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This unit includes activities and a system to motivate young students to learn and master their letters fluently. This unit includes over 30 pages of activities and items to help your students master their letters. It is set up very much like my Dolch Word Mastery System ���¢�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½Ball Words and is a natural introduction .
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Monkey Cards For Making Letter Rings-Students use these cards on a ring to practice during reading, rest or free activity time. Make 4-5 sets so that there are plenty available at any given time.
Monkey Cards to be used for use with Monkey vines. I string ropes from my ceiling but you can do it from 2 chairs and students sort and pin to appropriate vine.
Monkey Cards to be used for letter slap-Lay the balls on the table or floor, a teacher or volunteer calls out a monkey card letter and students race to cover it with a flyswatter or by tossing a bean bag on it.
Monkey cards for use in Go Bananas Game
Ball cards for use in Banana Split Game
Ball cards to be used for Top Banana Memory-This can be played on a table or in a small Target Dollar Bin pocket chart.
Small monkey letter cards for use with recording sheet.-Students move the bottle around to ���¢�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½spy���¢�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½ monkey letters, circle either the capital or lowercase letter on the recording sheet and write the answer next to it.
Top Bananas I-Spy with recording sheet-Students search for hidden Dolch 1 words. When they find them, they write them on the recording sheet and read them to a partner.
Top Banana Certificates and Bananas-Print, complete, laminate and present to your students as they pass their baseball word list.
Progress monitor sheet to track students���¢�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½ fluency when assessing. Because my district uses Diebels testing, I monitor how many letters the can identify in one minute.
This unit includes activities and a system to motivate young students to learn and master their letters fluently. This unit includes over 30 pages of activities and items to help your students master their letters. It is set up very much like my Dolch Word Mastery System ���¢�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½Ball Words and is a natural introduction .
Here���¢�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½s everything you get:
Monkey Cards For Making Letter Rings-Students use these cards on a ring to practice during reading, rest or free activity time. Make 4-5 sets so that there are plenty available at any given time.
Monkey Cards to be used for use with Monkey vines. I string ropes from my ceiling but you can do it from 2 chairs and students sort and pin to appropriate vine.
Monkey Cards to be used for letter slap-Lay the balls on the table or floor, a teacher or volunteer calls out a monkey card letter and students race to cover it with a flyswatter or by tossing a bean bag on it.
Monkey cards for use in Go Bananas Game
Ball cards for use in Banana Split Game
Ball cards to be used for Top Banana Memory-This can be played on a table or in a small Target Dollar Bin pocket chart.
Small monkey letter cards for use with recording sheet.-Students move the bottle around to ���¢�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½spy���¢�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½ monkey letters, circle either the capital or lowercase letter on the recording sheet and write the answer next to it.
Top Bananas I-Spy with recording sheet-Students search for hidden Dolch 1 words. When they find them, they write them on the recording sheet and read them to a partner.
Top Banana Certificates and Bananas-Print, complete, laminate and present to your students as they pass their baseball word list.
Progress monitor sheet to track students���¢�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½ fluency when assessing. Because my district uses Diebels testing, I monitor how many letters the can identify in one minute.
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Kellie Howard (TpT Seller)
I love this packet - it's ridiculously cute!!!! Love the creativity!!!
May 12, 2013 
lgb21207
Thanks!
May 7, 2013
jbedra
This is great! It has been a lot of fun for my students to use.
May 7, 2013
dbejune10
Very fun for my kinder kids!
May 7, 2013
ljackson123
this is great for my still struggling students!
April 8, 2013
mikejuls
I have 2 students who still don't know all their letters and sounds. These cards keep them engaged and they don't see it as "work"!
April 3, 2013
kathy721
Loved these letter recognition activites for the beginning of the year . When perfect with my chicka chicka boom boom theme. Kids loved the monkeys. Thanks!
April 1, 2013
lrobertsnj
Thank you, I'm looking forward to using these activities!
March 26, 2013
epk100
Amazing product, thank you so much! My little ones love the activities.
March 23, 2013
patwhiteland
Will use next year but still have a small group who use now. Love the graphics!
March 20, 2013
kteacher86
Thank you!
March 17, 2013
sgrisham
Cute resource! Thanks!
March 8, 2013
prekseal
Love it!!
February 26, 2013
tcantrell
Great unit!
February 22, 2013
sellmans
Wonderful!
February 19, 2013
skmayer
excellent
February 17, 2013
melissa mcdonald
I'm bananas about it!
February 16, 2013
shelly17
I love creative people. Can't wait to get it ready for use in my centers.
February 10, 2013
jerirenae
So many great resources here!! I love it!! Love it that it also goes with my monkey and bananas classroom theme!! Thanks so much!
February 5, 2013
Janet Inzitari (TpT Seller)
Not one student in my class knows less than 21 letters... even those with no prior educational background, and even my ELLs. Thank you again!
February 3, 2013
lstoffan
Takes a bit to get this ready but look forward to having it for years to come.
February 3, 2013
Arayababy's kinders (TpT Seller)
great activity! wish i would have started using it sooner!
February 3, 2013
lhill2
I've never gotten so much use out of an acitivity before! It's exactly what I needed! Thanks!
January 13, 2013
cbava
Thank you!
January 12, 2013
hgibbo
Love!!
January 11, 2013
slg1582
So many fun activities!
January 10, 2013
Kali3
Just great! :)
December 29, 2012
Craziecatz
My kids loved this.
December 25, 2012
dawngeary
this is great!
December 24, 2012
wtaylor49
Will use this with a jungle theme! Thanks
December 16, 2012
ektjensen
Great unit - my kinders love this.
December 15, 2012
kellypilling
Can't wait to use these in my class!
December 3, 2012
isenhokl
Very cute theme. LOve the Banana Split game.
Great review for first grade at the beginning of the year.
Great review for first grade at the beginning of the year.
November 29, 2012
ehansen95
Awesome! Thanks!
November 27, 2012
MaStew30
So glad I bought this one
November 27, 2012
sbickel07
Saw this on your blog and had to have it! Thank you!
November 26, 2012
lpaluck
Great activities!
November 26, 2012
sadier
This was great going along with my new monkey classroom theme.
November 25, 2012
kbloomberg
Great activities! Thanks for sharing :)
November 25, 2012
lorie7
Wonderful resource for center ideas!
November 25, 2012
misweaver
My kids love playing this game!
November 25, 2012
iwillitryican
This is great. Thanks.
November 24, 2012
kkish1110
Great pack!
November 24, 2012
naf1
Love this!
November 13, 2012
Becki H
THis was a great packet!
November 12, 2012
aarezone
Another great unit
November 10, 2012
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Laurel Sneed (TpT Seller)
Difficulty opening compressed file on my Mac Need to unzip? I am not a techie:)
August 3, 2012
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August 4, 2012
mnharvey2
Hi Marsha - Regarding your Top Banana's - A letter Mastery Unit; does it come with the hidden jungle letters / I-spy activity that you have? Or does this need to be purchased separately? Thanks! Michelle
July 23, 2012
Marsha McGuire (TpT Seller)
There is an I spy activity included in it but it is not the same as hidden jungle letters which is a 12 page I spy letter/letter sounds unit by itself. If you have any other questions please feel free to contact me. Thanks for your question.
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