March 31, 2020 It’s time to learn with your favourite hometown team; every Tuesday we will be releasing a new activity for your child to work through in their spare time.

These activities are designed for students in Grades 1-7, we recognize that not every child will be able to complete all questions and assignments in the activities and that’s okay.

We worked hard to include creative ways you can help your child develop their reading, language arts, math, and art skills. We hope you and your child enjoy going through these workbooks over the next few months.

We are not educational professionals, please note these activities should not replace course materials you may receive from your child’s teacher(s) but are meant to provide additional material and entertainment for your child.

Once you complete an activity, please email them to [email protected] as the Clippers will randomly select winners to win various prizes, from Clipper ticket vouchers, merchandise and more.

Crossword Puzzle

Nanaimo Clippers Quotients The players of the Clippers have a very busy week ahead of them. Use division to solve the following problems. Perform other operations as needed to help find the answers. Show your work. 1.) On Monday, driving from Nanaimo to Prince George to play the Spruce Kings, the drove 855 kilometers in one day. They counted 9 rest stops along the way. If the rest stops are spaced apart equally, how many kilometers apart were the rest stops?

2.) On Wednesday, the Nanaimo Clippers visit Uplands Elementary to play some floor hockey with the 338 students that attend the school. If each classroom has 26 students, how many classrooms do the Nanaimo Clippers visit?

3.) On Thursday, the Nanaimo Clippers decide to take a taxi to Original Joes for dinner. The cost of taking a taxi is $4 plus $3 for each kilometer traveled. When they arrive at the restaurant, the total cost is $37. How far did they go in the taxi?

4.) On Saturday, the Nanaimo Clippers play a home game at against the . Goaltender Jordan Naylor saves 30 shots. If the game has 3 periods, and each period is 20 minutes long, how often did Naylor block a shot in each period if they were equally spaced out throughout the game?

Nanaimo Clippers Word Problems

The Goalie is perhaps the most important position on a hockey team. How much area does the goalie need to cover? Find out by solving the following word problems. Don’t forget to show your work!

1.) A regulation hockey goal is 4 feet tall and 6 feet wide. What is the area of the face of the goal in square feet?

Remember, area = height x width.

2.) Given the measurements above, what is the area of the goal in square inches? Convert the height and width to inches, then solve for the area again.

Remember, 1 foot = 12 inches and area = height x width.

3.) Nanaimo Clipper goalie Zachary Bennett faces 7 shots every 15 minutes. If the game lasts 60 minutes, how many shots did he have to block during the entire game?

Creative Writing Finish the story and submit your work before the end of the day on April 6th 2020 to [email protected] for a chance to have your story featured on our Facebook page! Use extra space if needed!

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Sakura is nine and just moved to Nanaimo from Japan. Sakura loves sports so her father signed her up for hockey. Sakura was nervous when she was getting ready to go to the rink for the first time because she… ______

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Addition and Subtraction Connect-The-Dots

Solve the equations and connect the dots to reveal the hidden message!

Hockey Word Scramble How To Play:

• The letters can be connected by an edge or a corner. • The word doesn't have to appear in a straight line. It can be tangled around. • Each letter in the word must uniquely appear in the grid. For example, if the word is ERASE, the letter E must appear twice in the grid. The word can't just loop back and re-use the same E. • Words must be at least 3 letters long • Words cannot be a proper noun, such as a name or place. • (Optional) Set a timer for one minute and compete with a partner for the highest score!

How many Hockey words can you find?

• 3 letters = 1 pt • 4 letters = 1 pt • 5 letters = 2 pts • 6 letters = 3 pts • 7 letters = 5 pts • 8 letters or more = 11 pts

Record your answers here:

Player Word Search

Fill in the Blanks On March 13, 2004, with 80 seconds left in the third ______and the score tied 3–3 in game seven during the first round of the ______against , the Powell River goalie left his crease and froze the puck for a whistle. Under league rules, the ______was guilty of delay of game. But instead of calling a two- minute ______, the referee incorrectly awarded a penalty shot. Nanaimo scored and won the game, 4–3. Powell River protested and league officials agreed to cover all costs for fixing the mistake. The Kings went back to ______on March 16 to replay the final 1:20 of the third period, with the score tied at 3–3. Powell River started a man short for the delay-of-game penalty but neither team ______in regulation. Just 54 seconds into ______, Nanaimo captain ______scored the game-winning goal. The Clippers went on to beat Chilliwack 3–1 in a best-of-five series, Surrey 4–0 in a best-of-seven semifinal and the 4–1 in the best-of-seven championship final. After taking the BCHL Championship, the Clippers went on to win the , earning themselves a spot in the ______.

Word Bank: overtime penalty period Nanaimo scored Michael Olson playoffs goalie Royal Bank Cup

Reading Comprehension

Jake played hockey. It was his favourite sport. Sure, the other ones were fun, but there was something very fun about . It was a full contact sport, but so were other sports. It was fast, and some sports were fast, but this was a sort of breakneck, crash the boards, shoot the pick sort of crazy. Maybe that’s what he liked best about it: the crashing and the skating. It was a skate until you can’t hardly breath and get that puck in the net kind of excitement that was one of a kind.

Hockey usually has 6 players per team, including a goalkeeper. Players are usually broken up into three groups: goalkeepers, defense, and forwards. There are different kinds of defense, midfielders, and forwards, each with a slightly different job, but each team only has one goalkeeper on at a time. Hockey is a lot like soccer, in that the goalkeeper has special rights to hold and use the puck. Unlike soccer, players can use their hands or feet or other body parts to catch and stop the puck. However, passes and shots must be made with a stick.

Hockey is interesting because it doesn’t have halves or quarters. Instead it has 3 periods of 20 minutes each. There is an intermission, usually 10-15 minutes between these periods. Hockey also has a lot of substitutions, as often as every couple of minutes. You don’t see these kind of changes in many other sports. Because there is such a quick change of players, teams try to keep fresh, energized players on the ice at all times. This means you skate your heart out, up and down the rink until your shift is over. It is like running a sprint, taking a few minutes off, and doing it again repeatedly.

Jake liked playing goalkeeper. He felt like a gladiator on the ice. He had an oversized helmet to protect his neck from incoming shots. He had a net glove on one hand, and an oversized stick on the other, which had a blocking glove on the back. He also had very large shin and leg guards to help block the net. In the right position, he could fully block around half the goal with his body, his pads, and his stick.

Hockey is a game of mere inches, though, and strong forwards could slide the puck into the smallest holes in his defense. Some could lift it over his shoulder and catch the corner of the net. Sometimes he missed a block right between his skates! The goalkeeper was arguably the hardest position to play, but also the most important. The goalkeeper prevented scores for the other team, directed defense, and helped control the pace of the game.

Hockey is a lightning-fast sport. Pucks fly up to 150 kilometers and hour! Can you imagine snapping a puck at that speed or having to catch that with a glove? A puck is smaller than the balls in most sports, remember, and it comes out of nowhere in a hurry. Like soccer or , passing is huge. There are also fast breaks down the rink.

Referees watch for slashing, tripping, and other rule infractions, but mostly they like to keep the game moving along smoothly. Most minor infractions, like offsides or hitting the puck out of bounds usually just end with the blow of a whistle and teams have a face-off. This is where one player from each team has to try to take the puck when it is dropped. This is somewhat like a jump ball in basketball. Get the puck, get it to your team, and try to make shots on goal.

Penalties can happen a few times per period. In cases of penalties, one team loses a player for a few minutes. This gives the other team a 1 or sometimes even 2-man advantage for up to a few minutes. The shorthanded team must go on defense, while the other team takes their time setting up good passes for shots on goal. Lots of goals are made during these power play chances, and the typical hockey game might end on 4-2 or 1-0.

Jake knew not everyone loved his sport as much as he did. What wasn’t to like, though? On hot summer days, a cool ice rink was fun to visit. Fans of basketball and soccer could see some of the same game play ideas, too. The contact was much like football or rugby, too. It was a rough, fun, and fast game to watch! Hockey is the biggest sport in Canada and several northern European countries. Hockey is also an Olympic sport, and there are several international competitions as well.

Use the information in the story to answer the questions below:

1.) What sport does Jake play? a.) Roller Hockey b.) Ice Hockey c.) Field Hockey d.) Football

2.) How many minutes is a hockey game? a.) 60 b.) 45 c.) 90 d.) 120

3.) What sport is never compared to hockey in this story? a.) Soccer b.) c.) Basketball d.) Rugby

4.) True or False: Ice Hockey is not in the Olympics a.) True b.) False

5.) True or False: Hockey players are allowed to touch the puck a.) True b.) False

6.) In Jake’s opinion, what is the most difficult position to play? a.) Defense b.) Forward c.) Goalkeeper d.) Referee

7.) Which literary device or technique is used in the following sentence? “Jake liked playing goalkeeper. He felt like a gladiator on the ice.”

a.) Rhyme b.) Simile c.) Onomatopoeia d.) Alliteration

8.) This text attempts to explain the following EXCEPT: a.) This text explains what Jake’s favourite sport is b.) This text explains what happens turning a penalty in ice hockey c.) This text explains what an ice hockey goalkeeper wears d.) This text explains the origins of hockey

9.) Find the synonym for “colliding” in the first paragraph: ______

10.) Fill in the blanks: Referees watch for ______,

______, and ______

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