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Sports Resources

35 sports resources: 28 worksheets, 13 assessments, 4 activities and more. How teachers use these

Sports Resources

35 sports resources: 28 worksheets, 13 assessments, 4 activities and more. How teachers use these

Worksheet
WorksheetKindergartenSports Matching Worksheet

A kindergarten sports matching worksheet where children draw a line from each sport word—soccer, basketball, baseball, football, tennis, and hockey—to its picture. Answer key included for quick, no-prep vocabulary practice.

Assessment
Assessment1st GradeAll About Football Worksheet

Build 1st Grade reading skills with the All About Football Worksheet, a short informational passage plus five bubble questions and word-box sentences. An answer key is included, so comprehension practice is ready to print.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeGraphing Sports Worksheet

This graphing sports worksheet has 2nd Grade students count sports balls, color a bar graph from their own data, and answer three questions about it. An answer key is included.

Assessment
Assessment5th GradeFootball Time Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This Football Time Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 5th Grade students an informational passage about football plus main idea, detail, vocabulary and written response questions, with an answer key included, so nonfiction practice feels fun.

Flash Cards
Flash CardsPreschoolSports Flash Cards

These sports flash cards help PreK to 3rd Grade students name 18 sports from pictures of their gear, with an answer key included, to grow everyday vocabulary.

Assessment
Assessment3rd GradeSoccer Time Reading Comprehension Worksheet

The Soccer Time Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd graders a fun, sports-themed passage with multiple-choice and written questions. Answer key included—perfect for no-prep reading practice at home or in the classroom.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeIdentifying Unknown Words in a Text Worksheet

This Identifying Unknown Words in a Text Worksheet gives 1st Grade readers a soccer passage and five context clue questions, with an answer key included, so they learn to work out new words from the sentences around them.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeSports Crossword Puzzle

This sports crossword puzzle worksheet asks 3rd grade students to read eight clues, spell each sport into the grid, and explain how equipment helps a player. An answer key is included.

Assessment
Assessment5th GradeVolleyball Time Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This Volleyball Time Reading Comprehension Worksheet pairs an original two-page volleyball story with six 5th grade questions and a full answer key, so readers build stamina and back up every answer with evidence from the text.

Assessment
Assessment5th GradeHockey Time - Reading Comprehension Worksheet

The Hockey Time - Reading Comprehension Worksheet follows a 5th grader through her first hockey practice, then asks four multiple-choice and two written questions. An answer key is included, so grading takes seconds.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeSports Writing Paper

This sports writing paper worksheet gives 1st grade students wide lined paper and a fun sports prompt, so every child can write about a favorite game and practice neat, complete sentences.

Assessment
Assessment3rd GradeSports Time Reading Comprehension Test Collection

This Sports Time Reading Comprehension Test Collection will help your students build their reading comprehension skills while reading about different sports.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeBasketball Writing Paper

Kids share their love of the game on this basketball writing paper worksheet, with eight roomy 1st grade lines and a bright crayon basketball and hoop picture that sparks ideas.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeBowling Time Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This Bowling Time reading comprehension worksheet gives 3rd graders a short non-fiction story about two friends at the bowling alley, plus four questions and a written response. Answer key included.

Worksheet
Worksheet1st GradeBaseball Writing Paper

Students write about their favorite game on this baseball writing paper worksheet, with eleven roomy 1st grade lines and a bright bat, ball and glove picture that sparks ideas.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeGolf Time Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This Golf Time reading comprehension worksheet gives 3rd graders a short non-fiction story about two children playing a round of golf, plus four questions and a written response. Answer key included.

Worksheet
Worksheet2nd GradeSports Word Jumble Worksheet

This Sports Word Jumble Worksheet gives 2nd grade students five scrambled sports words and a Word Bank to unscramble them with. An answer key is included, so spelling practice is ready in a minute.

Assessment
Assessment3rd GradeSimply Sports Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This Simply Sports Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd grade students an original story about a field day, four questions, a written response and a complete answer key.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeReasons and Evidence Activity

In this reasons and evidence activity, 3rd to 5th grade students sort sports cards to match each point with its reasons and evidence. Answer key included.

Worksheet
Worksheet5th GradePool Time Reading Comprehension Worksheet

This pool time reading comprehension worksheet gives 5th graders a two-page informational passage on the angles and planning behind pool, with four multiple-choice questions, a written response, and an answer key.

From our teachers' playbook

Game on for reading, writing and history!

What can kids learn from sports?

Sports are one of the easiest ways to hook kids on learning. Through sports, kids explore how different games started and where they are played around the world, from soccer, the most popular sport on Earth, to hockey in cold-weather countries. They learn about teamwork, fair play and good sportsmanship, and they meet athletes who worked hard to reach their goals. Sports also make great reading and math practice: kids read short passages about football or tennis and graph favorite sports from a class survey. The click moment is when a sports-loving kid who "hates reading" asks to read the next passage.

Our favorite ways to teach with sports

Kids already care about sports, so we let that excitement do some of the teaching.

Name that sport

Flash pictures of sports equipment and players and have kids name the sport and one rule they know. Then ask where in the world it is popular. It builds vocabulary and gets every kid talking, even the ones who never play.

Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).

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Read like a fan

Give kids a short passage about a sport and three questions to answer with evidence from the text. Let kids choose the sport they read about. Choice gets reluctant readers going, and the questions keep them reading closely.

Why it works: a big review of study methods ranked quick self-quizzing among the most powerful ways to remember (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).

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Survey and graph

Take a class survey of favorite sports, then have kids turn it into a bar graph and write two sentences about what it shows. Mixing reading, math and social studies in one task makes the learning feel real.

Why it works: mixing different kinds of problems in one practice set helped students do far better on a later test (Rohrer and Taylor, 2007).

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Questions parents and teachers ask us

How do you teach sports in social studies?

Use sports to explore cultures, history and teamwork. Kids learn where sports began, which countries play them, and how events like the Olympics bring nations together.

How can sports help reluctant readers?

Kids read more when they care about the topic. Short passages about their favorite sports, plus a choice of what to read, can turn a reluctant reader into an eager one.

What is good sportsmanship for kids?

It means playing fair, following the rules, cheering for teammates and being kind whether you win or lose. Shaking hands after a game is a simple way to practice it.

What grades are these sports resources for?

Most fit 1st through 5th grade. Matching pages and flash cards suit younger kids, while the reading comprehension passages work well for 2nd through 5th grade.