Remember: Your fingers rest on a s d f and j k l ;. After every trip they come back home.
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The house on the middle rowA long, snug house stands on the middle row of the keyboard. Eight friends live in it, and each one lives on the key that matches their name. On the left are Ann the pinky on a, Sam the ring finger on s, Dot the middle finger on d and Finn the pointer on f. On the right are Jay the pointer on j, Kit the middle finger on k, Lou the ring finger on l and Semi the pinky on the semicolon. One night the lights go out. Finn and Jay feel for the little bump on f and on j, and they find home.
1
Which key does Dot, the left middle finger, live on?
sdf
2
Semi is the right pinky, and Semi lives on the semicolon key.
TrueFalse
3
Which two friends feel for a little bump to find home in the dark?
Ann and SamKit and LouFinn and Jay
On the keyboard
Home row: A S D F on the left and J K L ; on the right.
4
The blue key is on the home row. Which finger rests on it?
left middleleft ringright ring
5
The blue keys are where your fingers rest. Which row is it?
⬆️the top row⬇️the bottom row🏠the middle row
6
The right pointer rests on the blank key with the bump. Write its letter:
7
Join each finger to the key it rests on.
1left pinky
2left middle
3right middle
4right pinky
Ak
Ba
Cd
Dthe semicolon
8
Dot visits the e key. Number the trip in order.
Hurry back down to the d key
Stretch up to the e key
Rest on the d key
Tap the e key
9
After a trip to another row, a finger can stay up there for a while.
TrueFalse
10
The bumps on f and j help you find home without looking at your .
pencilscreenhands
Copy and write
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Copy it. asdf jkl;
12
Write the two keys that have a bump, and why a bump helps.
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Answer key · Set A
Fingers at home
1d Dot lives on the d key. Sam lives on s and Finn lives on f.
2True Semi is short for semicolon, and the right pinky rests on that key.
3Finn and Jay The bumps are on f and j, so Finn and Jay can find home by feel.
4left ring The s key is Sam's, the left ring finger.
5the middle row Fingers rest on the middle row of letters. That is the home row.
6j The right pointer, Jay, rests on j, the key with a bump on the right side.
71-B, 2-C, 3-A, 4-D Ann is the left pinky on a, Dot the left middle on d, Kit the right middle on k, and Semi the right pinky on the semicolon.
84, 2, 1, 3 A finger rests at home, makes its trip, and comes back home.
9False Fingers may visit other rows, but they never stay long: every finger goes home.
10hands Feeling the bumps lets good typists look at the screen, not at their hands.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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