Name _________________________

The Man Who Invented Basketball Vocabulary Bingo

1. freeze - harden into ice
2. terrible - very bad
3. sports - athletic games
4. popular - well-liked
5. study - learn carefully
6. disease - sickness
7. guard - basketball player at the back of the court
8. idle - doing nothing, not busy, or not working
9. mock - to laugh at or to make fun of
10. potential - something possible
11. verge - when something is about to happen
12. audition - a hearing to test a person's performance
Name _________________________ Traits that helped
James Naismith be
successful.
Name _____________________________
Word Definition Picture

freeze

sports

popular

terrible

guard

study

disease
Name _________________________
A Symphony of Whales Questions
1. The old ones tell Glashka she has the gift. What is the gift? Why do you think it is a
gift?

2. Do you think it would be difficult to be a member of Glashka' s village? Why or why

not.

3. What generalizations can you make about the people who live in the Arctic?

4. Why do you think the whales weren't able to eat while they were trapped in the bay?
5. What details support the generalization that most sled dogs are attuned to nature?

6. What generalization can you make about the kinds of music whales like?

7. What generalization can you make about the people and animals in the story?

8. Tell about a time you had to work as part of a team What did you do? What were the
results?