Sports Special Collection

Sports Special Collection

Exercise Your Genre Muscles with Sports Leveled Readers
Create friendly classroom competition in language arts using activities from leveled reader lesson plans in centers. Remember to use projectable versions, pocketbooks, and wordless books to extend instruction. Use the Search to find related leveled readers. RT means that the leveled reader is also available on Reading-tutors.com. RK means that the leveled reader is also available on Raz-Kids.com.

Nonfiction
Biography
Lance and His Bicycle K RK RT
Mike Van Zee, Special Olympian Q
Cathy Freeman T
Lance Armstrong T RK RT
Female Sports Stars V RK RT
Alberto Salazar: An American Runner W
American Sports Legends W RK

Interview
Climbing Mountains: An Interview with Erik Weihenmayer W

Informational Report
Play Ball! aa
Games We Play B
The Team D
Summer Olympics Events H, K, Q
Playing It Safe K
Jenny Loves Yoga O RK
Summer Olympics Legends O
Skydiving R RT
A Big League for Little Players S RT
The Jr. Iditarod U
The Last Great Race V RT
The Olympics: Past and Present W
The World of NASCAR W RK
Catching Air W RK

Teachable Moment
May 9, 2009—60th running of the Southern 500 NASCAR race at Darlington Raceway. Imagine riding in a car at a speed of 200 miles per hour! The World of NASCAR explores the incredible custom-built cars that are part of a major class of competitive racing events.

Fiction
Realistic Fiction
Maria Joins the Team G
Jessica Loves Soccer L RK RT
Eggy's Easy Out L
The Fishing Derby N
Sprak! Q
Wheeling the Snake S
Ricardo's Dilemma T RT
Miltie Math-Head Takes the Mound Y RT
Miltie Math-Head: Football Hero? Y

Historical Fiction
Robin Hood Wins the Sheriff's Golden Arrow R, U, Y RT

Fantasy
Jacey Nova: Starship Pilot X
Miguel and King Arthur X

How the Websites Work Together

Resource Integration


	Help students learn informational report writing with the baseball research packet, which includes a Jackie Robinson biography and a pro/con article on metal versus wooden bats. Use sports-themed photo writing prompts and a sports mini-book from subscription website Writing A-Z to help strengthen student writing skills.


	To help students better understand how their bodies allow them to play the sports they enjoy, use the abundance of resources in units for Energy (K–2), Human Body (3–4), and Inside Living Things (5–6) on subscription website Science A–Z.


	Students who need extra support will have fun with fluency and comprehension lessons for A Big League for Little Players (Level S), Female Sports Stars (Level V), and The World of NASCAR (Level W) on subscription website Reading-Tutors.


	For a simple story that perfectly demonstrates team spirit, go to subscription website Raz-Kids for the listen version of Play Ball! (Level aa) and Maria Joins the Team (Level G).


	Vocabulary A–Z provides five-day lessons to support the categories of Exercise and Fitness and Sports and Equipment, plus glossary terms for sports-related books on Reading A–Z and for science units on Science A–Z.

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