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From Peach Baskets to Hoops

Read a short history article about how basketball began, match each paragraph to its focus, and find the main topic.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRI.2.2

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

Students identify the main topic of a multiparagraph history article.
Students match each paragraph to the question it answers.
Students tell how the focus of one paragraph connects to another.

How to use

Read the article aloud, then talk about the question each paragraph answers before students work on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RI.2.2

Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text and the focus of each paragraph within it.

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From Peach Baskets to Hoops

Match each paragraph to its focus and find the main topic.

Read the article

Read the article. After each paragraph, stop and think: what question does this paragraph answer?

From Peach Baskets to Hoops

1More than one hundred years ago, there was no game called basketball. Then a teacher named James Naismith had a problem. It was a cold winter, and his students had to stay inside the school gym. They needed a new game they could play indoors.

2Naismith wanted a game that was safe to play inside. He did not want players to tackle each other. So he nailed a peach basket high up at each end of the gym. Players scored by tossing a ball into a basket. The first game was played with a soccer ball.

3The peach baskets had one big problem. They had bottoms! Each time a player scored, the ball stayed inside the basket. Someone had to climb up and take it out. This slowed the game down.

4Over time, the game changed. Metal hoops with open nets took the place of peach baskets, so the ball could drop right through. A special ball was made just for basketball. Today, people play basketball in schools, parks, and driveways all over the world.

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