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It's that time of year when "Football Frenzy" reaches its highest point. For some diehard football fans, the fast-approaching tribute to the two best teams in football can even eclipse other holiday celebrations like no other. It's time for the annual SUPER BOWL Game!

Why not harness some of that frenzy and use it as an excellent opportunity to entice a reluctant reader who loves football or a chance to provide reading and learning activities for your children as you prepare for a SUPER BOWL event at your home? No matter what the situation, you'll keep 'em reading all weekend long---AND longer!

We've gathered together a timely list of links to help you. The following resources will save you considerable time in locating just the right reading activities for your children or students. We're even publishing the article earlier than usual so that you can take better advantage of the resources it includes. We hope you'll find these resources helpful enough that you just might save the list for next year's big game, too!

Enjoy---AND may the BEST team win! Happy Reading, everyone!

Reading Resources for Football and the SUPER BOWL

Going to the Super Bowl (for Grade 3) from Reading A-Z
This informational text tells all about one of America's favorite championship games: the Super Bowl. The author explains how the famous football game began, how it got its name, and how it's changed through the years. Also included is a collection of game highlights, complete with a timeline of "Super Moments in Super Bowl History." Includes related vocabulary and a guided reading lesson plan.
http://www.readinga-z.com/book.php?id=1384

Top 12 Super Bowl Activities for the Classroom by Kim Haynes of TeachHUB.com
How can you take advantage of Super Bowl enthusiasm in the classroom or with your own children? These football-related activities are guaranteed to bring a winning attitude to your classroom or your home.
http://www.teachhub.com/super-bowl-activities-classroom

Super Bowl Activities from The Teachers Corner
These Super Bowl Activities will provide you with great resources that will help you bring the "Big Game" to life for children.
http://seasonal.theteacherscorner.net/super-bowl/

Superbowl & Football Theme / Unit - from Teaching Heart Teachers
Teaching Heart Teachers share some football ideas: Lessons, printables, links & more!
http://www.teachingheart.net/football.htm

For information on customizable reading tools for ADHD & other reading challenges:
www.FocusandRead.com Tools for struggling readers of all ages!
www.BrennanInnovators.com Info & support for struggling readers
314-892-3897

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2. Sweet Clip Art at http://sweetclipart.com/rugby-ball-or-american-football-217
3. Brennan Innovators, LLC at www.focusandread.com

The South African Team, Bafana Bafana, will be playing against th Super Eagles on Sunday. Since 1992, the South African team have only managed to beat Nigeria once in eight matches. In November 2004, the South Africans won with a 2-1 scoreline against Nigeriato win the  Nelson Mandela challenge of the year. The 2 teams met again in August 2013 for the Nelson Mandela Challenge of the year where Nigeria won with a scoreline of 2-0.

For this match, South Africa have Kaizer Chiefs trio of Bernard Parker, Itumeleng Khune and Siphiwe Tshabalala in their squad. Other experienced stars in Gordon Igesund's team are Thabo Nthethe, Lerato Chabangu and Katlego Mashego among others. While Nigeria has had to bank on Ejike Uzoenyi, Rabiu Ali, Solomon Kwambe, Azubuike Egwuekwe and Ifeanyi Ede to lead his squad.

From the Nigerian Coach:
Keshi said in a post-match conference after guiding his men to a 4-2 over Mozambique that "South Africa have massive advantage" going into Sunday's match.
"Who are we playing next? No, seriously, this is a different tournament and you can't compare this Nigeria side with last year. South Africa have massive advantage in terms of experience, the fact their league only stopped in December and their players are still in condition. They have what it takes. We'll need a high level of concentration to overcome South Africa," said Keshi.

From the South African Coach:
Igesund has declared that he holds no fear for the Super Eagles. He made it clear that he will set up his team to attack in Sunday's game despite knowing they need a draw to reach the quarterfinals.
"Why should I be scared of Nigeria? We're not scared of anybody. We've just beaten Spain, I should be scared of Nigeria?
“My philosophy has always been play to win. When you start thinking about trying to play for a draw, you start doing the wrong things.
“I won't compromise my principles. My principles have always been, go out there and try win a match. If the other team scores three, you must score four.
“It's been my philosophy for many years and it has worked for me. There's certainly no way I'm going to go out there play defensively.
“We know that Nigeria are going into this game with only one thing on their mind, and that's to win the game. We will be offensive against them, that's the plan, we want to go forward.
“I want to attack them down the sides, have overlapping fullbacks and let's ask the questions, we need to ask a lot of questions defensively and we'll try and do that," said Igesund

The issue now is that the Super Eagles will have to win by any margin to reach the quarterfinals after picking three points from their previous two matches. Will South Africa grab their second win against Nigeria? Or will Nigeria make it to the quarterfinals?

Culled from Goal!

The Super Eagles home-based team won against the Black Mambas of Mozambiuqe yesterday with a 4-2 at the Cape Town Stadium. This victory is timely as it sets the African Nations Championship, CHAN, in motion. The victory must have been as a result of the little changes the coach has made to the team after the Egales Lost the last match with Malians.

The first goal came in as a shock for the Eagles 10 mins into the match as captain Kahn of Mozambigue. shot a long free kick straight into Eagles' net. This happened as a result of Agbims slackness. His teammate sooner covered up for him as the team equalised. Malians led again in the 20th minutes, which brings up some level of tension to the Eagles.

Eventually, the Eagles were able to overcome their opponent in the second half as Ali and Barnabars scored in the 54th minutes and two minutes to regulation time.

The Eagles will next battle with the Bafana Bafana on Sunday.

Cristiano Ronaldo gave an emotional speech with his son as he won the FIFA Ballon d'Or. 

The 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala was the fourth year for FIFA's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The awards were given out in Zürich on 13 January 2014. The deadline for voting was 15 November 2013 but was extended to 29 November 2013.

Portugal and Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo won the Ballon d'Or award as the best football player of the year. It was Ronaldo's second Ballon d'Or, after winning the award in 2008, as well as his first FIFA Ballon d'Or. This ended Lionel Messi's streak of consecutive Ballon d'Or wins at four wins. Nadine Angerer won the Women's World Player of the Year award, Jupp Heynckes the World Coach of the Year for Men's Football, and Silvia Neid the World Coach of the Year for Women's Football. The ninety minute ceremony in Zurich was hosted by Fernanda Lima along with Ruud Gulli.

If you're wondering just who Samsung picked to hypothetically save the human race, they are: 

• Lionel Messi
• Cristiano Ronaldo
• Aleksandr Kerzhakov
•  Landon Donovan
• Wayne Rooney
• Iker Casillas
•  Lee Chung-Yong
• Radamel Falcao
• Victor Moses
• Stephan El Shaarawy
• Wu Lei
• Oscar 
• Mario Götze.

The all-star lineup and Hollywood premise means the ad has already scored a golazo with fans online. The video has already racked up more than 3.3 million YouTube views.

Culled from Mashable!


Nigerian midfielder, Michael Olaitan capped a fine performance with a simple goal as Olympiacos won 4-0 against Asteras Tripoli in the first leg of the third round of the Greek Cup on Wednesday night at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki.

Olaitan netted on the hour after the Asteras goalkeeper, Daniel Hernández failed to hold on to an innocuous looking cross from Anastasios Papazoglou. Hernández’s howler allowed the unmarked Olaitan to sweep home from six yards and seal a comfortable win for the Erythrolefkoi ahead of the second leg which comes up on January 22 at the Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium.

Olaitan has been in great form this season as he has also netted twice in the league from his advanced position in midfield. Solid displays by the unheralded midfielder in Europe’s premier club competition; the Uefa Champions League has seen Olympiacos progress to knockout stages where they will now meet Manchester United over two legs in the round of 16.

Olaitan however did not hit the ground running as former Nigeria Under-20 coach, John Obuh explained. “I was preparing the Nigeria Under-20 team for the 2013 Fifa World Cup in Turkey when I received information from a member of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) about 'a very good young Nigerian footballer' playing in Greece.

“We looked it up on his club’s (Veria) website and invited him (Olaitan) to camp. Initially, I was unimpressed with him because the other players were much better than him or so I thought.
“However, his humility and willingness to learn helped me see another side of his game and he duly made my squad to the World Cup.

“I am sure that positive attitude of listening to his coaches and trying to learn new things is helping him succeed in Greece,” Obuh exclusively told supersport.com.

Olaitan has made eight league appearances for Olympiacos who currently sit at the top of the Greek Super League standings with 52 points from 18 matches.

Culled from SuperSports!

Chelsea defender Kenneth Omeruo has joined Championship club Middlesbrough on loan for the rest of the season. The Nigeria international signed for the west London club in 2012 from Standard Liege's youth system and cut his teeth professionally with a loan spell at Den Haag last term.
He will now head to the Riverside Stadium in an attempt to boost Boro's improving Championship campaign and also help his chances of representing his country at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Another youngster heading out of Stamford Bridge is midfielder George Saville, whose loan at Brentford has been extended until the end of the season.

Saville has already made 24 appearances for the League One side this term and will be joined at Griffin Park by Marcello Trotta. The Italian, who famously missed a penalty in the last minute of last season that would have sealed promotion from the third tier, has netted six times in 17 league games, and will remain with the club for the remainder of the campaign on loan from Fulham.

Another striker leaving the Premier League temporarily is Sunderland's Mikael Mandron, who will run out for Fleetwood Town for the rest of the season. Hull City goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic and Everton left-back Luke Garbutt sealed one-month loans on Tuesday, joining Leyton Orient and Colchester United respectively.

Culled from Goal!      

After the final draws on Friday, the 6th of December, Nigeria has been placed in the same group as Argentina, Bosnia and Iran. Nigeria would be playing with Iran first on the 16th of June.

Will Nigeria come out at the top of the groups?

On another note, below are the fixtures for the world cup:

Group A

12 June 2014

Brazil v Croatia, Arena de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 21:00

13 June 2014

Mexico v Cameroon, Arena das Dunas, Natal, 17:00

17 June 2014

Brazil v Mexico, Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza, 20:00

18 June 2014

Cameroon v Croatia, Arena Amazonia, Manaus, 23:00

23 June 2014

Cameroon v Brazil, Estadio Nacional, Brasilia, 21:00

23 June 2014

Croatia v Mexico, Arena Pernambuco, Recife, 21:00

Group B

13 June 2014

Spain v Netherlands, Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, 20:00

13 June 2014

Chile v Australia, Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba, 23:00

18 June 2014

Spain v Chile, Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, 20:00

18 June 2014

Australia v Netherlands, Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, 17:00

23 June 2014

Australia v Spain, Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, 17:00

23 June 2014

Netherlands v Chile, Arena de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 17:00

Group C

14 June 2014

Colombia v Greece, Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte, 17:00

15 June 2014

Ivory Coast v Japan, Arena Pernambuco, Recife, 02:00

19 June 2014

Colombia v Ivory Coast, Estadio Nacional, Brasilia, 17:00

19 June 2014

Japan v Greece, Arena das Dunas, Natal, 23:00

24 June 2014

Japan v Colombia, Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba, 21:00

24 June 2014

Greece v Ivory Coast, Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza, 21:00

Group D

14 June 2014

Uruguay v Costa Rica, Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza, 20:00

14 June 2014

England v Italy, Arena Amazonia, Manaus, 23:00

19 June 2014

Uruguay v England , Arena de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 20:00

20 June 2014

Italy v Costa Rica, Arena Pernambuco, Recife, 17:00

24 June 2014

Italy v Uruguay, Arena das Dunas, Natal, 17:00

24 June 2014

Costa Rica v England, Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte, 17:00

Group E

15 June 2014

Switzerland v Ecuador, Estadio Nacional, Brasilia, 17:00

15 June 2014

France v Honduras, Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, 20:00

20 June 2014

Switzerland v France, Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, 20:00

20 June 2014

Honduras v Ecuador, Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, 23:00

25 June 2014

Honduras v Switzerland, Arena Amazonia, Manaus, 21:00

25 June 2014

Ecuador v France, Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, 21:00

Group F

15 June 2014

Argentina v Bosnia-Hercegovina, Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, 23:00

16 June 2014

Iran v Nigeria, Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, 20:00

21 June 2014

Argentina v Iran, Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte, 17:00

21 June 2014

Nigeria v Bosnia-Hercegovina, Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba, 23:00

25 June 2014

Nigeria v Argentina, Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, 17:00

25 June 2014

Bosnia-Hercegovina v Iran, Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, 17:00

Group G

16 June 2014

Germany v Portugal, Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, 17:00

16 June 2014

Ghana v United States, Arena das Dunas, Natal, 23:00

21 June 2014

Germany v Ghana, Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza, 20:00

22 June 2014

United States v Portugal, Arena Amazonia, Manaus, 23:00

26 June 2014

United States v Germany, Arena Pernambuco, Recife, 17:00

26 June 2014

Portugal v Ghana, Estadio Nacional, Brasilia, 17:00

Group H

17 June 2014

Belgium v Algeria, Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte, 17:00

17 June 2014

Russia v South Korea, Arena Pantanal, Cuiaba, 23:00

22 June 2014

Belgium v Russia, Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, 17:00

22 June 2014

South Korea v Algeria, Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, 20:00

26 June 2014

South Korea v Belgium, Arena de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 21:00

26 June 2014

Algeria v Russia, Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, 21:00

Second round

28 June 2014

Second-round 1:

Winner Group A v Runner-up Group B, Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte, 17:00

28 June 2014

Second-round 2:

Winner Group C v Runner-up Group D, Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, 21:00

29 June 2014

Second-round 3:

Winner Group B v Runner-up Group A, Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza, 17:00

29 June 2014

Second-round 4:

Winner Group D v Runner-up Group C, Arena Pernambuco, Recife, 21:00

30 June 2014

Second-round 5:

Winner Group E v Runner-up Group F, Estadio Nacional, Brasilia, 17:00

30 June 2014

Second-round 6:

Winner Group G v Runner-up Group H, Estadio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, 21:00

1 July 2014

Second-round 7:

Winner Group F v Runner-up Group E, Arena de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 17:00

1 July 2014

Second-round 8:

Winner Group H v Runner-up Group G, Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, 21:00

Quarter-finals

4 July 2014

Quarter-final 1:

Winner Second-round 1 v Winner Second-round 2, Estadio Castelao, Fortaleza, 21:00

4 July 2014

Quarter-final 2:

Winner Second-round 5 v Winner Second-round 6, Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, 17:00

5 July 2014

Quarter-final 3:

Winner Second-round 3 v Winner Second-round 4, Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, 21:00

5 July 2014

Quarter-final 4:

Winner Second-round 7 v Winner Second-round 8, Estadio Nacional, Brasilia, 17:00

Semi-finals

8 July 2014

Semi-final 1:

Winner Quarter-final 1 v Winner Quarter-final 2, Estadio Mineirao, Belo Horizonte, 21:00

9 July 2014

Semi-final 2:

Winner Quarter-final 3 v Winner Quarter-final 4, Arena de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, 21:00

Third-place match

12 July 2014

Loser semi-final 1 v Loser semi-final 2, Estadio Nacional, Brasilia, 21:00

World Cup Final

13 July 2014

Winner semi-final 1 v Winner semi-final 2, Estadio do Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, 20:00

The FIFA World Cup will take place on Friday, Dec 6 in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, Brazil.This Friday will go some way to determining the prospects of the 32 participating nations when the draw for the group stage takes place.
Brazilian actors Fernanda Lima and Rodrigo Hilbert host the draw, with singers Margareth Menezes, Olodum and Emicida involved in a lavish opening show, which has been designed to showcase the host nation's natural beauty.

The balls will be drawn by famous players from previous tournament. These will include England's 1966 hat-trick hero Sir Geoff Hurst, France's Zinedine Zidane, Brazil's Cafu and Italy's Fabio Cannavaro.

The 32 teams who have qualified for the finals will be drawn into eight groups of four - with the top two in each group progressing to the knockout stages.

There can be no more than two European teams in any one group and only one from South America. Here are the pots for the World Cup Draw:

Pot 1 (top eight seeds): Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Switzerland, Uruguay.

Pot 2: Ivory Coast, Ghana, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chile, Ecuador.

Pot 3: Japan, Iran, South Korea, Australia, United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras.

Pot 4: Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, England, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, France.

What group do you think Nigeria will be seeded in?

Culled from BBC Sports.

Nigeria midfielder Mikel Obi played all 90 minutes on Tuesday for Chelsea as they beat Arsenal 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium in the English League Cup.

Chelsea made 10 changes to the team that beat Manchester City on Sunday but were still too strong for the Gunners on their home patch. Goals from Cesar Azpilicueta and Juan Mata condemned Arsenal to a second home defeat in one week.

It also made it nine unbeaten matches for Jose Mourinho as Chelsea manager against Arsenal.
Mikel made 90% pass accuracy from 70 touches on the ball. He also won just 25% of all his aerial duels while completing one dribble and one successful tackle. He was shown a yellow card in the 29th minute for a blatant foul on Jack Wilshere

It was the Nigerian’s ninth game for the Blues in all competitions and he has a goal to his name in the Premier League.