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Computers & Digital Literacy · Grade 5

Typing Fluency and Editing

Learners measure typing fluency in words per minute and correct words per minute, set goals that keep accuracy high, edit efficiently with cut, copy, paste, undo, redo and find-and-replace (and avoid its classic traps), and proofread systematically, judging spelling and grammar suggestions instead of accepting them blindly.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 70 minutes
  • Fluency and editing check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number, put in order and sort into groups
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What learners will discover

  • Measure typing fluency in words per minute and correct words per minute, and set goals that keep accuracy high as speed grows.
  • Edit efficiently with cut, copy, paste, undo, redo and find-and-replace, and avoid find-and-replace mistakes.
  • Proofread systematically: read aloud, check one kind of error at a time, and judge spelling and grammar suggestions.

Lessons

  1. Words per minute 5 steps3 practiceabout 17 min
  2. The editing toolkit 3 steps2 practiceabout 16 min
  3. Find-and-replace traps 4 steps2 practiceabout 18 min
  4. Proofread like an editor 4 steps3 practiceabout 19 min
  5. Fluency and editing check 8 questions at the end

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