Typing Skills

We will be using Typing.com, an online typing tutor, to teach your child about proper touch-typing techniques and improve their keyboarding skills. Learning to touch type helps students be more productive and better prepares them for success in school and beyond.

On Typing.com, your child can practice and master the keyboard one lesson at a time. It allows them to pick up where they left off in the course and displays a keyboard and hand diagram as they type to reinforce proper finger placement.

I have set your child up with his/her own individual account. S/he can access Typing.com from any computer (with an internet connection and modern web browser). 

From the teacher account, I can monitor and review your child's progress and track important statistics like typing speed, accuracy, and time spent typing.


I look forward to a great year as we incorporate the use of technology into our curriculum. If you have any questions, please contact me. 

In fourth grade WCUSD5 has a keyboarding standard that states "With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting."

By the end of fourth grade, we want to demonstrated these skills with 90%-100% accuracy.

• Demonstrates correct home row position
• Presses keys with correct right/left hand fingers
• Presses spacebar with thumb
• Holds shift key down with “pinky finger”
• Knows the difference between the caps lock key and the shift key
• Uses only one space between words
• Uses only one space after a period
• Demonstrates correct posture
• Student’s palms are off the desk and keyboard

Our speed goals are:

Quarter 1 - 15 wpm

Quarter 2 - 16 wpm

Quarter 3 - 18 wpm

Quarter 4 - 20 wpm

To practice, visit typing.com/student/login

Remember your username and password are in the front of your agenda!