🔣 Symbol Station

Lesson 46: The %, & and * Keys

What this lesson teaches

% is Shift plus 5, & is Shift plus 7 and * is Shift plus 8.

Each run has 3 parts: a warm-up drill, real words and full sentences. You will type things like: 50% 100% 10% salt & pepper cats & dogs *star*

Pass with 90% accuracy to unlock Lesson 47: Math Symbols + - = *. Earn more stars by keeping accuracy high and building speed.

Tips for grown-ups

Remind your child to keep fingers on the home row between keys.
Accuracy first. Speed comes with repetition.
Replaying a lesson for 3 stars is great practice.
Track progress in the Parent Dashboard.

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

I got 100% on my spelling test!
Jack & Jill went up the hill.
Mark the best answer with a *.
Half is the same as 50%.
We love peanut butter & jelly.
The phone battery is at 20%.
Rock & roll music is loud.
Look for the * at the bottom.

Words in the warm-up: 50%, 100%, 10%, salt & pepper, cats & dogs, *star*, A & B.