Basketball Madness! A Fun Way to Review ELAR Skills in March.
Two words.
Basketball. Review.
With that certain… trademarked sports game taking place in March, what better way to join in on the fun but with centers/stations revolving around basketball? I have the PERFECT product for you to transform your classroom into a day of fun review!
Keep reading to see why you download the product, what’s included in the download, and a few tips on how to get started!
Why should you download this product, you ask?
🏀 It will increase student engagement.
Most students love basketball. And if they don’t love basketball, surely they love games. Or, at the very least, they will much prefer playing games to review ELAR skills than just sitting at their desks and doing it the “boring way”. Students who are engaged = more participation = a greater chance they will retain information. Which brings me to my second point.
🏀 Students will be better prepared for their tests.
If students are retaining the information they are being presented with, or are practicing their skills in a fun way, they will be better prepared for the dreaded state tests.
Whole body learning is AMAZING, and this resource gives your students a chance to get up and move while they are participating in the activities.
🏀 You will build stronger relationships with your students.
Meeting students where they’re at is the KEY to building relationships. Allowing them to partake in fun activities that they are actually invested in will let them know that you care about their interests.
Not only this, but YOU’LL have fun, too! Having fun with your students is the best part of teaching and will strengthen the relationships between you and your students AND with their peers as well.
That’s great, now what’s included?
There are 135 pages in this bad boy, including some editable slides (through PowerPoint), as well as an editable display screen. You will receive a PDF file as well as a JPEG file in case you have a cutting machine to cut things for you!
You will receive:
A test prep guide with tips on what to do before, during, and after the transformation.
2 color options of “You’ve Been Drafted” classroom invitations to get your students hyped for the day.
An editable prize guide if you decide to make it a competition.
4 score card options.
An annotation checklist for fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
Station cards with directions on how to play all 6 games AND related worksheets to go along with the games. Most are editable depending on the content. You get to add your own questions, so you very well can reuse this for many passages for years to come in MANY grade levels! Score!!!
The games are: Dice Question Stems, Tic-Tac-Toe Connections, Question Vocabulary Matching & Flipping, Worst/Distractor/Correct Basketball Roll, Making Inferences Ring Toss, and Comprehension Strategies Basketball.
12 signs to label the station rotations (some say “Drill” and some say “Station”).
6 team logo design worksheets, where students can color and decorate their team logo.
The different teams are: Tigers, Eagles, Lions, Sharks, Panthers, and Alligators.
6 team pennant design worksheets.
1 blank pennant design worksheet.
6 team jersey design worksheets.
1 blank jersey design worksheet.
2 shoe design worksheets.
21 banners of alternating colors. Some have basketballs on them and some have the *cough* March basketball game name spelled out.
7 posters that say “Way to go, *insert team name here*!”
9 posters with motivational sayings (basketball-themed, of course) on them.
10 posters with quotes from NBA players.
Beautiful! Now, how do I get started?
I’m so glad you asked!
🏀First, download this resource! You can head over to Teachers Pay Teachers to do this!
🏀Second, print it and cut it (of course).
🏀Third, gather your materials! Really the only things needed are:
Dice (you could easily find some to cut and print to fold and tape yourself).
Bottles for bottle flipping.
Ring ross materials. In the past, I’ve used glow sticks that I’ve found as well as some cones. Perhaps you could find some rings and tape off a space on the floor to toss the rings onto if you don’t have cones.
Some balls to use for the ball roll and the basketball toss. If you don’t have a basketball HOOP, you can do “TRASHketball” and use some balled-up paper and a bin to throw it in. It doesn’t have to be filled with trash, of course.
A passage to read.
Here is a link to some items I purchased for basketball days if you’re interested.
🏀Fourth, make sure you go through and edit the slides you need to have edited, including adding questions based off the passage you decided to review with your class.
There are TWO main ways to play…
However, I’m sure there can be more ways if you’re creative and resourceful enough.
🏀Each group of students can be a different team. When playing the games, figure out which teams scored the most combined points on each “drill” (station). Use this to determine who the ultimate winner is!
🏀Alternatively, if you’re doing this with a team (so, multiple classes), each class can be a different team. Figure out who the winner is based off the total combined points OR even testing data!
Have fun!!!
If you download this resource, let me know what you think by leaving a review! Also, I would ✨LOVE✨ to see pictures of you and your kiddos having fun! Tag me on TikTok or Instagram! My handle is @teachandachieve on both platforms.
Questions, comments, or concerns? Drop any of those below and I’ll get back to you as quickly as possible.
Until next time!
-Aimee ♡
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