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Basketball Reading Comprehension Passages Sports Close Read Activity

Rated 4.85 out of 5, based on 115 reviews
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Think Grow Giggle
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Grade Levels
3rd - 5th, Homeschool
Resource Type
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Pages
28 + Google Slides™
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This is a great resource. I have been using it with my online 3rd-grade students. They love the March Madness!
This is a great resource for my multi-grade level Autism classroom. My students enjoyed this and found it engaging.
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Description

Harness March Madness excitement with these basketball reading activities! Your students will love to read about the man who invented the game, playing in tournaments, and more all while completing critical thinking activities based on informational texts about the game of basketball.

Included are 3, two-page articles to help your students understand the history of basketball, how to play the game and basketball tournaments, and learn about Michael Jordan, too.

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These passages and comprehension questions will have your students practicing how to gather important information and reflect as they read.

Help your students learn about basketball with these engaging and critical-thinking nonfiction articles perfect to practice close reading strategies.

This set is perfect for:

  • small group work
  • independent reading
  • morning work
  • test prep
  • sub plans
  • anyway YOU want!

This set includes both a print and digital version.

CONTENTS:

Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™

✓3, Two-page Articles with Reader Response Questions

✓Venn Diagram to Compare Basketball to Another Sport

✓Critical Stance Writing Activities

✓Close Reading Anchor Charts in two sizes

✓Close Reading Graphic Organizer

✓Answer Keys

Bonus Activities Included:

  • Vocabulary Check
  • Main Idea Organizer
  • Invent a Game Activity
  • Agree Disagree Activity
  • Take a Critical Stance Activity

Coordinating Product: Basketball Math Task Cards

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"These were such a hit when I was tutoring around the time of our school's basketball tournament! Thanks for an engaging resource!"

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"I myself learned some cool info from this pack! Awesome!"

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"March Madness is the perfect time to implement this! Love it!"

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Standards

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Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect.
Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area.
Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.

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