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Lesson 42: Colons and Semicolons

What this lesson teaches

Your right pinky types ; on the home row. Add Shift for the colon (:).

Each run has 3 parts: a warm-up drill, real words and full sentences. You will type things like: note: list: time: yes; no; 3:15

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Tips for grown-ups

Remind your child to keep fingers on the home row between keys.
Accuracy first. Speed comes with repetition.
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About the Symbol Station unit

Colons, hyphens, parentheses and the @ sign show up in school work, email addresses and math. Each lesson here teaches two or three symbols with the finger and Shift key to use, then puts them into real examples.

Sentences in this lesson

Bring three things: a hat, a coat and a snack.
It rained all day; we read books inside.
School starts at 8:15.
Our class has two pets: a fish and a frog.
I was tired; I went to bed early.
Lunch is at 11:45; recess is at 12:15.
Here is the plan: eat, play, then rest.
The movie ended at 4:30.

Words in the warm-up: note:, list:, time:, yes;, no;, 3:15, 7:30, 12:00.