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Secret code puzzle · Typing & Digital Skills

Picture code: keys on the keyboard · Grade 1

Use the picture key to decode 2 secret messages about keys on the keyboard. Practices letter recognition, matching and spelling.

  • Grade 1 · ages 6 to 7
  • Easy
  • 5 to 10 minutes
  • 1 page
  • Free

Goes with the game Cloud Courier.

Paper

The answer key is a separate page for grown-ups. Sign in to download it.

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Directions: Each picture stands for a letter. Look at the code key and write the letter under each picture.

  • Code key
  • 1 Jumps the cursor forward a big step
  • 2 Hold it to type a capital letter

What your child practices

Your child practices letter recognition, matching and spelling. The skill is “All letter keys”: type all letters accurately.

Grades and ages
Grade 1, ages 6 to 7
Time
About 5 to 10 minutes
Subject
Typing & Digital Skills
Level
Easy 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 one of the easier sheets for Grade 1, good as a warm-up or a first look at the skill.

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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