Typing worksheet · Computers & Digital Literacy
Bottom row drill: z x c v b n m · Grade 4
Reach down from the home row: warm-ups like "fvf jmj", then words and phrases with the bottom-row letters. Builds accurate bottom-row reaches.
- Grade 4 · ages 9 to 10
- Medium
- 15 to 20 minutes
- 1 page
- Free
The typing lines
Directions: Fingers on the home row. Type each line on a computer, saying the letters quietly, then tick a box each time you finish it.
- LP left pinky · LR left ring · LM left middle LI left index · RI right index RM right middle RR right ring · RP right pinky
- Warm-up
- 1 sxs l.l fff vvv bnb nbn
- 2 dcd k,k aza ;/; jjj mmm
- Words
- 3 canyon maze brave breeze
- 4 sand puzzle zoom mitten
- 5 broom man beacon button
- 6 window cab swing mix
- Phrases
- 7 bubbles in the van
- 8 the moon is bright
What your child practices
Your child builds accurate bottom-row reaches. The skill is “All letter keys”: type all letters accurately.
- Grades and ages
- Grade 4, ages 9 to 10
- Time
- About 15 to 20 minutes
- Subject
- Computers & Digital Literacy
- Level
- Medium for Grade 4
- Answer key
- No
- Printing
- 1 page, US Letter or A4, low-ink option
- Updated
How to use it
Sit at a keyboard with fingers resting on the home row before typing the first line. Accuracy first: speed comes once each line is typed without looking. It is pitched at the expected level for Grade 4, for practice after the skill has been taught.
There is no separate answer key; talk through the answers together when it is done.
Tip for grown-ups: Short daily practice beats one long session: one or two lines a day is plenty.
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