By Kerry Beck www.howtohomeschoolmychild.com/blog
Super Bowl Alphabetizing Use the list of NFL-American Conference teams. Place them in alphabetical order. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Super Bowl Alphabetizing Use the list of NFL-National Conference teams. Place them in alphabetical order. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Super Bowl Alphabetizing Use the list of original NFL teams. Place them in alphabetical order. Use this graphic for the names of those teams. http://visual.ly/original-14-nfl-teams 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
National Football League American Football Conference AFC East Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins New England Patriots New York Jets AFC North Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers AFC South Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars Tennessee Titans AFC West Denver Broncos Kansas City Chiefs Oakland Raiders San Diego Chargers National Football Conference NFC East Dallas Cowboys New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles Washington Redskins NFC North Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings NFC South Atlanta Falcons Carolina Panthers New Orleans Saints Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC West Arizona Cardinals St. Louis Rams San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks
Super Bowl Locations Put the locations in alphabetical order. Locate each city on a USA map. Miami New Orleans Los Angeles Tampa Bay Houston San Diego Phoenix Detroit Atlanta Minneapolis St. Paul Jacksonville San Francisco Dallas Fort Worth New York Indianapolis 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
Football Experiment Gather 5 footballs. Put each football in a different environment for 24 hours. You might choose a dry/warm place, a wet place, an ice cold place (your freezer). When you are ready to do the experiment, gather your footballs. Toss each football and record the following. Football #1 Environment: How far did you throw the football? What was your reaction to this football? Football #2 Environment: How far did you throw the football? What was your reaction to this football? Football #3 Environment: How far did you throw the football? What was your reaction to this football? Football #4 Environment: How far did you throw the football? What was your reaction to this football? Football #5 Environment: How far did you throw the football? What was your reaction to this football? Conclusion: What conclusion can you draw about throwing the football in different environments? How does the weather affect a football game?
Super Bowl Snack Nutrition Plan a party for the Super Bowl. Lists your snacks below. Write down the calories & fat content, for each snack listed. Snack #1 Calories: Fat: Will you serve this snack at your Super Bowl party? Snack #2 Calories: Fat: Will you serve this snack at your Super Bowl party? Snack #3 Calories: Fat: Will you serve this snack at your Super Bowl party? Snack #4 Calories: Fat: Will you serve this snack at your Super Bowl party?
Super Bowl Activity (adapted from Teaching Writing: Structure & Style Unit 4) 1. Let your children choose their favorite football player (or other sport figure). Find a short biography about that player. Last week I was on our library s website and found 12 children s biographies of football players. Even if your kids are in junior high, let them read an easy book for this writing activity. This is not a reading lesson, but a writing lesson. 2. As your kids read their biography, have them list anything that is important or interesting to them. You may not think it s interesting, but that s okay. This report will be better if your child finds the details interesting to him or her. 3. Let your child choose a maximum of 5 details to include in the one-paragraph paper. This encourages critical thinking as they must decide what is most important. 4. Use my Key Word Outline printable (see bottom of this article) to create an outline for your child s paper. Only 3 words on each line of the outline. 5. Be sure your Clincher sentence repeats or reflects the words from the Topic sentence. 6. Close all books and write your rough draft. Set aside for one day. 7. Personally, I type the rough draft after my child writes it. So much easier to edit. Print out the rough draft (with mistakes) in double or triple space format. This allows space to make changes. 8. I like to teach my kids at least one stylistic technique with each paper. If you ve never done this before, have your child add at least one ly word to their paragraph. I ve included a list of ly words in our Super Bowl Printables. Your child does not need to understand adverbs to add an ly word. Just choose one or two from the list that work well in the rough draft. Again, this is not a grammar lesson, but a writing lesson. 9. Depending on your child s age, let them edit the paper. If they are young, you will edit the paper for them. Hey, even authors have editors. Try not to turn the paper red <grin>. 10. Your child copies the paragraph in good handwriting as a final draft.
Key Word Outline I. Topic Sentence: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Clincher (repeat/reflect 2-3 keywords from topic): This is a very simple writing activity to get your students to not plagiarize and to write in their own words. On each line, put 3 words to help you remember each detail. For the topic sentence, think about one idea that summarizes your favorite football player. Use 3 words to help you remember that idea. The clincher sentence repeats & reflects the idea in the topic sentence. You may use one of your topic sentence words. The other 2 words must reflect your topic. If you have 2 major ideas about your football player, you can write 2 paragraphs for your paper.
-ly Words Dress up your paragraph by adding at least one ly word. These ly words might work for this paper. anxiously bravely briskly broadly calmly certainly closely continually coolly diligently especially evenly excitedly extremely fairly famously ferociously fervently frantically freely fully generally generously greatly happily higly immediately intensely knowlingly loudly mechanically mostly naturally physically quickly Playfully powerfully quickly readily sharply successfully thoroughly tremendously wildly wisely
What Makes a Great Athlete? List qualities of a great athlete. Discuss these with your family, as well as athletes who exhibit these qualities. Are these traits similar to a great leader? Are they similar to Godly character? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Football History Listed below are names of NFL teams. Find out why a city uses a specific name or logo. For instance, the New England Patriots are named after the Revolutionary War patriots that fought for our freedom in Boston. New England Patriots Green Bay Packers Dallas Cowboys Tampa Bay Buccaneers New Orleans Saints Miami Dolphins San Francisco 49ers Washington Redskins Houston Texans Kansas City Chiefs Denver Broncos Pittsburgh Steelers Buffalo Bills Baltimore Ravens Minnesota Vikings Seattle Seahawks
Super Bowl Math Problems 1. A football field is 100 yards long. How many feet is it? 2. The end zone is 10 yards long. How many feet is it? 3. If your kicker is trying to make a 34 yard field goal, how many feet will he have to kick the football? Remember the ball must pass through the end zone. 4. Your team is behind 35 to 21. If your opponent doesn t score any more points, how many must your team score to win? What combinations of scores will make you that many points? (Touchdown = 6 points, Extra Point Kick = 1 point, Extra Point Run = 2 points, Field Goal = 3 points, Advanced: Touchback = 2 points) 5. In the NFL, there are 4 quarters of play. Each is 15 minutes long. How many seconds is one quarter? 6. How many hours is the entire game? 7. The game is almost over with 4 minutes, 28 seconds left. How many seconds are left in the game? 8. Your quarterback passes the football for 17 yards. The receiver runs 29 yards. How long was the entire play? (From the place the quarterback threw the football) 9. Your team is on the 23 yard line on 2 nd down. You need 9 yards for a first down. One of your linemen had a false start, so your team received a 5 yard penalty, moving the football back 5 yards. How many yards do you need to make a first down? What yard line must you cross to make that first down? 10. The ball is on the 4 yard line and you must go 96 yards for a touchdown. Your team has the following downs. Yards are from the line of scrimmage. Pass for 5 yards. Rush for 13 yards. Holding penalty for 10 yards Pass for 26 yards/ Receiver runs 3 more yards. Opponent has 5 yard penalty Rush for 8 yards. What yard line is the ball on?
Super Bowl Graphing
Discussion Starters What makes an excellent athlete? Use these ideas to start a dinner time discussion. Why do you play sports? Why do professional athletes play sports? What makes a good commercial? Why would a company pay millions of dollars for a Super Bowl commercial? Watch Tim Tebow's controversial ad and read the discussion. At the dinner table, discuss your opinion and give reasons for your opinion. http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/01/should-cbs-have-allowed-the-tebow-ad How does a sports team affect the city where it plays? How does a quarterback impact his team? What makes a good coach?