Grade 5 Checkpoint

Grade 5 Checkpoint - Typing Practice Lesson

Paragraphs with dialogue, apostrophes and numbers

Building Fluency
Focus Keys:
Paragraphs
Dialogue
Next: quote, right pinky, left Shift
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WPM
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"Look at that!" Kai shouted, pointing at the night sky. A bright streak flashed above the trees and vanished. "It's a meteor," said his aunt, who's an astronomer. "Bits of space rock hit Earth's air at thousands of miles per hour and burn up. We call them shooting stars, but they aren't stars at all." Kai grinned. "Can we stay up and count them?" By midnight, they'd seen 23.

Next: " with your right pinky finger + left Shift (left pinky)

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Quick start

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Tip: Review

Dialogue, apostrophes and numbers together. Stay calm and fix mistakes as you go.

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