Sports Reading Comprehension & Critical Thinking Activities
by Aussie Waves © 2026
Price: $5 USD
Subjects: ela,reading,writing
Grades: 3,4,5
Description
Looking for engaging reading activities that encourage students to think, reason, and justify their answers? 49 Literacy tasks, plus 7 slides teaching students how to use the Boom Drawing Tool, which is necessary for last literacy task. This deck includes sports-themed literacy activities designed to develop reading comprehension, critical thinking, vocabulary, inference, sequencing, prediction, and reasoning skills. This is a Magic Flow deck, meaning students and/or teachers can choose a sport or starting slide for a session. Students explore five popular sports while completing a variety of engaging tasks. Activities include reading passages, character analysis, visual literacy, sequencing, vocabulary, prediction, compare and contrast tasks, opinion questions, and more. Sports Included: • Baseball • Soccer • American Football • Basketball • Hockey Skills Covered: • Reading Comprehension • Critical Thinking • Inference • Sequencing • Prediction • Vocabulary • Character Traits • Compare and Contrast • Visual Literacy • Opinion and Justification Deck Features: • 57 slides • Variety of question formats • Self-checking and open-ended activities • Drawing tool practice included • Great for independent work, literacy centers, early finishers, and review Grades: Recommended for Grades 3–5
Acknowledgements
Clip art https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/robin-artist-studio Cartoons https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/ron-leishman-digital-toonage