Keyboarding Chart (instructions are at the bottom of this page) 
URL: http://www.quia.com/quia/0000000.html replace the zeroes with the appropriate number below:

Items in yellow cells are Q1-only activities.

Lesson Number Learn how to keyboard: In-Class Activity (Assignments): Practice
(Homework):		 Opening Activity (Review):
1 homerow 1924253 1924241 1924408
2 h-and-e 1924275 1924256 1924395
3 i-and-r 1924276 1924245 1924409
4 o-and-t 1924289 1924321 1924397
5 n-and-g 1924286 1924322 1924382
6 Left-shift-and-period 1924290 1924323 1924410
7 u-and-c 1924308 1924324 1924398
8 w-and-right-shift 1924309 1924336 1924411
9 b-and-y 1924292 1924337 1924383
10 m-and-x 1924293 1924338 1924400
11 p-and-v 1924260 1924339 1924412
12 q-and-comma 1924261 1924340 1924384
13 z-and-colon 1924262 1924341 1924415
14 caps lock-and-question mark 1924263 1924342 1924417
15 8-and-1 1924264 1924343 1924418
16 9-and-4 1924265 1924344 1924386
17 0-and-5 1924295 1924345 1924428
18 7-and-3 1924296 1924352 1924429
19 6-and-2 1924297 1924353 1924405
20 forward slash-and-dollar-sign 1924298 1924354 1924430
21 percent-and-dash 1924299 1924355 1924431
22 pound-sign-and-ampersand 1924300 1924356 1924407
23 left-and-right-parenthesis 1924311 1924357 1924432
24 single-and-double-quote 1924312 1924358 1924422
25 underscore-and-asterisk 1924313 1924359 1924436
26 greater-than-and-smaller-than symbols 1924314 1924360 1924425
27 forward-slash-and-question-mark 1924304 1924361 1924448
28 equal-sign-and-double-quote-marks 1924305 1924362 1924450

Return to Quarter 1 Lesson Plans

Keyboarding Lessons

Assignments (in class)
You can work at your own pace provided you complete a minimum of 1 Assignment per period (2 on block day)
- You have completed a keyboarding assignment when you
- - complete the assignment AND
- - receive 100% three (3) times in a row

Homework (outside of class)
- is intended to be outside of class practice on the assignment for the day
- needs to be done a minimum of 1 time
- - if you don't get 100% the first time
- - - you probably need to do it more (slow down, don't look at your hands, and concentrate)

Review (in class)
- is the opening activity during class
- is intended to be a comprehensive review of all the keyboarding assignments through the previous class period
- - with a focus on the new keys learned
- needs to be done a minimum of 1 time
- - if you don't get 100% the first time
- - - you probably need to do it more (slow down, don't look at your hands, and concentrate)
 
Ergonomics
- Some Resources for Ergonomics
- - Office Ergonomic Principles  includes chair, keyboard, monitor, and exercises
- - Glenco Ergonomic Guidelines  includes take a break, eye strain, and stretching
 
Hand/Finger Placement
- Some Resources for Hand & Finger Placement on the keyboard
- - Sense-Lang.org Keyboarding Tutorial 
- - Churchill Jr. High Technology Course  - QWERTY keyboard finger placement
- - SMART imagebase for Scientific & Medical ART  - hand/wrist placement for keyboarding
- - Logitech  How to use your keyboard and mouse more efficiently & How to position your hands 
- - Color-coded Keyboard  showing which fingers do which keys
- - Blog of Stuff  Keyboard History
- - UCSD  proper hand and finger position on the keyboard
- - EIT.IHK-edu  Learning to Type finger placement
- - National Aeronautics and Space Administration  - A Start on Typing
 
Review "The Really Cool Keyboarding Guide," when necessary, as you perform the keyboarding assignments