Basketball Stars Mega Bundle of Activities | 5th Grade & 6th Grade

The bundle focuses on Michael Jordan, Steph Curry and LeBron James. The bundle contains three close reading activities about the players, three biography writing units, and a discussion based writing activity about who is the greatest modern day basketball player. The activities are perfect for students in 5th grade or 6th grade.

19 Lessons, or 19 hours of activities, with NO PREP needed!

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Firstly, there are three close reading activities, or informational texts, about:

• Michael Jordan
• LeBron James
• Stephen Curry

These activities require NO PREP and have a body of text that students need to read through thoroughly; then they can use the text to find the comprehension and grammar answers. All texts then have an extension activity, crossword puzzle and wordsearch for those fast finishers. Answers, for teacher use, are on the final page of each document.

Secondly, there are three biography writing units about all three famous players. The units have been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.

Finally, there is a discussion based writing unit discussing who is the greatest modern day basketball player. The unit has been split into four separate lessons which will take students approximately 40-50 minutes each.

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