‘Ss y " A ek Atta i aL omc lh di v g ieee om atereeciean Written by Ken Mackler What makes basketball a fun and fast game?Front and back cover: Sacramento Kings forward Omri Casspi goes for a layup during the team’s victory over the Chicago Bulls in 2015, Title page: Friends playing for fun in Cebu, Philippines Page 3: Men playing a friendly game of one-on-one on an outdoor court Photo Credits: Front cover: © Christophe Elise/Icon SMI/Corbis; title page: © imageBROKER/ Alamy: page 3: © Todd Arena/Hemera/Thinkstock: page 4: © Michael Dwyer/AP Images; page 5: © Bettmann/Corbis; page 6 (top): © Granger, NYC/Granger, NYC; page 6 (bottom): courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-DIG-npcc-29921|; page 7 (left): © Corbis; page 7 (top right): © Radius Images/Corbis: page 7 (bottom right): © Kerrick James/Alamy: page 8: © Doug McShooler/AP Images: page 9: © Miguel Lopez/Cordon Press/Corbis; page 10: © Robert Duyos/ZUMA Press/Corbis; page 1: © Torsak/Dreamstime. com; page 12 (top): © B. Leighty/Photri Images/Alamy; page 12 (bottom): © Gregory Payan/AP Images; page 13: © John Swart/AP Images: page 14: © Tim Clayton/Tim Clayton/Corbis; page 15: © John Birdsall/Alamy Basketball . Spectacular Sports Correlation Level I Leveled Book LEVEL I © Learning A~Z Written by Ken Mackler Fountas & Pinnell I plinabisiieseied Reading Recovery | 15-16 www.readinga-z.com DRA 16Table of Contents A Fun Game ..........-...005. 4 Story of a Sport............... 5 Basketball Today .............. 7 Basketball All Over ............ 8 How to Play ...........00 0000. 10 Hoop Stars .............0..00. 13 A Sport for Everyone .......... 15 Glossary 2.0.2... cc eee eee eee 16 Basketball » Level | 3rage amueng A Fun Game Basketball is a fun and fast sport. People play basketball with an orange ball and a hoop. mnStory of a Sport Long ago, a teacher wanted a new sport for his students. The winters were too cold to play outside. Basketball » Level | 5= 2 Boys, girls, men, and women began playing on basketball teams. The teacher put peach baskets on a wall and made a new game— basketball.People play basketball indoors, in parks or playgrounds, or even on top of buildings! Basketball Today Today, students in schools everywhere have fun playing basketball. All they need is a basket and a ball. Basketball » Level | 7Almost every high school in the United States has a basketball team. Basketball All Over There are thousands of basketball teams in cities and schools in the United States. 8These teams are playing basketball in Spain. There are also basketball teams in many countries around the world. Basketball » Level | 9Basketball players move very quickly. They jump high to make a basket and score points. How to Play In a basketball game, there are two teams. Teams score points by throwing the ball through the other team’s hoop. The team that ends the game with the most points wins! 10Basketball Cou sideline midcourt line ‘ free throw ? s cline, basket baseline Basketball # Level | tlPlayers must learn to bounce the ball as they move. They throw the ball to a teammate who can make a basket. Players can only move the basketball in two ways. They can bounce the ball while they walk or run. They can also throw the ball to another player. 12Michael Jordan was sometimes called “Air Jordan" because he could jump very high to make baskets. Hoop Stars There are many great basketball players. Some people think Michael Jordan is the best player of all time. He played basketball for sixteen years and scored thousands of points for his team. Basketball » Level | 13Brittney Griner from Arizona jumps high in the air to shoot a basket in a game against a Connecticut team. Brittney Griner is a great player, too. She made twenty-eight points in one game. 14A Sport for Everyone Basketball has grown since it was created long ago. Today, basketball is all around the world. The sport is in schools and parks everywhere. All you have to do is pick up a ball and find the nearest hoop! Basketball # Level | 15bounce (v.) created (v.) hoop (n.) score (v.) sport (n.) teams (n.) Glossary to move quickly back from or spring off a surface after hitting it (p. 12) made or designed; brought into being (p. 15) anything made in the shape of a large ring (p. 4) to get points in a game or contest (p. 10) a game or contest that requires skill and physical exercise (p. 4) groups of players on one side in sports or other games (p. 8)Basketball A Reading A-Z Level I Leveled Book Word Count: 23 Writing Do you like playing basketball? Why or why not? Draw a picture and write about it. Social Studies Using the diagram of the court, make up a new game. Include ho § details about the new game, such j as its name, the rules, how many players will be on each team, and how the teams will score points. Present your new game to the class.