Word scramble · Typing & Digital Skills
Typing on a touchscreen word scramble with a secret word · Grade 3
Unscramble 10 words about typing on a touchscreen using the clues, then use the circled letters to find a bonus secret word. Practices spelling and topic vocabulary.
- Grade 3 · ages 8 to 9
- Medium
- 15 to 20 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
The answer key is a separate page for grown-ups. Sign in to download it.
The scrambled words and clues
Directions: Unscramble the letters to make a word that matches the clue. Write one letter in each box. Then copy the circled letters, in number order, to find the secret word.
- Turn the tablet sideways for a wider keyboard
- A word the keyboard offers before you finish typing
- Speaking words for the device to type
- The key that starts a new line on a phone keyboard
- A pen-like tool for tapping or writing on a screen
- Tap it to speak instead of typing
- 7. A · T · P
- Touch a key once with a fingertip
- A small picture added to a message
- The finger most people use to type on a phone
- 10. O · M · O · Z
- Pinch out to make text bigger
- Secret word
What your child practices
Your child practices spelling and topic vocabulary. The skill is “Touchscreen text entry”: enter text accurately on a touchscreen keyboard.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 3, ages 8 to 9
- Time
- About 15 to 20 minutes
- Subject
- Typing & Digital Skills
- Level
- Medium for Grade 3
- 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 3, 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: Say the clue first; knowing the meaning makes unscrambling much easier.
Done on paper? A grown-up can record it on the child's page in PlayOwl; downloading alone doesn't count as finished.
Typing & Digital Skills · Grade 3
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