Both my sixth grade classes and my fifth grade classes are well into the Keyboarding for Kids program right now. There are a few main points about the goals of the program that I want to clarify.
First of all, the ultimate goal of this exercise is that each student will be able to type quickly [...]
Posted on September 25th, 2009 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
Filed under: 5thGrade, 6thGrade, homework, typing | No Comments »
All of my sixth grade students take a ten-minutes typing quiz every Monday. We track their typing speed and accuracy so that we can see their improvement over the course of the quarter. Last week after the test was over the whole class clustered around one student (I don’t use the students’ names here to [...]
Posted on February 17th, 2009 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
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Dear 6th Grade Students– Many of you had questions in class yesterday about exactly what to do for your typing practice homework for my class. Since improving typing speed seems to be a universal class goal, consistent weekly practice is going to be really important for the next eleven weeks (and beyond!).
Here’s the scoop: [...]
Posted on January 3rd, 2008 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
Filed under: 6thGrade, Dear Students, homework, typing | 2 Comments »
Dear Students,
Hello! Welcome to Ms. Hansen’s Computer Science blog. I’ll be posting here every so often to talk about what we’re doing in class and what you should be doing at home. Bookmark this site and show it to your parents so they can know what we’re doing, too.
Homework.
Yes, homework already. [...]
Posted on September 10th, 2007 by Ms. Ruthie Hansen
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