This is a keyboarding resource. There are lessons, games, and timed typing tests included in this resource. The lessons and games increase in difficuly, so students can move onto the next test or lesson as they learn more keys in the classroom. The timed typing tests give word per minute and errors. I use the typing tests primarily, as it's a good way to gauge progress. Students can log their words per minute and errors each time they perform the timed typing tests, so they can observe their progress. Options for timings for timed tests  up are 1-5 minutes.

Knowing finger types each key on a keyboard is important knowledge to know when learning how to type. This is a blank keyboard fingering chart that can be used in a variety of ways to help students review and assess their knowledge of which fingers type each key.

Knowing where the keys are located on a keyboard is important knowledge to know when learning how to type. This is a blank keyboard that can be used in a variety of ways to help students review and assess their knowledge of where the keys are located on a keyboard.

This is a differentiated grading scale that could be used to grade keyboarding timed tests. It allows students to be graded based on where they currently are with their skills. It also promotes students to have a growth mindset and they get rewarded with "leveling up" as they get better at typing.

Keyboarding Olympics is a cumulative activity for a keyboarding class that consists of a variety of "events" comprised of keyboarding games, all created by Laura Schoenike, Menomonee Falls High School. This activity is best used in a 90-minute period (or two 45-minute periods) once students have learned all of the keys. Students are split into teams of "countries" and complete in 4 events: Wheel of Fortune (identifying letters by striking finger), Dinosaur Names (typing accuracy and speed), Human Tic-Tac-Toe (knowledge of keying technique), and Movie Songs (typing accuracy and speed).

This is a supplementary game that is great for reinforcing which fingers correctly type each letter key.

This is a sequence of supplementary keyboarding lessons based on using just a single hand. Often times when you teach keyboarding a student will come to class one day with a splint on their fingers, wrist brace, or arm cast, etc. This lesson sequence is for those students . These are workouts that involve just keys from a single hand. The student can still practice typing, the correct way, using their hand that isn't injured.

***These are not lessons to teach a person how to type the entire keyboard with a single hand. For instance if someone only has one hand and needed to type all the keys with one hand. This resource is intended for short-term use to fill in when a student in your class all of a sudden has a brace, splint, or cast on a hand and you want to have them keep practicing the correct way. Now they can at least practice one of their hands the correct way.

These are the directions that are located on the handout: Please cut out the letters above, mix them up and place them in an envelope or Ziploc baggie. Once the letters are mixed up then lay them out on a flat surface and challenge yourself by placing them in the correct order according to the Qwerty keyboard. Eventually make a game out of the activity by timing yourself and see if you can improve your time during each try.

I have the students make an envelope out of a piece of paper. I have them watch a tutorial that I found on YouTube.

Nitro Typing is a great resource to engage kids to practice their speed.  This should be used after the keyboard is introduced and good technique (homekeys and proper reaches) have been mastered.
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TypingClub School Edition is the most popular keyboarding software used in schools around the country.  There is both a free edition with limitation or a Pro Edition for a small yearly fee.

Each and every Friday my students take part in completing a typing assessment. The assessment consist of 3 (1) minute timings. This first week is to simply set a baseline. Keyboard strategies are shared throughout the quarter to help teach the correct key placement to ensure better typing speeds. IT1.a.4.m: Demonstrate the touch method of keyboarding on an alphanumeric keyboard at acceptable speed and accuracy levels. (Recommended minimum: 5 wpm x grade level).