Did you know Melitta Benz invented the coffee filter? Who is the father of text messaging? Kids learn about 3 cool inventors in this quick typing game. They will practice typing symbols, numbers, and capital letters as Floyd surfs a big wave! Have them play over and over again to beat their previous words per minute!

Combine learning fun facts with typing practice in this surfing game. Kids will learn about plants, prominent figures in science, and fun facts about dogs, money, and the human body! Keep Floyd on his surf board in this typing game by typing accurately. The more keys you hit correctly, the longer he'll stay on the board!

Letter writing is a very engaging and authentic way to learn formatting, punctuation and grammar. The activities in this unit should be learned in tandem with actual letter writing to aunts, uncles or other special far-away people. That way, students can learn and practice the letter writing skills and then apply them in their own letters. It would be especially rich to include their thoughts about books they are reading.