Resources for this Week's News-2-You: Kobe and LeBron

On the Web:

• Basketball.com
• NBA.com
• NBA Kids
• Jr. NBA
  

Adaptive Technology:

• Play Hoop Stars at HelpKidzLearn
• Kobe Bryant Tar Heel Reader Book (search for Tar Heel Reader Books)
• With students create a Power Point, SwitchIt Maker or similar program with pictures of Kobe and LeBron, set to "We are the Champions" or another favorite and run with switches
  

Sensory:

• Basketball Jars/Bottles - using large clean clear plastic jars or bottles (i.e. mayo, peanut butter water bottle or new dollar store jars) make Basketball sensory jars. Option one: offer students small objects to sort into "you find it at a basketball game" or "you don't find it at a basketball game" include things like a small toy basket ball, pieces of a cut up net/hoop, pop corn, a mini sneaker, cheerleader pom pom, etc. once objects are sorted put into jar and hot glue the lid on. Option 2: fill a water bottle with 10 parts water or clear corn syrup. Add beads and confetti from the craft or party store in a basketball theme. Hot glue the lid on and shake away. Sensory Bottles Link.
  

Adapted PE:

• Play table top pong pong basketball
• Play trash can basketball (with or without one of those little clip on hoops you can get at discount stores) or another version of adapted basketball
  
• Have a basketball obstacle course which includes skills appropriate to your population (bouncing, dribbling, lift the ball over head, pass the ball, roll the ball, etc.)
• Play other ball games with a basketball (instead of hot potato play burning basketball, etc.)
  

Arts and Crafts:

• Tissue Paper Basket Ball Collage
• Billy Basketball at DLTK (good project to review body parts)
• purchase a bunch of dollar/discount store toy/mini basketballs and do some "marble" painting
  

Life Skills:

• work on personal information by making "Basketball Trading Cards" that include name, birth date and other "stats"
  

Math:

• while playing any of the adapted PE games or Hoop Stars online keep score and work on counting, adding or probability
• recruit some peer buddies to have a shoot out, again work on counting, adding and probability
• collect various objects about half of which are spheres and half of which are not sort them into "ball" and "not ball"

Don't forget to check Adapted Learning and Classroom Suite Sharing for activities. Join the Adapted Learning News-2-You Group if you make Boardmaker, Boardmaker Plus or Boardmaker SDP News-2-You activities. (You must login in to Adapted Learning and then click on link.)