Muggsy Bogues Printable Reading Comprehension
Grade Level: 5 | Lexile: 900 | Word Count: 341
 

Use this Activity:

Discuss -
  1. What challenges do you think Muggsy Bogues faced being the shortest player in NBA history?
  2. How did Muggsy’s early life in Baltimore shape his basketball career?
  3. What skills allowed Muggsy Bogues to succeed in the NBA despite his height?
  4. Why do you think Muggsy Bogues is still remembered today?
Reading Groups - This passage and question set serves as an excellent tool for enrichment-based reading groups in language arts or social studies.
Morning Work - The activity takes most students about 30 minutes to complete, making it an ideal solution for morning work. It can be part of a series of sports-themed comprehension activities offered to students as morning work.
Homework - This activity is a great way to assign homework in social studies or language arts.
Whiteboard - Have students come to the whiteboard to annotate important information or to circle the correct answers.