Remember: Each finger owns its own column of keys. Go slowly with the right finger, and speed comes later.
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Noor and the snailNoor was making a banner with the whole alphabet for her little cousin, Leo. She typed it in a big rush, and the banner had a gap and one letter there twice. Her pet snail, Pebble, went slowly across the desk, visiting a, then b, then c, and never skipping one. "Try it Pebble's way," said Gran Bea. "One key, and then the next one." Noor went slowly and said each letter as she found it with the right finger. At last the banner was done, from a all the way to z.
1
What went wrong when Noor typed her banner in a big rush?
the keys stopped workingthe banner had a gap and one letter twiceshe ran out of letters
2
Pebble the snail skipped some of the letters.
TrueFalse
Each finger has its own column
Every letter has a finger. Go slowly, one key at a time.
3
Join each finger to its column of keys.
1left pinky
2left ring
3left middle
4right ring
5right pinky
Aq, a, z
Bp
Cw, s, x
Do, l
Ee, d, c
4
Six keys are blue. Which finger owns them?
the left pointerthe right middlethe right pointer
5
The left pointer owns r, and v. Write the letter on the blank key.
6
Circle the letters the right pointer owns. (circle every one)
uqhwn
7
The right ring finger has the letters o and l.
TrueFalse
8
Going fast first is the best way to learn the path of the keys.
TrueFalse
9
Number the alphabet in small bites, from the start.
abc def
mno pqr
yz
stu vwx
ghi jkl
10
Finish the alphabet: w, x, y,
11
Noor says the left pinky owns u, j and m. Which letters does it really own?
w, s and xq, a and ze, d and c
Copy and write
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Copy it. abc def ghi jkl
13
Write the letters from a to m. Say each one as you go.
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Answer key · Set A
Every letter, slowly
1the banner had a gap and one letter twice Noor rushed, so the banner had a gap and one letter there twice.
2False Pebble visited a, then b, then c, and never skipped one.
31-A, 2-C, 3-E, 4-D, 5-B Each finger owns a column and reaches up or down it, then goes back home.
4the right pointer The busy right pointer owns u, j, m and y, h, n. The left pointer owns the six on the other side.
5f The left pointer owns r, f and v, and f is the home key with the bump.
6u, h, n The right pointer owns u, j, m, y, h and n. The q is the left pinky's and the w is the left ring finger's.
7True The right ring finger owns o and l.
8False Practice the right path slowly, and speed comes later, by itself.
91, 3, 5, 4, 2 The alphabet goes a to z, so the bites go in order.
10z Z is the last letter of the alphabet.
11q, a and z The left pinky owns q, a and z. The u, j and m belong to the right pointer.
13Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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