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Pip! Pop! Ping! Pong! The small white plastic sphere sails rapidly over the low net attached to a green wooden table. What game might you be playing? Ping pong is a sport enjoyed by people of all ages—in fact, sometimes children can skillfully beat adult players! How did this game become so popular? Portable equipment is one reason—tables can easily be located indoors in the winter and outdoors in the summer making ping pong a perfect year round sport! Since ping pong was invented over 100 years ago, rules and equipment have naturally evolved with the times. One thing that hasn’t changed is the fun you’ll have when you pick up a paddle and ping pong your day away!
In this issue young athletes will:
- Read expository text about the history and unique characteristics of ping pong
- Understand how rules and equipment change over time
- Discover onomatopoeia
- Use the newspaper to locate onomatopoeia—like “ping” and “pong”
- Calculate sums to answer true/false questions
- Estimate and compare the weight of very light objects
- Think critically about ping pong scores … Who’s the winner?
- Use the sports section to write an imaginary interview … starring you!
- Look closely at geometric paddle patterns
6 page PDF
