South Dakota ELA 4.W.6.c
The Standard
- 4.W.6
- Use technology to enhance writing with some guidance and support.
Demonstrate sufficient keyboarding skills to produce a minimum of one page in a single sitting.
South Dakota English Language Arts Standards (2025)
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students type a full page of their own writing in one sitting. They use the keyboard to add spaces and punctuation and fix typing errors as they go.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student types a full page without using oversized text or extra blank lines to fill it. They make basic corrections and save the document before the sitting ends.
Common Misconceptions
- Some students think a page counts if they make the font large or add blank lines. Others press Enter at the end of every line instead of letting the text wrap.
How to Assess It
- Give students 25 minutes to type about a place they know well. Collect the saved documents and check for a full page typed in one sitting, using normal font size and spacing.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Have students type a one-page account of a recent school day, using Backspace and arrow keys to fix mistakes before saving.
Ask partners to name one thing that slows them down when typing and show each other a way to handle it.
Play a keyboard scavenger hunt: students find and use Shift, comma, apostrophe, Backspace, and arrow keys in a short paragraph.
Have students type a one-page note for a class newsletter about a school event, then save it for the editor.
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Related Standards
- 7.W.6.c
Demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to produce writing with stamina in a single sitting.
- 5.W.6.c
demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one to two pages in a single sitting.
- 6.W.6.c
Demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to produce writing with a minimum of two-three pages in a single sitting.
- 8.W.6.d
Demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to produce writing with stamina in a single sitting.
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