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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARcH 8, 2019
© 2019 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 35, No. 15
How many basketballs
can you find on this
page in two minutes?
Now have a friend try.
Who found more?
Columbia
Veterinary
Hospital
576 31st Street • Astoria
503-325-2250
Replace the missing words.
Read the history of basketball.
Then number these pictures in
the correct order.
An Ancient Game
Long, long ago, around 1400 B.C., the
__________ of Mexico played a game
in which they moved a ball down a
long narrow court and with the goal of
getting it _____________ a stone hoop.
Only players didn’t pass the ball with
their ___________, they sometimes
used their hips!
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and had students ___________
a soccer ball up and down the
_______ and try to shoot it into
the peach baskets.
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Metal Hoops
10 Pier 1 • Suite 301
Astoria, Oregon 97103
In 1893, metal hoops with net
bags replaced the peach baskets.
Officials pulled a cord attached to
the net to ______ the bottom of the
net to release the ball. In 1894, the
first backboard appeared. Baskets
with nets open at the bottom were
introduced around 1913.
Snowy Day Game
Why is basketball called basketball?
Because the modern game was started
in 1891 by James Naismith, a P.E.
____________ in Springfield,
Massachusetts with a _________
and a couple of peach baskets. He was
looking for a __________ his students
could play indoors on cold winter days.
When he couldn’t find a game that was
active enough, he _____________ one.
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Cool New Shot
Joe Fulks played for the Philadelphia
Warriors from 1946 to 1954.
To shoot, he _________ up and
released the ball at the peak of his
jump. This became known as the
jump shot, still used by most
players to this day.
Peach Basket Game
Naismith hung a peach basket
from each end of the gymnasium
Northwest West Inc.
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SEASIDE
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Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Use context clues to determine the meaning of words.
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Who wears short shorts?
How many differences
can you spot between
these two players?
How many silly things
can you find in this
basketball scene?
JOE’S
1701 Marine Dr.
Astoria, OR
503-325-7812
Basketball shorts were very short until
1984, when a future superstar began
wearing longer length shorts. Circle
every other letter to reveal his name.
503.325.0411
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TOWING
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34747 Hwy 101 Bus.
ASTORIA
Sports
Page
Action!
Sports writers
use lots of action
verbs to recreate
the excitement
of a game. Look
through today’s
newspaper and
circle 10 or more
action verbs.
Standards Link:
Writing: Identify
verbs.
Standards Link: Visual Discrimination: Classify common objects by similar attributes.
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Health
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NORTHWEST
READY MIX
Unscramble
the
basketball
words.
Then
write each
numbered
letter in the
correct box
to reveal
the answer
to the
basketball
question.
2
4
6
9
10
1
5
7
3
8
Every year, the top 68 college basketball teams
compete in a nationwide tournament to find out which
team is the very best. What is this tournament called?
1
2
3
4
5
1
6
7
8
9
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503-325-3562
Find the words in the puzzle.
How many of them can you
find on this page?
10
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BASKETBALL
TEACHER
ANCIENT
G L A R E T N I W H
HISTORY
S A N C I E N T M I
BASKET
P T E S T T R E A S
WINTER
COUPLE
O E R S T U E K D T
SPORTS
R M H O O P S S G O
PEACH
T E A C H E R A I R
COURT
S N E G A Y M B H Y
HOOPS
L L A B T E K S A B
METAL
GAME
T G Y M E L P U O C
NETS
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical
GYM
words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
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Teamwork Works!
WARRENTON
503-861-1621
Have students work in pairs to select articles
or pictures in the newspaper that demonstrate
cooperation and teamwork. Explain how
these skills help in a school and/or
family situation.
Thanks to the following
businesses for supporting
• Appelo Archives Center
• Hees Enterprises Inc.
• Quackenbush Builders Inc.
• Bridgewater Bistro
• Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare
• Lazerquick Seaside/Astoria
• Premium Adjustable Beds
• Suzanne Elise Assisted Living
• Moberg & Rust, Attorneys at Law
ANSWER: Because they always hog the ball.
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
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Education
• Lower Columbia Clinic
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