TypeTastic and Common Core Standards

The table below demonstrates how TypeTastic aligns with Common Core Standards in writing.

Grade	Core Standard	Recommended TypeTastic Unit(s)	Correlation
K	With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.	My Keyboard Adventure, All Fingers Aboard	Keyboarding is not officially required until Grade 3 but children are being introduced to the keyboard already in Grade 1. To bridge the gap between learning the key locations and typing them correctly children can start exploring the keyboard with the help of TypeTastic keyboarding games.
1	With guidance and support from adults, explore a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.	My Keyboard Adventure, All Fingers Aboard, Ready, Set, Type Jr.	Keyboarding is not officially required until Grade 3 but children are being introduced to the keyboard already in Grade 1. To bridge the gap between learning the key locations and typing them correctly children can start exploring the keyboard with the help of TypeTastic keyboarding games.
2	With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers.	My Keyboard Adventure, All Fingers Aboard, Ready, Set, Type Jr.	Start preparing for keyboarding lessons with TypeTastic units that introduce children to basic keyboarding techniques using both hands and all ten fingers.
3	With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others	All Fingers Aboard, Ready, Set, Type Jr., Full Speed Ahead	Ready, Set, Type Jr. covers the entire alphabet and common punctuation. The unit settings can be adjusted to meet the recommended minimum speed and accuracy goals.
4	With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.	All Fingers Aboard, Ready, Set, Type Jr., Full Speed Ahead	Grade 4 students should be able to type one page in a single sitting* (approximately 10WPM).
5	With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.	All Fingers Aboard, Ready, Set, Type!, Full Speed Ahead, Catch Those Numbers, The Secret of Symbols, Know Your Numpad	Grade 5 students should be able to type two pages in a single sitting* (approximately 22WPM). Customizable Typing Tests can be used as an additional typing assessment. TypeTastic features a selection of texts. Teachers can also add their own custom texts and name them accordingly.
6	Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of three pages in a single sitting.	All Fingers Aboard, Ready, Set, Type!, Full Speed Ahead, Catch Those Numbers, The Secret of Symbols, Know Your Numpad	Grade 6 students should be able to type three pages in a single sitting* (approximately 33WPM). Full Speed Ahead unit and customizable Typing Tests can be used as an additional typing assessment. Full Speed Ahead is designed to increase typing speed and confidence. The activities focus on the keys for each finger, students type longer passages of text and train with common English words.
7	Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others, including linking to and citing sources.	Motor Skills, Touch Typing, Speed Building, Number Row, Symbols, Numpad	Fluent keyboarding skills are necessary when using the internet and collaborating with others using technology. TypeTastic units help students to gain confidence in their typing and improve their skills even further.
8	Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas efficiently as well as to interact and collaborate with others.	Motor Skills, Touch Typing, Speed Building, Number Row, Symbols, Numpad	Proficiency in keyboarding reduces stress when typing long reports and essays. By Grade 8 keyboarding skills are automated and allow students to think and type more freely without focusing too much on which key to press.
	Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences	Motor Skills, Touch Typing, Speed Building, Number Row, Symbols, Numpad	Using varying Typing Tests and combining them with the Touch Typing unit to practice keyboarding and Speed Building unit to increase typing speed help students to achieve the level of keyboarding proficiency required in college and working life.

Table below describes approximate typing speed in one sitting depending on the duration.

Duration	Text length (Arial 12, double spaced)	Speed WPM	Text length (Arial 12, single spaced)	Speed WPM
30 minutes	250 words	8 WPM	500 words	16 WPM
35 minutes	250 words	7 WPM	500 words	14 WPM
40 minutes	250 words	6 WPM	500 words	12 WPM
45 minutes	250 words	5 WPM	500 words	11 WPM

Benchmarks are estimates based on our research on keyboarding skills by grade level and target scores set by TypeTastic customers. It is recommended to use the pre-test as a benchmark before setting the target score to ensure students will meet the minimum score. TypeTastic unit target scores can be adjusted for each class.

Benchmark Typing Speed Per Grade Level

To help you with understanding what should be the typing speed benchmark in each grade level, we put together the following table. The typing speed benchmark is based on our research of various keyboarding guidelines and state standards. Since we’re unable to implement different benchmark typing speed for each state, we calculated an average typing speed for each grade level. We understand that students learn in a different pace and not all students can achieve the same typing speed. Please use this table as a reference for the fastest typists and adjust accordingly.

Grade level	Typing speed	Accuracy
Kindergarten	3 WPM	80%
1st grade	3 WPM	80%
2nd grade	5 WPM	80%
3rd grade	10 WPM	80%
4th grade	15 WPM	80%
5th grade	20 WPM	80%
6th grade	25 WPM	80%
7th grade	30 WPM	80%
8th grade	35 WPM	80%
9th grade	40 WPM	80%
10th grade	45 WPM	80%
11th grade	50 WPM	80%
12th grade	60 WPM	80%