Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business presents an 11 week unit contains everything you need to orchestrate a "structured" method to teach and keep track of your students' progress in learning their sight words. In this 100 page unit, you will find many tools and printables to use in a variety of ways and to tailor to your own classroom's needs and abilities. This program has been created, revamped, and revised again, after years of using the concept of "popcorn words" with kindergartners. Some of the items included in this kit are: a visually appealing study sheet for each of the weekly words (including challenge words for the higher level children to use for differentiation!) along with an easy homework sheet to encourage family involvement, "check in" sheets, individual popcorn student dictionaries, a large full colored popcorn piece with each word on it for your popcorn word display and MORE! BONUS**Directions for the "Burnt Popcorn Game"- a game to get your students moving and learning! This unit allows you to make sure your kinders are getting experience with the right high frequency words and also allows for your creativity. You won't be disappointed! Newly revised and updated in April of 2011!
I will use a portion of this unit the remainder of this year and plan to implement the whole idea in full next year! Thanks again for all your work!
February 12, 2012
The kids loved doing the activities.
February 12, 2012
awesome!
February 12, 2012
Great supplement to my reading program.
January 29, 2012
This was well-put together - it will make a great bulletin board/center for my students to work on sight words.
November 4, 2011
Awesome! Thank you for your hard work!
October 4, 2011
Thanks for doing the work for us!
September 18, 2011
So far, so good...the kids really like the concept and so do I. thanks
September 2, 2011
I should have done this sooner. My kindergarten class seen to like it so far!
November 17, 2009
I have just started using this with my kindergarten/first grade exceptional children and I like it. I use the check-ups daily and my kids like the idea of the popcorn theme. Thanks for the ideas.
September 9, 2009
I can not open the file once I download it...any suggestions?
September 13, 2008
Help
Hi,
Your units look fabulous! Before I buy, is this unit different than the Monkey popcorn words unit?
Thanks, Rachel
October 16, 2011
I wouldn't purchase it if you already have the monkey unit. It is the same basis, but uses a different order of words and more words per week. I guess I should probably make a note of that, thanks for bringing it to my attention. I created the Monkey one to go with a new reading series (Kinder Treasures) and it follows it exactly. The other unit was my own creation of a spelling program, but the same idea. Thanks for inquiring!
October 17, 2011
Sounds like a plan - I'll try to play around with the printer. Thanks so much Krissy. I'm just getting started and love all your stuff!
April Harris
September 21, 2011
You are more than welcome! Let me know if you get to use your gold paper! I'd love to see pictures of them hanging in your room!
September 21, 2011
Is there any way I could get a copy of the word wall words with just a white background? I have tons of gold paper and would like to be able to print them on that rather than using up my color cartridge.
Thanks!
April Haris
September 21, 2011
We have the copiers set up to print from our computers, so I just print them on yellow paper at school. I don't have a "black and white" version of the words, so I don't know how else to help out. Oh wait! Can't you change your printer settings to black and white, then the yellow wouldn't print?? Try that...hope it works for you! I know it is a lot of ink (to print in color) BUT the way I rationalize is that (if you laminate them) you will get years of use out of them. Let me know what you figure out!
September 21, 2011
I am trying to budget my back to school money, and would like to know when this plan should be started. Is is right away or can i wait and purchase this later in the fall?
August 23, 2010
I am a kindergarten teacher and have been for over 12 years now. I love teaching 5 and 6 year olds, mainly because they are so eager to learn and love me no matter what! I specialize in teaching differentially and focussing on children's individual needs, so that is what you will find in my products. All of my products have been classroom tested and have many different uses.
