Remember: Eyes up, a marker under the line, and a small bite of three or four words at a time. Then check your copy against the page.
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Nico and the recipe cardOn Saturday Nico visited Gran. She had an old recipe card with a floury thumbprint, and Nico wanted to save the recipe on the laptop. He typed the first line, but he kept looking down at his hands. Where was he? He typed one line twice and skipped another! Then Mango the cat sat on the card, and the whole recipe was hidden. Gran laid a ruler under Nico's line. The ruler was a marker, and it held his place. Now Nico read three or four words, said them in his head and typed with his eyes up. When a line was done, he slid the ruler down one line. At the end he checked his page against the card and fixed one slip with backspace.
1
What did Gran lay under Nico's line to hold his place?
a spoona rulerthe recipe card
2
Nico got muddled because he kept looking down at his hands.
TrueFalse
3
When a line was done, where did Nico slide the ruler?
up to the top of the pageoff the pagedown one line
How to copy
Marker, small bite, eyes up.
4
Number the steps of copying one line, first to last.
Read three or four words
Put a marker under the line
Type them with your eyes up
Slide the marker down when the line is done
5
Read three or words at a time, a small bite you can hold.
tentwentyfour
6
Join each helper to its job.
1a ruler
2your eyes
3backspace
4a small bite
Athree or four words
Bholds your place
Cfixes a slip
Dstay on the page and the screen
7
Which of these can be a marker under the line? Circle every one.
📏a ruler☝️a finger🐈Mango the cat🧻a strip of paper🌾the flour
8
The blue keys are home. Your fingers know them. So where should your eyes be?
🙈down at my hands🔦on the ceiling📄on the page and the screen
9
It is best to read the whole card in one bite before you type.
TrueFalse
10
Nico lost his place, and he thinks he should guess and keep typing. What is the better fix?
type the line twicestop and find the marker and the last word typedskip to the next line
Copy and write
11
Copy it. mix the eggs and milk.
12
Nico copies a card line by line. Write the steps you would follow, in your own words.
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Answer key · Set A
Copying from a page
1a ruler Gran laid a ruler under the line. A ruler, a finger or a strip of paper can all be a marker.
2True Every time he looked down he lost his place, so he typed one line twice and skipped another.
3down one line The ruler slides down one line, so he always knows just where he is.
42, 1, 3, 4 The marker goes under the line first, then you read a small bite, then type it, and last you slide the marker down.
54 A small bite is three or four words. The whole card is too much to hold.
61-B, 2-D, 3-C, 4-A A marker holds your place, eyes stay up because fingers know home, backspace fixes a slip, and a small bite is three or four words.
7a ruler, a finger, a strip of paper A ruler, a finger and a strip of paper keep your place. A cat on the card does not, and flour is not a marker.
8on the page and the screen Your fingers know the home row, so they need no watching. Looking down makes you lose your place.
9False The whole card is too much to hold. Read a small bite of three or four words.
10stop and find the marker and the last word typed When you lose your place, stop, find your marker, and then find the last word you typed. Guessing makes a bigger muddle.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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