This document provides instructions for learning the home row keys on a keyboard. It reviews proper keyboarding posture and identifies the home row keys as ASDF for the left hand and JKL; for the right hand. Students are directed to practice finding these keys using a touch-home-touch-home rhythm and to complete exercises identifying letters pressed by different fingers and discovering words within the home row keys.

1. Home Row Keys
Preparedby:
ShirleyP. Valera
Grade -1 St. Clare/ St. Bernadette/ St. Catherine
School Year 2017-2018

2. Objectives
Practice placing fingers on the
home row keys following the
pattern, touch-home-touch-
home.

3. Review of the
past lesson in
keyboarding posture

4. song: Proper keyboarding

5. Keyboard posture
Home Row Keys
- is where you rest your fingers afters
reaching other letter keys

6. Keyboard posture
Home Row Keys
- Left hand is
placed on the
A - S - D – F keys

7. Keyboard posture
Home Row Keys
- Right hand is
placed on the
J - K - L - ; keys

8. Keyboard posture
Home Row Keys
- Left pointing finger reaches letter G
and your right pointing finger reaches
the letter H.

9. Exercise can make typing skills
perfect.
Follow the rhythm of your finger
TOUCH-HOME-TOUCH-HOME
Generalization
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10. Complete the table. Write the letters pressed by
the corresponding finger on the left home key.(JIT
p.110)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

11. Complete the table. Write the letters pressed by
the corresponding finger on the right home key.(JIT
p.110)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

12. form words with the letters
found on the home keys.
(JIT p.111)

13. Shade all the letters found on the
right home key to discover the
hidden word in the puzzle

14. References
Jumpstart I.T. pp.107-118
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