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Top Bananas Alphabet Mastery and Ball Word Dolch Mastery System!
This bundle includes three units, Top Bananas (letter recognition), Baseball (Dolch 1) and Soccer (Dolch 2) Mastery units that are used in my own class. It is aligned to Common Core and includes over 75 pages of games, activities and items to support your students learning. If you would like specific details about what is included in each unit, they are each sold separately as well, in my store. Please feel free to check them out. You are also welcome to contact my at my blog for additional information http://www.differentiatedkindergarten.com
I hope your students enjoy these activities as much as my own students do. Look for the next 8 units of Ball Words coming shortly.
Top Bananas Alphabet Mastery and Ball Word Dolch Mastery System!
This bundle includes three units, Top Bananas (letter recognition), Baseball (Dolch 1) and Soccer (Dolch 2) Mastery units that are used in my own class. It is aligned to Common Core and includes over 75 pages of games, activities and items to support your students learning. If you would like specific details about what is included in each unit, they are each sold separately as well, in my store. Please feel free to check them out. You are also welcome to contact my at my blog for additional information http://www.differentiatedkindergarten.com
I hope your students enjoy these activities as much as my own students do. Look for the next 8 units of Ball Words coming shortly.
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hinman
I lOVE these, and more importantly, so do my kiddos. They literally beg to practice them!
May 17, 2013 
dinwiddie
I can't wait to use this next year!
May 16, 2013
hneu
Woo hoo
May 13, 2013
JennyC
Thank you!
May 13, 2013
sjfteacher
BRILLIANT!
May 12, 2013
deccles
I can not wait to use this fall! I bought the whole set and am so excited about using this system next year. Great resource.
May 12, 2013
Marsha McGuire (TpT Seller)
Let me know if you have any questions as you're putting it together. My kids love Ball Words! Hope yours do too.
Marsha
Marsha
May 12, 2013
Rebecca Thompson (TpT Seller)
Downloaded the whole set! Thanks for the sale :) This is making me look forward to starting next year. Thank you for all your phenomenal resources.
May 11, 2013
Carla Cundiff
These will be great to start off the year! I'll be printing and laminating this summer!
May 8, 2013
Marylynncrawford
My kids are gonna love me for these....my laminator might hate me though heehee!
May 8, 2013
rmerwin
Wonderfully creative! Thank you for sharing your talent.
May 8, 2013
llut3
I can't wait to use these in class next year. This is just what I have been looking for!
May 8, 2013
nypeapod
I am so excited to start this next year. I love how you include activities to do with each list.
May 7, 2013
Marsha McGuire (TpT Seller)
Once it's up and running, the kids take right over and it moves right along. I have 10 students who have already master all 220 words and my entire class has passed the first three levels (one two students away from the 4th level). I hope you find the same success.
Marsha
Marsha
May 8, 2013
Wendy Smith
Love!
May 7, 2013
nmason352
I am a new Kindergarten teacher and have been looking for things that will work. I am so excited to try this way of learning letters and sight words! Thanks for being so creative and for sharing your talents with us! :o)
May 7, 2013
jesmoyer
I'm so excited to share this new way of mastering letters and words with my kinders. I'm so happy to have a convenient system for words that will allow my kinders to stretch beyond the ~100 words we have done the last two years.
May 7, 2013
Marsha McGuire (TpT Seller)
Exactly. If they're interested and they have a desire to go beyond 100, why not let them. Thanks for your purchase.
Marsha
Marsha
May 8, 2013
julied1966
Perfect for my reluctant readers!
May 7, 2013
mrssilvak
Awesome!
May 7, 2013
hollyjoyjoyjoy
THIS is going to be amazing!!!! I can hardly wait to do this in the fall...I may do the baseball words now just to practice how I want to do it so I can work out any kinks on the kiddos I have now. THANK YOU for sharing such a wonderful and engaging way to master these high-freqency words! Love it!
May 6, 2013
Sharon Borror (TpT Seller)
Love all of this! I will be new to kindergarten next year and I am excited to use many of your things! :)
May 5, 2013
zfuqua
Love these activities!
May 5, 2013
sw7239a
I can't wait to use these next year to really motivate my students. Thanks!
May 3, 2013
anitakirk
I can't wait to use this next year. My students are going to love it!
April 29, 2013
Marsha McGuire (TpT Seller)
Thanks for your purchase. I hope your kinders love it as much as mine do.
April 29, 2013
Rebekahk4
Although it's late in the year to begin these I need something to motivate them to learn the last few or gain more before they leave me! Can't wait!
April 27, 2013
schlouber
I just know the students are going to love these!
April 25, 2013
Elizabeth Ingersoll (TpT Seller)
Love that this includes so many additional ideas, activities and games. I can't wait to use this with my kindergarteners next year!
April 24, 2013
dawnhaberman
Amazing as always. Love your creativity
April 24, 2013
Jessica Compton (TpT Seller)
I LOVE your ball word system and hope to come back for the other packs when my kids are ready.
April 23, 2013
kimcrowder
Can't wait to start using these next school year!
April 23, 2013
ShereeNelson
This has been just what I've been looking for. Thank you!
April 22, 2013
days
This is awesome! My kids love it!
April 21, 2013
LisaFB
Love it!
April 14, 2013
nichollsk
Will challenge all students to achieve!
April 13, 2013
jessicagudeman
Love your work; thank you for sharing it!
April 12, 2013
pingles
Love the whole idea of this! I will be glad to start using it in my class.
April 7, 2013
Karen Belton
Great idea! Love it!
April 3, 2013
HeatherReckling
This is amazing! Aligned, differentiated, professional, and fun. What could be better??
April 2, 2013
kindercub
Marsha NEVER disappoints!
March 30, 2013
mtermine
I bought this for my kiddos after reading all the blog postings on it. Thank you for such wonderful product!
March 30, 2013
ksommersdorf
Can not wait to use! am super excited :)
March 30, 2013
jeneferabc
This looks and sounds fantastic... I can't wait to use it
March 29, 2013
sped57
Can't wait to use these!
March 24, 2013
juliebaldwin
So comprehensive and fun! Looking forward to starting this and then adding more levels as you make them available. :)
March 24, 2013
jenniferandrews
Can't wait to introduce!
March 23, 2013
Sazzymeem
Amazing! You're going to keep me busy putting all of this together, but I can't wait to have it in my teaching toolbox! : )
March 22, 2013
Cori Krol (TpT Seller)
I have heard such great things about these! So excited to put them to use!
March 19, 2013
Marsha McGuire (TpT Seller)
Let me know if you have any questions as you're putting them together.
Marsha
Marsha
March 19, 2013
vbirddiaz
Kids love reaching the goals! The laminated word cards are so useful!
March 12, 2013
Lishelle
Will be implementing this after our spring break. Thanks so much!
February 25, 2013
edymac87
Great
February 18, 2013
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kdh423
Hi Marsha-
I teach first grade and am interested in your ball words because I NEED a more organized way of keeping up with my kids' sight word knowledge (for myself and planning as well as RTI). Just wondering if you've had feedback from first grade teachers regarding this product? Do you think it would be appropriate for a first grade classroom?
Thanks!- Kim
I teach first grade and am interested in your ball words because I NEED a more organized way of keeping up with my kids' sight word knowledge (for myself and planning as well as RTI). Just wondering if you've had feedback from first grade teachers regarding this product? Do you think it would be appropriate for a first grade classroom?
Thanks!- Kim
May 18, 2013
Marsha McGuire (TpT Seller)
Great question Kim. I think if you a teacher who differentiates and doesn't assume that all your students are going to come in know the 'required' sight word list, this will be a great tool for your class. I know in my own district, in the past we have only 'expected' our students to know 25-30 sight words before entering 1st grade. It never failed, I always had kids that could learn more and wanted to learn more. Ball words have really helped. I have over half my class that know 220 sight words and have moved on to Dolch phrase fluency (Speed Readers) and every student know as least 80 words to date. You will have students who can really benefit from the incentives and activities that get them from each ball word level to the next. I never ask my students to study sight words, they do it on their own. If anything, they bug me to let them read them to me. If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to contact me. mmmoffitm@gmail.com
May 18, 2013
anitakirk
Hello,
I just purchased the first set of ball words and am so excited about beginning this program next year. I was wondering, do you have a letter you send home to the parents explaining this sight word system? Thanks!
I just purchased the first set of ball words and am so excited about beginning this program next year. I was wondering, do you have a letter you send home to the parents explaining this sight word system? Thanks!
May 2, 2013
Marsha McGuire (TpT Seller)
I don't but I do send a newsletter home explaining it to parents. I will go ahead and update this packet to include a letter as soon as I get a chance. Thanks for the great idea.
May 2, 2013
billie216
HI-
First let me say my teaching partner and I have been using your ball word system all year and love it! We have a new title one teacher who started matching them up with Dolch PP , primer etc, and said the words on baseball for example don't all come off the PP list . She found some on the higher lists on there ( Primer and first). What list are they based on ( more for her information than my need) ? Again, my kids love this system!
First let me say my teaching partner and I have been using your ball word system all year and love it! We have a new title one teacher who started matching them up with Dolch PP , primer etc, and said the words on baseball for example don't all come off the PP list . She found some on the higher lists on there ( Primer and first). What list are they based on ( more for her information than my need) ? Again, my kids love this system!
April 29, 2013
Marsha McGuire (TpT Seller)
The original Dolch frequency word list is from Edward William Dolch (published in the 1940s). They are listed in the order of high frequency words (excluding nouns). Some of the words are kind of outdated, but the list seems to have stood the test of time. I assume that primer and pre-primer lists came after the original list when someone decided to break that 220 word beast down into smaller bit sizes. The original Dolch 1-11 list is the list and order that my district and our title one teachers have requested we use. I have used these words in this order and the ball system in my classroom since I began teaching kindergarten. I really only put stuff out on TpT that I have actually used myself. I realize it doesn't always work for everyone. I totally understand that. I'm so glad your kinders like the units. All of my own students (minus one new little guy that just arrived) have all passed BASKETBALL level so we are actually celebrating this week with a party. That's 60 words for each kinder. A reason I like having all 220 words listed out the way they are is so I can challenge those high flier kids that can complete all 220 words and move onto Speed Reader Dolch Phrases. I'm not sure if all this rambling answers your questions. If not, please feel free to drop me a line anytime. My email address is mmmoffitm@gmail.com Thanks again for you awesome comments regarding Ball Words.
M
M
April 29, 2013
carlat523
Is there a way to edit the words on the balls? I love the set-up of your system, but we do not use the Dolch Lists in our district.
March 18, 2013
Kristen Ryan (TpT Seller)
I already bought top banana... does this set come in pieces for the soccer and baseball words. My kids LOVE your stuff ( and so do I).
Thanks
Kristen
Thanks
Kristen
December 1, 2012
Marsha McGuire (TpT Seller)
Baseball and soccer are set up the same way as top bananas. You can buy them as individual units or as bundles. I have kinders that go through all 220 words so I use all of them. Let me if you have any other questions. You can contact me at mmmoffitm@gmail.com
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