Remember: One finger steps down to a bottom row key, taps it, and comes straight home. The wrist stays still.
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A label for the toy boxYara and her friend Nico were making a label for the toy box. Nico needed the b and the x for the word box, and both are on the bottom row. He lifted his whole hand and jabbed, and oops, he hit the n! Then Mox the cat landed on the keyboard and walked along the bottom row: z, x, c, v, b, n, m, one paw on each key. Nico tried again. Only one finger curled down, tapped, and came straight back home, and his wrist stayed still. There was the word box on the screen.
1
How many letters are on the bottom row?
fivenineseven
2
Nico lifted his whole hand and hit exactly the key he wanted.
TrueFalse
Down from home
Bottom row: z x c v b n m.
3
The blue key is on the bottom row. Which finger steps down to it?
left ringleft middleleft pinky
4
Look at this blue key. Which finger steps down to it?
left pointerright middleright pointer
5
Join each finger to the bottom row key it steps down to.
1left pinky
2left ring
3left middle
4right pointer
Ac
Bx
Cm
Dz
6
Mox walks the bottom row. The blank key comes after c. Write its letter:
7
The bottom row is the row just below the home row.
TrueFalse
8
Circle the bottom row letters in the word snack. (circle every one)
snack
9
Number a step down to the bottom row in order.
Curl one finger down
Tap the key
Rest on the home row
Come straight back home
10
To reach a bottom row key, you should lift your whole hand.
TrueFalse
11
Which fingers have no bottom row letters for now?
the left pointer and the right pointerthe right middle, ring and pinkythe left pinky and the left ring
12
Nico says the x key is just below the k key. Which key is it really below?
sdk
Copy and write
13
Copy it. van cab man
14
Write one word that has a b, an m or an n in it.
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Answer key · Set A
Step down to the bottom row
1seven Mox walked z, x, c, v, b, n, m. Those are the seven letters of the bottom row.
2False Nico lifted his whole hand and hit the n by mistake. After that he moved only one finger.
3left ring The left ring finger rests on s and steps down to x.
4right pointer The right pointer rests on j and steps down to m. It stretches to n too.
51-D, 2-B, 3-A, 4-C Ann steps down from a to z, Sam from s to x, Dot from d to c, and the right pointer from j to m.
6v The bottom row reads z, x, c, v, b, n, m, so v comes after c.
7True Home is in the middle, with the top row above it and the bottom row below it.
8n, c N and c are on the bottom row. S, a and k are home row letters.
92, 3, 1, 4 Step down, tap, and come home again.
10False Only the one finger moves. A hand that stays still always knows where home is.
11the right middle, ring and pinky Kit, Lou and Semi have no letters downstairs for now, so they stay home.
12s The left ring finger steps down from s to x. The k key is on the other side.
14Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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