Secret code puzzle · Typing & Digital Skills
Number code: keys on the keyboard · Grade 1
Swap numbers for letters to decode 3 messages about keys on the keyboard. Practices careful matching and reading.
- Grade 1 · ages 6 to 7
- Medium
- 10 to 15 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
Goes with the game Cloud Courier.
The answer key is a separate page for grown-ups. Sign in to download it.
What the sheet says
Directions: Each number stands for a letter. Use the code key to write the letter under each number.
- Code key
- 1 Removes the letter to the right of the cursor on many keyboards
- 2 The key that starts a new line
- 3 Keys with 1, 2, 3 and more
What your child practices
Your child practices careful matching and reading. The skill is “All letter keys”: type all letters accurately.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 1, ages 6 to 7
- Time
- About 10 to 15 minutes
- Subject
- Typing & Digital Skills
- Level
- Medium for Grade 1
- Answer key
- Yes, for grown-ups who sign in
- Printing
- 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
- Updated
How to use it
Read the rules at the top together and try the first step side by side. Use a pencil so mistakes rub out easily, and check every answer at the end. It is pitched at the expected level for Grade 1, for practice after the skill has been taught.
An answer key comes with it as a separate page that grown-ups download after signing in.
Tip for grown-ups: Start with the shortest coded words; one- and two-letter words crack the code fastest.
Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.
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