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Our school (K-5) uses Typing Club online program for grades 3-5. They
practice at least 3 times a week in the classroom with ChromeBooks and once
every 8 days with me in the computer lab. This is MUCH

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On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 11:28 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Good morning,
>
> We use TypingWeb.com. Our fourth grade teachers have typing time for
> between 30 minutes and one hour each week. I loop with fifth and sixth
> grade, and last year I had my fifth graders practice typing using TypingWeb
> for 30 minutes each week at the beginning of the school year. By the end of
> the year, we had pretty much stopping with typing practice and used our
> scheduled lab time for other computer-based projects. This year, I haven't
> had my students (sixth grade) do any typing practice. They have one-to-one
> Chromebooks this year, so they are typing things all the time. With the
> exception of one or two SPED kids, they are all proficient enough typists
> to make composing writing on a computer efficient and no more difficult
> than handwriting.
>
> Karin Stefans
> 6th Grade Teacher
> Prairie Crossing Charter School
> kstefans at carthage.edu
>
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 8:49 AM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Looking for ideas to implement a keyboarding program next fall...how to
>> launch(do you 'blitz' with a daily practice for 2-3 weeks at the outset?)
>> do you just implement weekly? What is best practice to get kids (3-6
>> grades) going on a typing curriculum. I have ideas for the actual
>> curriculum, just looking for how to really get it launched and sustainable
>> through the year.
>>
>> Carol Coutts-Siepka
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Lincoln School
>> couttsc at ccsd15.net
>> 847-963-5707
>> @LincolnLRC
>>
>> Check out my classroom projects
>> http://www.donorschoose.org/Mrs.CouttsSiepka
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>>
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