboard
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Standards:
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1.2 Introduce Alphabetic keys
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“I Can…” Statement
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Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
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I can learn how to properly type.
Typing Test next Tuesday, Feb. 3rd
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Students use the new typing method.
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Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
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Qwerty keyboard, technique, alphabetic keys, touch method of typing, posture, pinky (little finger), ring finger, middle finger, index finger, thumb, wrist, the copy
Alphabetic keys are keys with letters on them.
This is an example of a Japanese cell phone.
It is NOT a QWERTY keyboard. Why?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_input_methods
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Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
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Bellringer:
On page 5 type lines 1 and 2.
use your INDEX fingers for the F and J keys
use your THUMB for the space bar.
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Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
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Guided Practice
Miss W will review:
@ How to sign in to Achieve 3000
@ Go to your mail box and look for Witkowski OR type in the the title
Letters In, Numbers Out in the search box.
@ You need to complete the first 5 activities.
Independent Exercise:
1. Students will quietly complete the Achieve 3000 activities for the article:
Letters In, Numbers Out
2. @ You need to complete the first 5 activities.
3. On the back of your team work paper OR ON ANY PAPER,
draw the cell phone ad you described in the Achieve thought question.
Rubric for Cell phone ad:
50 points Creativity (picture is neatly drawn and colored)
50 points Accuracy (the QWERTY keyboard is correct)
Put YOUR NAME ON IT AND PUT in your folder when finished.
We will discuss on Monday.
4. Work on your extra credit vocabulary word search.
Make sure your name is on it. Put in your crate, Miss W will collect on Monday.
5. If you were absent complete all 4 pages of Qwerty keyboard packet.
Put in your crate, Miss W will collect on Monday.
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Higher Order Thinking Questions
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How can typing faster help you in college and on your job?
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Student Technology/Differentiation
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Students will read an Achieve 3000 article on the Qwerty keyboard.
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Closure Strategy
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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.
MUST GET TO LEVEL 3 FOR COOLMATH
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Friday, Jan. 30th- 7th Grade- Qwerty Keyboard
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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
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Date: 01-30-2015
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Teacher:
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Witkowski
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Lesson/Unit Topic:
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Qwerty Keyboard
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Standards:
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1.2 Introduce Alphabetic keys
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“I Can…” Statement
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Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
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I can learn how to properly type.
Typing Test next Tuesday, Feb. 3rd
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Students use the new typing method.
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Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
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Qwerty keyboard, technique, alphabetic keys, touch method of typing, posture, pinky (little finger), ring finger, middle finger, index finger, thumb, wrist, the copy
Alphabetic keys are keys with letters on them.
This is an example of a Japanese cell phone.
It is NOT a QWERTY keyboard. Why?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_input_methods
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Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
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Bellringer:
On page 5 type lines 1 and 2.
use your INDEX fingers for the F and J keys
use your THUMB for the space bar.
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Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students
(Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
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Guided Practice
Miss W will review:
@ How to sign in to Achieve 3000
@ Go to your mail box and look for Witkowski OR type in the the title
Letters In, Numbers Out in the search box.
@ You need to complete the first 5 activities.
Independent Exercise:
1. Students will quietly complete the Achieve 3000 activities for the article:
Letters In, Numbers Out
2. @ You need to complete the first 5 activities.
3. On the back of your team work paper OR ON ANY PAPER,
draw the cell phone ad you described in the Achieve thought question.
Rubric for Cell phone ad:
50 points Creativity (picture is neatly drawn and colored)
50 points Accuracy (the QWERTY keyboard is correct)
Put YOUR NAME ON IT AND PUT in your folder when finished.
We will discuss on Monday.
4. Work on your extra credit vocabulary word search.
Make sure your name is on it. Put in your crate, Miss W will collect on Monday.
5. If you were absent complete all 4 pages of Qwerty keyboard packet.
Put in your crate, Miss W will collect on Monday.
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Higher Order Thinking Questions
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How can typing faster help you in college and on your job?
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Student Technology/Differentiation
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Students will read an Achieve 3000 article on the Qwerty keyboard.
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Closure Strategy
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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.
MUST GET TO LEVEL 3 FOR COOLMATH
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Thursday, January 29th Short Cut Links
If you are a 7th Grade
Student, click here: http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2015/01/thursday-jan-29th-7th-grade-keyboarding.html
If you are a 8th Grade Student, click here: http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2015/01/thursday-jan-29th-8th-grade-keyboarding.html
If you are a 8th Grade Student, click here: http://wclassroom.blogspot.com/2015/01/thursday-jan-29th-8th-grade-keyboarding.html
Thursday, Jan. 29th- 8th Grade- Keyboarding- Part 3
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Archdale-Trinity Middle School
Lesson Plan
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Date: 01-29-2015
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Teacher:
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Witkowski
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Lesson/Unit Topic:
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Keyboarding- Module 2- Alphabetic keys- Part 3
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Standards:
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1.1 Implement proper keyboarding technique
1.2 Introduce Alphabetic keys
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“I Can…” Statement
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Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
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I can learn how to properly type.
Typing Test next Tuesday, Feb. 3rd
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Students use the new typing method.
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Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
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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
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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)
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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
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How can typing faster help you in college and on your job?
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Student Technology/Differentiation
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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.
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Closure Strategy
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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
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