March 2025
Slam Dunk!
Extend the Lesson
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Skill-Building Sheets
Academic Standards
Reading Objective:
Students will track the history of basketball.
Social Studies Focus:
long ago and today
ELA Skills:
key details, vocabulary, text evidence/writing
Page 4 Skill:
read a chart
Vocabulary:
tournaments, dribble, popular, professional, competitive
CCSS:
RI.2.1 key details; RI.2.2 identify main topic; RI.2.3 describe connect between historical events; RI.2.4 determine meaning of words; RI.2.10 read informational texts; RF.2.3 read gradeappropriate words; W.2.2 write informative texts; W.2.8 gather information; L.2.2 punctuation
Lexile level:
540L