1) The teacher-dork in me loves alliterative bulletin boards...have you noticed?
2) It will be perfect for our February bulletin boards.
3) February is Black History Month.
4) Michael Jordan is a black athlete.
Others who were in our guided reading books or Projectables. include:
- Tiger Woods
- Hank Aaron
- Wilma Rudolph
- Jackie Robinson
- Roberto Clemente
- Lebron James (basketball)
- Muhammad Ali (boxing)
- Leila Ali (boxing)
- Dwayne Wade (basketball)
- Venus and Serena Williams (tennis)
- Dominique Dawes (gymnastics)
- Derek Jeter (baseball)
- Alex Rodriguez (baseball)
- Pele (soccer)
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee (track and field)
- Florence Griffith-Joyner (track and field)
- Althea Gibson (tennis)
- Lisa Leslie (basketball)
- Sheryl Swoopes (basketball)
Of course, I also allowed them to write about other athletes, who were also in our reading, especially ones such as:
- Michele Kwan,
- Jim Thorpe
- Babe Ruth
- Mia Hamm
- Nomar Garciaparra
We created this anchor chart to show what we learned when we analyze the author's craft in Jump.
One of my students found this book in our library:
If you'd like to do the project but don't have our reading program, check out these links!
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" and you're set!Fill in the information (I give my students numbers according to their last name alphabetically) and take a screen shot of the jersey. No need to actually order, just print and hang on a clothesline with clothespins! (I'm a huge Yankee fan, so I'm pretty sure the next time I do this, I will be hanging some red socks / Red Sox out to dry next to my jerseys! Haha) These are also great for grouping your students when you're done with the bulletin board!
