Women in Sports: Naomi Osaka

Women in Sports: Naomi Osaka — page 1 — ROURKE’S SCHOOL to HOME CONNECTIONS BEFORE AND DURING READING ACTIVITIES Before Reading Building Background Knowledge and Vocabulary Building background knowledge can help children process new information and build upon what they already know Before reading a book it is important to tap into what children already know about the topic This will help them develop their vocabulary and increase their reading comprehension Questions and Activities to Build Background Knowledge 1 Look at the front cover of the book and read the title What do you think this book will be about 2 What do you already know about this topic 3 Take a book walk and skim the pages Look at the table of contents photographs captions and bold words Did these text features give you any information or predictions about what you will read in this book Vocabulary Vocabulary Is Key to Reading Comprehension Use the following directions to prompt a conversation about each word Read the vocabulary words What comes to mind when you see each word What do you think each word means Vocabulary Words serve descent diversity sets sponsors introvert During Reading Reading for Meaning and Understanding To achieve deep comprehension of a book children are encouraged to use close reading strategies During reading it is important to have children stop and make connections These connections result in deeper analysis and understanding of a book Close Reading a Text During reading have children stop and talk about the following Any confusing parts Any unknown words Text to text text to self text to world connections The main idea in each chapter or heading Encourage children to use context clues to determine the meaning of any unknown words These strategies will help children learn to analyze the text more thoroughly as they read When you are finished reading this book turn to the next-to-last page for After Reading Questions and an Activity

Women in Sports: Naomi Osaka — page 2 — TABLE OF CONTENTS A Woman of Three Countries 4 An Upcoming Ace 8 Off the Court 24 Memory Game 30 Index 31 After Reading Questions 31 Activity 31 About the Author 32

Women in Sports: Naomi Osaka — page 3 — A WOMAN OF THREE COUNTRIES Naomi Osaka was born in 1997 in Japan her mom’s home country When she was a toddler her father saw tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams on television He thought Naomi and her older sister Mari could do that Naomi was regularly hitting tennis balls by age three

Women in Sports: Naomi Osaka — page 4 — Sisterly Competition Naomi says she was motivated by the challenge to beat her sister not by the game itself Every day she said to her sister I’m going to beat you tomorrow she told a reporter in 2018 It took her 12 years to do it J

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