The New Soccer Ball
The New Soccer Ball
The New Soccer Ball
The New Soccer Ball
The New Soccer Ball
The New Soccer Ball
The New Soccer Ball
Realistic (fiction), 1,564 words, Level Q (Grade 3), Lexile 690L
Mamadou just moved to the United States, and he loves soccer.
The New Soccer Ball is a book about a boy who goes through difficult times and then realizes how much he appreciates his new life. This book can also be used to teach students how to make, revise, and confirm predictions.
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Additional Resources
Close Read Passages
Lesson Resources
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand text
Comprehension
Compare and Contrast : Identify details to compare and contrast information in fictional text
Grammar and Mechanics
Contractions : Identify and use contractions
Word Work
Compound Words : Understand and create compound words
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
