Unit/Chapter Number and Title: Keyboarding Estimated Unit Length: 10 Weeks

Course/Grade: 6 Date Created: August 27, 2019

Unit Components/Sub-Headings

Homerow Off Home Row Keys Capital Letters

Knowledge—The students will know . . .

Unit Vocabulary/ Unit Vocabulary/ Unit Vocabulary/ Unit Vocabulary/ Unit Vocabulary/
Concepts/Topics Concepts/Topics Concepts/Topics Concepts/Topics Concepts/Topics

 ASDF Left hand  Anchor  Caps Lock  

 JKL: Right hand  Guide  Shift Key
 Space Bar
 Index Finger
 Middle Finger
 Ring Finger
 Pinky
 Thumb
 WPM

Learning Targets and Standards: The students will be able to . . . Assessments/Evidence

1. Explain how to do the word of the day (MITECS 6a) •Closed-ended selected response (e.g., multiple choice, matching,
2. Apply the word of the day (MITECS 6a) true/false)
3. Demonstrate typing home row keys (MITECS 6a)
4. Practice the F and J finger reaches (MITECS 6a) •Open-ended constructed response (e.g., fill-in-the-blank, short answer,
5. Explain how to type capital letters (MITECS 6a) label, graphic)
6. Practice typing the home row keys without looking at the keyboard (MITECS 6a)
7. Create folders in Google Drive •Products (e.g., essay, model, project)
8. Practice the J, F, and Space keys using proper typing techniques. (MITECS 6a)
9. Practice the U, R, K, D, E, I keys using proper typing techniques. (MITECS 6a)
•Performances (e.g., speech, recital, demonstration)
10. Practice typing the C, G, N keys as well as a,review all the keys learned so far
(MITECS 6a)
11. Practice typing the T, S, L keys using proper typing techniques. •Process-focused (e.g., conferences, observations, logs)
(MITECS 6a)
•Student Self-Assessment (e.g., journal reflection, portfolio)

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12. Practice typing the O, B, A, V, H, and M keys using proper typing
techniques. (MITECS 6a) •Portfolio (e.g., collections of products, performances, artifacts, tests)
13. Practice typing the period and comma keys as well as review all of
the keys to this point using proper typing techniques. (MITECS 6a)
14. Practice typing the W, X, semicolon, Q, Y and P keys using proper
typing techniques. (MITECS 6a)
15. Practice typing the Z and enter keys as well as the beginner wrap
up using proper typing techniques. (MITECS 6a)
16. Practice typing common English words and easy home row words
without looking at the keyboard (MITECS 6a)
17. Practice typing easy top row words and easy bottom row words
without looking at the keyboard (MITECS 6a)
18. Practice typing capital letters using proper typing techniques
(MITECS 6a)
19. Practice typing basic punctuation marks using proper typing
techniques (MITECS 6a)
20. Demonstrate typing sentences and short paragraphs using proper
punctuation, capital letters, and spacing (MITECS 6a)
21. Demonstrate proper typing techniques while typing grammatically
correct sentences. (MITECS 6a)
22. Demonstrate typing punctuation marks, capital letters, and
spacing. (MITECS 6a)
23. Demonstrate typing with accuracy, speed and proper typing
techniques. (MITECS 6a)
24. Identity where the !, @, #, $, %, &, * symbols are located on the
keyboard (MITECS 6a)
25. Practice typing numbers with proper fingers. (MITECS 6a)

Instructional Resources/Materials

Print Resources Digital Resources

 Home row paper  Where is Thumbkin - Finger Family Song with Lyrics for Kids
 Typing.com  Typing.com

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Choose one reading/thinking skill and one writing application to teach, model, and reinforce for each unit design.
Writing Applications Reading/Thinking Skills

1. Expressive
Expressive writing includes personal narratives, stories, poetry, songs, and dramatic pieces. Writing may be 1. Main/Central Idea
based on real or imagined events. 2. Significant Details/Evidence
2. Expository 3. Sequential/Order Relationships
Expository writing includes nonfiction writing that describes, explains, informs, or summarizes ideas and
content. The writing supports a thesis based on research, observation, and/or experience. 4. Comparison Relationships
3. Functional 5. Cause and Effect Relationships
Functional writing provides specific directions or information related to real-world tasks. This includes 6. Knowledge of vocabulary/key
letters, schedules, directories, signs, manuals, forms, recipes, and technical pieces for specific content
terms
areas.

4. Persuasive 7. Generalizations and

Persuasive writing is used for the purpose of influencing the reader. The author presents an issue and Conclusions
expresses and opinion in order to convince an audience to agree with the opinion or to take a particular
action. 8. Problem-Solution Relationships
5. Argumentative 9. Multi-step
The function of an argumentative essay is to show that your assertion (opinion, theory, hypothesis) about
some phenomenon or phenomena is correct or more truthful than others'. The author does not have to Instructions/Directions
completely prove his/her point; he/she only has to convince reasonable readers that the argument or 10. Author’s Purpose, Techniques,
position has merit.
Claims, Views, and Arguments
6. Literary Response
Literary response is the writer’s reaction to a literary selection. The response includes the writer’s 11. Knowledge of Maps, Charts,
interpretation, analysis, opinion, and /or feelings about the piece of literature and selected elements within it. and Graphs

7. Summary 12. Literary Analysis

A summary is intended to concisely highlight information about a topic. It has a clearly arranged structure
and is intended to illustrate the pattern of the text. Summaries can be written for each of the reading/thinking 13. Acquiring Information from
skills to the right. Researching