Description

Keyboarding That Supports Real Writing in Grades K–5. At some point, typing stops being about finding letters, and starts being about keeping up with ideas.

This Keyboarding Unit Kit is designed for that in-between stage, when students are outgrowing hunt-and-peck but aren’t yet fluent typists. Instead of isolated drills or speed tests, this bundle helps students build the keyboard familiarity, confidence, and stamina they need to use typing as a tool for learning.

With 17 classroom-tested resources, this unit makes it easy to facilitate meaningful keyboarding practice across grades K–5, whether you’re a classroom teacher integrating typing into writing time or a tech teacher supporting digital literacy skills.

Why This Unit Works

As students progress through these activities, teachers often notice important shifts:

• Students stop watching their hands while typing
• They fix mistakes independently using backspace and editing tools
• They can type long enough to hold onto their thoughts
• Typing becomes less effortful—and writing improves as a result

That’s the moment this unit is built for.

How to Use This Kit

This bundle is designed to be used alongside a structured typing program such as Typing.com, TypingClub, or Keyboarding Without Tears.

Use these resources to:

• Reinforce skills being taught in your typing program
• Provide developmentally appropriate practice at different stages
• Support students who need extra reinforcement or alternative formats
• Integrate keyboarding into writing and digital projects

No extra planning required—just choose the activities that match your students’ current needs.

Skills & Standards Supported

This keyboarding unit supports:

• Writing fluency and stamina using digital tools
• Producing and publishing writing with technology
• Digital literacy and keyboarding fundamentals
• Editing and revising typed work
• Focus, independence, and self-monitoring

This makes it easy to justify keyboarding time as meaningful instruction—not “extra” practice.

Resources Included:

• Keyboarding Expectations Poster (editable)
• Home Row Letters Poster
• Keyboarding Display (to track progress)
• Digital Keyboard Practice Lowercase
• Digital Typing Skills with Keyboard Basics
• Digital Keyboard Puzzles
• Fill in the Keyboards Task Cards (2 sets)
• Easy Keyboard Display
• Keyboarding Practice Virtual Classroom
• TECHademics Keyboarding
• Typing Practice Printable Keyboard Pages
• Using a Keyboard Booklet (to teach about the keyboard)
• Color Coded Typing Practice
• Typing Sentences Practice x4 progressively harder sets
• File Folder Keyboards
• Sight Word Typing Practice
• Special Keys Practice Activities
• Paper Keyboard Puzzles

(Teachers may select and rotate activities based on grade level and student readiness.)

This Unit Is NOT…

❌ Timed speed tests
❌ One-size-fits-all drills
❌ Busy work disconnected from writing

✅ It is a flexible, developmental keyboarding unit that helps typing support learning across the curriculum.

Please check out the individual resources for more information about each.

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Product Terms:

Copyright © Brittany Washburn. Purchasing this file entitles you to ONE classroom use. You may use this with multiple classes but may not share with any other teachers. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. If multiple licenses are needed for use my more than one teacher or in more than one computer lab, additional licenses are discounted.

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