12A • COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL • MARCH 20, 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?
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!
Naismith hung a peach basket
from each end of the gymnasium
not alowed to play on pro
basketball teems.
The team traveled around the
country to play exhibition
Cool New Shot
games. The Globetrotters
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.
bekame so good that no one
would play against them!
Players started to add funnie
stunts such as hiding a ball under
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Use context clues to determine the meaning of words.
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?
American athletes in Harlem
then, African Americans were
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.
Peach Basket Game
In 1927, a group of African
week at a local ballroom. Back
Metal Hoops
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.
The First Harlem
Globetrotter’s Game
met to play basketball each
and had students ___________
a soccer ball up and down the
_______ and try to shoot it into
the peach baskets.
Snowy Day Game
Are you an eagle-eyed reader?
Read the articles below and correct
the eight spelling errors you find.
The first one is done for you.
Basketball shorts were very short until
1984, when a future superstar began
wearing longer length shorts. Circle
every other letter to reveal his name.
their jerseys or dribbleng it into
the stands. Before long they
became famous for their
comedy.
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Today, the Harlem Globetrotters
entertain peeple all over the
world with both male and
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.
female players. The first woman
to join the team was Lynette
Woodard in 1985. Today, there
are five active womin with the
Globetrotters: Hoops Green,
Swish Young, Torch George,
TNT Lister, and Mighty
Mortimer. These ladies kan
really hoop!
Unscramble
the
basketball
words.
Then
write each
numbered
letter in the
correct box
to reveal
the answer
to the
basketball
question.
2
4
Find the words in the puzzle.
How many of them can you
find on this page?
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
10
10
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.
Teamwork Works!
Standards Link: Writing: Edit text to check
for correct spelling and grammar.
This week’s word:
ANCIENT
The adjective ancient
means of or relating to a
long time ago.
The ancient castle showed
signs of decay.
Use the word ancient in a
sentence today when talking
with your friends and family.
SPORTS REPORT
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.
ANSWER: Because they always hog the ball.
Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
What is your favorite
sport or exercise? Write
a paragraph describing
it and why you like it.
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