Remember: Pull the same each time: a steady rhythm leaves the same gap between every tap. Slow the whole beat for a tricky part, and fix one slip with one backspace.
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Rowing with Grandpa AbuInes was nine, and that sunny morning she was learning to row. Her Grandpa Abu held the little boat steady, and Pudding the duck hopped in too. Ines was in a hurry: she pulled hard, stopped, then pulled hard again. Round and round the boat zigzagged, while Pudding held on tight, because every stop and start turned it. Grandpa Abu laughed kindly. "Do not pull harder," he said. "Pull the same each time." He hummed a slow song and tapped the beat on his knee: pull and rest, pull and rest. Ines pulled in time with the song, and the boat glided straight across the lake. Typing is like rowing: every key you press is one pull of the oar. Even taps leave the same gap every time, and that is a steady rhythm.
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What turned Ines's boat round and round?
Pudding's weightstops and starts in her pullsa very small lake
2
Grandpa Abu told Ines to pull much harder.
TrueFalse
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A steady rhythm leaves the same between every tap.
Taps, beats and fixes
Pick a slow beat, and tap with the same gap each time.
4
Each dot is a tap. Which row of taps is a steady rhythm?
the top rowthe middle rowthe bottom row
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Every gap in this steady row of taps is steps wide.
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Join each habit to what it does.
1the same gap between taps
2humming a slow beat
3slowing the whole beat for a tricky part
4one backspace after a slip
Afixes the key, not the whole line
Bevery tap stays even
Cyour fingers follow the beat
Da steady rhythm
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Number Ines's lake story in order.
Grandpa Abu says to pull the same each time
He hums a slow song and taps the beat
Ines pulls hard, stops, and the boat zigzags
Ines pulls in time and the boat glides straight
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Circle every habit that keeps typing smooth.
the same gap between tapshumming a slow beatrushing the easy keys, then freezingstarting the whole line over after one slipslowing the whole beat for a tricky part
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A tricky part is coming. A friend says to rush the easy keys first. What is the better plan?
slow the whole beat downstop and stare at the keystap as hard as you can
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Hitting each key as hard as you can makes typing smooth.
TrueFalse
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Stretch: if the rhythm stays steady, the next tap lands on .
Copy and write
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Copy it. Row, row, row your boat,
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Write how you keep a steady beat when you type.
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Answer key · Set A
The same gap every time
1stops and starts in her pulls Every stop and start turned the boat, so it zigzagged.
2False He said not to pull harder, but to pull the same each time.
3gap Even taps leave the same gap every time, and that is a steady rhythm.
4the bottom row The bottom row leaves the same gap, two steps, between every tap. The other rows have taps close together and then far apart.
53 The taps land on 0, 3, 6 and 9, so each gap is 3 steps.
61-D, 2-C, 3-B, 4-A Each habit keeps typing smooth: an even gap, a hummed beat, a slower beat for tricky keys, and one backspace for one slip.
72, 3, 1, 4 First the zigzag, then Grandpa's advice, then the slow song, and last the straight glide.
8the same gap between taps, humming a slow beat, slowing the whole beat for a tricky part An even gap, a slow hummed beat and a slower beat for tricky keys keep typing smooth. Rushing and starting over make it bumpy.
9slow the whole beat down Slow the whole beat down instead, so every tap stays even.
10False The gap matters, not the force.
1110 The taps are 2 steps apart: 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, so the next tap is on 10.
13Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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