It’s that time of year again! The college basketball championship is in full swing and, honestly, my team was ousted in the first round. Kind of takes just a little bit of fun out of watching the games, but I have to admire the all those young players. It’s still fun to watch. Many of our beginning readers are watching the games too! It’s always fun to take advantage of these interests and incorporate them into our educational activities. The Short Vowel Basketball activity contains two separate activities- one with pictures only which helps students listen for the short vowel sound in words and the other with words only. The activities are differentiated as there are sorting templates for 2-,