To provide 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade students an additional opportunity in which to hone their typing and computer literacy skills, we will be offering teacher-sponsored Typing Clubs throughout the year in which students will log on to their account and progress through it under the supervision of our club sponsors. If you lose your child’s username, need help logging in, or just have questions about, contact Mrs. We recommend students spend no more than 20 minutes on per day. The program will track your child’s progress so that he/she can work on it a little bit at a time. To login, just visit and enter your child’s unique username. Login information will be sent home with each 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade student. 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be able to login to with their unique accounts to practice their typing skills at home in preparation for the STAAR exam in the spring. comes with the recommendation of the Great Hearts Texas Academic Support team who considered numerous alternatives. is a comprehensive typing skills platform designed specifically for children. Our students spent the vast majority of their time engaging with real things-books made out of paper, pencils made out of wood with erasers made out of rubber, seashells, rocks, leaves, and feathers.Īt the same time, to help prevent typing and the new computer-based format of the STAAR test from becoming a barrier to our students successfully demonstrating their knowledge, we have once again purchased access to for all 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade students. We are just as firm in our commitment to keep our classrooms as “low tech” as possible beyond some standard devices like a document camera and projector that greatly aid the work of our teachers. There is increasing evidence that overuse of electronics by children has serious, long-term detrimental effects on their development and mental health. We also remain steadfast in our belief that children should use electronics only as much as is necessary. Due to the exceptionally-rich classical, liberal arts education our students receive-an education that offers them so much more than a simple test could measure-our students regularly perform highly on standardized assessments, including the STAAR exam. For more on our approach to standardized testing, visit /testing.

In addition, our students’ performance on the STAAR exam is an important component in determining the Accountability Rating we receive from the State of Texas. Nevertheless, the STAAR test represents one element of our holistic approach to evaluating our students’ academic progress. We seek to educate the whole person-mind and body, heart and soul. At Great Hearts Irving, we do not teach to the test.

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