3rd grade Instructional Guide

Keyboarding Weekly Schedule Key Language Uses (KLU): Explain

●​ Teach classroom rules/procedures/expectations related to technology and using devices (use in conjunction with 16 day SBI routine, see this link to the Tier 2 Manual pages 30-39 for more information) ●​ Distribute passwords and practice logging into Chromebooks and CSD Docs ●​ Practice logging into Typing Club with your students ●​ Practice proper technique with your students ○​ sit up straight ○​ feet flat on the floor

Week 1 Digital PBIS

○​ body centered with the “G” and “H” keys ○​ fingers curved and oriented to home row ○​ wrists straight and elbows naturally at sides ○​ eyes on copy or screen, not on keys ○​ correct fingers used for keystrokes ○​ key with smooth rhythm and quiet hands

●​ Students engage in Typing Club lessons ●​ Students should be enrolled in the following classes: ○​ Core: Typing Jungle (3, 4, 5) ○​ Practice Stories: The Perfect Math (3), Albert Goes to the Symphony (3) ○​ Extensions: Vocab and Spelling 3, Digital Citizenship 3 ●​ Teachers should be monitoring student for proper technique as students are typing, regardless of when they are typing. Proper technique includes: ○​ sit up straight ○​ feet flat on the floor

Ongoing Weekly Instruction (20 min./week)

○​ body centered with the “G” and “H” keys ○​ fingers curved and oriented to home row ○​ wrists straight and elbows naturally at sides ○​ eyes on copy or screen, not on keys ○​ correct fingers used for keystrokes ○​ key with smooth rhythm and quiet hands