Typing Activities

Site: Clare-Gladwin RESD
Course: TRIG: Classroom Readiness T3 January - March 2014
Book: Typing Activities
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Date: Friday, November 22, 2024, 3:35 AM

Typing Programs for your Students

Your students are going to have to be good keyboarders, whether they are on a QUERTY keyboard or mobile device keyboard. The Next Generation Assessments are not just multiple choice assessments.

These assessments require students to demonstrate their knowledge in a variety of ways, several of which require students to type short and long text responses. 

Here are some suggestions for getting your students up to the speed and accuracy they will need to feel comfortable when taking the online assessments. 

Typing Programs

The goal is to get your students typing at least 35 wpm (words per minute). 

Try this site (typingtest.com) yourself first. How are your typing skills?

Here are several sites that we recommend for free to practice proper finger placement, speed and accuracy. 

1.  Typing Club

2.  Typing Web

3. BBC typing games to practice from the BBC


You are now ready to move on to Module 1, which focuses on Michigan standards. You can begin by going to the Module 1 Overview.