Keyboarding

Put the caps lock on, finish the row and continue until you get to the end of the line.  THE FIRST ONE IS DONE FOR YOU….

Group 1 practices the home keys,
Group 2 practices the home keys and the first finger reaches,
Group 3 practices the home keys and the first and second finger reaches,
Group 4 practices the home keys and the first, second and third finger reaches,
Group 5 practices all of the alphabet, especially the fourth finger reaches and
Group 6 practices the entire alphabet and focuses on using the shift keys.

Group 1
(Home Keys)

ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL ALL

AS AS

ASK ASK

ASKS ASKS

BAD BAD

DAD DAD

DADS DADS

FAD FAD

FADS FADS

LAD LAD

LADS LADS

LASS LASS

SAD SAD

(Sentences)

A FAT LAD FALLS

A SAD LAD ASKS DADS

ALL LADS FALL

Group 2
(first finger reaches)

FRRF FRRF

FTTF FTTF

FGGF FGGF

FBBF FBBF

FVVF FVVF

JUUJ JUUJ

JYYJ JYYJ

JHHJ JHHJ

JNNJ JNNJ

JMMJ JMMJ
 

(Words)

AT AT

BAD BAD

BAT BAT

BATS BATS

BURY BURY

DRY DRY

FAT FAT

HAT HAT

HATS HATS

HURRY HURRY

JAM JAM

JAN JAN

LAST LAST

LASTS LASTS

LAUGH LAUGH

MAD MAD

MARRY MARRY

MARY MARY

MASK MASK

MASKS MASKS

MAT MAT

MATS MATS

MY MY

RAT RAT

RATS RATS

SAT SAT

SAY SAY

TAD TAD

TAT TAT

TASK TASK

TASKS TASKS

TRY TRY

VARY VARY

VAT VAT

VATS VATS

(Sentences)

A fat lad falls. 

My day can hurry by. 

Say that fast. 

Sally sat all day and Sam falls badly. 

My dad says that fast and asks last. 

My rug can dry flat. 

She can say that badly. 

Dan says all tasks vary sadly. 

Can Dad laugh at a rat? 

Can Jan fall last? 

My sad dad had fads. 

Group 3
(Second finger reaches)

DEED DEED

DCCD DCCD

KIIK KIIK

K,,K K,,K

(Words)

DEED,

SEED,

FEED,

LEAD,

SEE,

ME,

CAN,

CAT,

CAMERA,

CALL,

BACK,

RACK,

LACK,

JACK,

SACK,

HACK,

LUCK,

DUCK,

MUCK,

IN,

SIN,

DINNER,

SINNER,

IT,

ILL,

DILL,

SILLY,

NILLY,

(Sentences)

IT IS TIME FOR DINNER

I SAID THAT TO YOU

THIS IS THE TIME TO GO

RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN

IT GOES TOO FAST
 

Group 4
(Third finger reaches)

SWWS

SXXS

LOOL

L..L

(Words)

WHAT.

WHY.

WHEN.

WHERE.

SAX.

MAX.

LOOK.

BOOK.

COOK.

NOW.

LOUD.

LOCKET.

ROCKET.

SOCKET.

COCK.

LOCK.

MOCK.

OH.

SO.

(Sentences)

SO THIS IS YOU.  I LIKE THAT.  AND YOU, DO YOU LIKE IT

SAY THIS TO US.  THAT CAN NOT BE TOO BAD.  JIM IS HERE.

RUN, IF YOU LIKE.  HERE I COME.  FUN IS TO BE HAD ALL OF THE TIME. 

LOOK AT THE LETTERS THAT I CAN USE.  IS IT NOT GREAT.  THE LETTERS GET EASIER AND EASIER. THE MORE OFTEN I DO EACH LETTER THE EASIER IT BECOMES. SOON I CAN DO THEM ALL.  THAT WILL COME IN DUE TIME. 

GOOD BYE.  OR BYE, BYE. 

Group 5
Fourth finger reaches)

AQQA AQQA

QAAQ QAAQ

AZZA AZZA

ZAAZ ZAAZ

;PP; ;PP;

P;;P P;;P

;//; ;//;

/;;/ /;;/

DCDC DCDC

SX SX

AZ AZ

CLO CLO

FGHJ FGHJ

LOSW LOSW

PAQ PAQ

EXY EXY

ZKM ZKM

JIR JIR

FTY FTY

HEW HEW

ZJ; ZJ;

IJHUS IJHUS

QUH QUH

SEL SEL

SXJM SXJM

FVRH FVRH

READ READ

NOW NOW

COP COP

TYPE YOUR OWN NAME FIVE TIMES.
 

QUIT QUIT

EQUAL EQUAL

QUITE QUITE

QUAIL QUAIL

UNIQUE UNIQUE

PLEASE PLEASE

POP POP

PAT PAT

MOP MOP

DAPPER DAPPER

RAPPER RAPPER

PAY PAY

DEAR MOTHER,

PLEASE LET ME HAVE ANOTHER PARTY.  I WILL BE GOOD.  THANK YOU.

JAMES

Group 6  Using the Shift Key
(Right hand letters – use the left little finger for the shift)
(Left hand letters – use the right little finger for the shift)

Upper Upper

Pattty Patty

James James

Julian Julian

Justin Justin

Michelle Michelle

Nancy Nancy

Jakar Jakar

Yakira Yakira

JaNae JaNae

Kaylin Kaylin

Jasmine Jasmine

Jared Jared

Michael Michael

Jeromee Jeromee

Mercedes Mercedes

Mabinty Mabinty

Irene Irene

Good Good

When When

Samuel Samuel

There There

Chantal Chantal

Demetrius Demetrius

William William

Darius Darius

Aaron Aaron

Tyahna Tyahna

Curtis Curtis

Elon Elon

Rachel Rachel

Destiney Destiney

Bettye Bettye

Cyrett Cyrett

(Type this paragraph several times.)  The nice thing about learning to keyboard is that you can use it so many different times and places.  Students sometimes type the papers that they must do for homework.  Sometimes students ever type their own notes to send to each other through a computer mail system.  Adults often have to keyboard as part of their work.