Study the All-Star word list below and then test your basketball knowledge by completing the following activities: handwriting practice, definition matching, crossword puzzle, word scramble and spelling test. FOUL ALLEY-OOP ASSIST BACKBOARD A violation of the rules An exciting play where A statistic a player The board attached to such as illegal contact a player catches a pass is awarded in game the hoop that players with an opposing player. in the air and either when their pass to a can use to guide dunks or scores teammate leads to their shots. before landing. a score. BASELINE BUZZER BEATER CROSSOVER DEFENSE The line on the court A completed shot in A dribbling move The team that is not four feet behind the the last few seconds where a player quickly in possession of backboard. This as the shot clock changes direction by the basketball must line shows the runs down. dribbling from one guard their basket by playing area. hand to the other preventing the other across their body. team from scoring. BLEDSOE MIDDLETON (ERIC BLEDSOE) (KHRIS MIDDLETON) The last name of the The last name of the player that wears #6 for two-time All-Star who the Milwaukee Bucks. wears #22 for the Milwaukee Bucks. HANDWRITING PRACTICE & DEFINITION MATCHING INSTRUCTIONS: Practice writing and spelling the new words you just learned. Write each word twice. Then draw a line to match the word you just wrote to its definition on the right. The last name of the two-time All-Star who wears #22 for the Milwaukee Bucks. The board attached to the hoop that players can use to guide their shots. The last name of the player that wears #6 for the Milwaukee Bucks. A completed shot in the last few seconds as the shot clock runs down. The team that is not in possession of the basketball must guard their basket by preventing the other team from scoring. A dribbling move where a player quickly changes direction by dribbling from one hand to the other across their body. A violation of the rules such as illegal contact with an opposing player. An exciting play where a player catches a pass in the air and either dunks or scores before landing. A statistic a player is awarded in game when their pass to a teammate leads to a score. The line on the court four feet behind the backboard. This line indicates the playing area. CROSSWORD PUZZLE INSTRUCTIONS: Do you remember the terms? Fill out the crossword puzzle to test your knowledge! 1 The board attached to the hoop that players can use to guide their shots. 5 The line on the court four feet behind the backboard. This line shows the playing area. 7 The last name of the two-time All-Star who wears #22 for the Milwaukee Bucks. 8 The last name of the player who wears #6 for the Milwaukee Bucks. 9 An exciting play where a player catches a pass in the air and either dunks or scores before landing. 10 A completed shot in the last few seconds as the shot clock runs down. 2 A dribbling move where a player quickly changes direction by dribbling from one hand to the other across their body. 3 A statistic a player is awarded in game when their pass to a teammate leads to a score. 4 The team that is not in possession of the basketball must guard their basket by preventing the other team from scoring. 6 A violation of the rules such as illegal contact with an opposing player. WORD SCRAMBLE INSTRUCTIONS: Practice the new words you just learned by unscrambling the All-Star word list! CONGRATULATIONS!CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’VE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE SPELLING TEST INSTRUCTIONS: Have someone read you the words from page one. Can you spell them all correctly? Cut out your prize ribbon below and display it proudly! 1 2 3 4 5 6 ! F I K R R S O T W 7 E E D C I I T N I 8 O N 9 10.