Lesson Plan
Typing 101: Introduction to Home Keys and Finger Placement
Teach your students about the basics of typing from the convenience of your classroom. Before heading to the computer lab, help your students familiarize themselves with the home keys and finger placements in a fun and interactive way!
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to correctly place their fingers on the home keys and type different letter combinations.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Tell students that today we are going to learn about keyboards and typing.
- Explain to students that knowing how to type and use a keyboard is an important skill to learn because people use computers and keyboards everyday.
- Tell students that we are going to focus on learning about the home row on a keyboard and practice placing our fingers correctly on the home keys using a paper keyboard.
- Tell students that the home row is the center row on a keyboard that has the home keys. The home keys are where you place your fingers when you are learning to type. The home keys include F, D, S, and A on the left of the keyboard, and J, K, L, and ; (semicolon) on the right of the keyboard.