Amanda Zieba Learning with the Word Nerd | Free Throws, Friendship and Other Things We Fouled Up || Middle Grade Basketball Book || Chapter 1 @AmandaZiebatheWordNerd | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
Friday, March 8, 2024 - Do you have some basketball loving students in your classroom? Love March Madness? Looking for a book about complicated friendships? You can find all of these things and more in this week’s First Chapter Friday, Free Throws, Friendship and Other Things We Fouled Up by Jenn Bishop. Make sure you stay all the way to the end, to learn the mystery quote the word nerd has sprinkled in… one… word… at… a… time.
Get a free set of First Chapter Friday Student Engagement Worksheets for all the basketball books on my channel! Click here: wordnerd.myflodesk.com/basketball-books-freebie
Then, be sure to check out the rest of the March Madness Basketball Book Line up!
The Last Shot by John Feinstein → youtu.be/uNsdgAdT6H4
Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang → youtu.be/FmVua9BXSs4
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander → youtu.be/AntrOAy8a1w
Nikki on the Line by Barbara Carroll Roberts → youtu.be/72CH0WjxUKk
Book Blurb: Cincinnati, Ohio, lives and dies by college basketball, with two elite Division I rivals separated by a mere three miles. Rory’s dad just secured a new coaching gig at the University of Cincinnati, so it means yet another school and move for her, only this time to her dad’s hometown. Rory’s life revolves around basketball; she’s never had a close friend outside of it. Could this be a chance for a fresh start? Abby has always lived in Cincinnati, where her dad grew up playing ball and now coaches at Xavier University. But Abby has recently retreated from basketball after a frustrating season that left her confidence in shambles. This year, she finds herself on the outside looking in when it comes to her former teammates, and she could seriously use a new friend.The coaches' daughters connect over their shared love of the game when Abby chaperones Rory on her first day of school. But when Abby’s dad practically forbids their friendship because of something that happened between him and Rory’s dad when they were younger, Abby and Rory have no choice but to move their budding friendship underground. Can the two of them get to the bottom of what went down between their dads in the 1990s before history repeats itself?
Grab your copy of Free Throws, Friendship and Other Things We Fouled Up from your school or classroom library or if you can’t find it there, order it from Alex at my favorite indie bookstore: Birdy’s Bookstore. birdysbookstore.com/. It is also available for purchase on Amazon: amzn.to/3IoFrJf
Want to increase student engagement? Try these First Chapter Friday worksheets, with both generic response and novel specific sheets for each video in this playlist! Grab them here → teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Word-Nerds-First-Chapter-Friday-Read-Video-Aloud-Resource-Bundle-8469855
Take a look at all of the other First Chapter Friday videos in this playlist → youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVe6VlpCwJZCLWm7CR4yX93l3xN2conB
More March Madness Basketball Books: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVe6VlpCwJYAJuDTbJSwZWMZWpD1-liO
Wanna say thanks and fuel future creations? Buy me a virtual cup of coffee for making this (and many other!) amazing free video resources for your classroom. Click here → ko-fi.com/amandazieba_thewordnerd
And finally, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE this channel for more great videos from the Word Nerd! Just click here: bit.ly/wordnerdonyoutube
** The videos in this First Chapter Friday Playlist were created in the spirit of: helping teachers and students find high quality and engaging books to read, promoting amazing authors and great books, and celebrating stories
Each video in this playlist features a book chosen by Amanda Zieba based on its literary merit, thematic/curriculum connection, or simply because she loves it and thinks you will too. All commentary and facts shared about the book and author were also researched/gathered by Amanda. Books were purchased by Amanda from Birdy’s Bookstore, Barnes and Noble or Amazon, unless otherwise stated. These videos are recorded and edited from Amanda’s home office in Wisconsin, USA. **
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Friday, March 8, 2024 - Do you have some basketball loving students in your classroom? Love March Madness? Looking for a book about complicated friendships? You can find all of these things and more in this week’s First Chapter Friday, Free Throws, Friendship and Other Things We Fouled Up by Jenn Bishop. Make sure you stay all the way to the end, to learn the mystery quote the word nerd has sprinkled in… one… word… at… a… time.
Get a free set of First Chapter Friday Student Engagement Worksheets for all the basketball books on my channel! Click here: wordnerd.myflodesk.com/basketball-books-freebie
Then, be sure to check out the rest of the March Madness Basketball Book Line up!
The Last Shot by John Feinstein → youtu.be/uNsdgAdT6H4
Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang → youtu.be/FmVua9BXSs4
The Crossover by Kwame Alexander → youtu.be/AntrOAy8a1w
Nikki on the Line by Barbara Carroll Roberts → youtu.be/72CH0WjxUKk
Book Blurb: Cincinnati, Ohio, lives and dies by college basketball, with two elite Division I rivals separated by a mere three miles. Rory’s dad just secured a new coaching gig at the University of Cincinnati, so it means yet another school and move for her, only this time to her dad’s hometown. Rory’s life revolves around basketball; she’s never had a close friend outside of it. Could this be a chance for a fresh start? Abby has always lived in Cincinnati, where her dad grew up playing ball and now coaches at Xavier University. But Abby has recently retreated from basketball after a frustrating season that left her confidence in shambles. This year, she finds herself on the outside looking in when it comes to her former teammates, and she could seriously use a new friend.The coaches' daughters connect over their shared love of the game when Abby chaperones Rory on her first day of school. But when Abby’s dad practically forbids their friendship because of something that happened between him and Rory’s dad when they were younger, Abby and Rory have no choice but to move their budding friendship underground. Can the two of them get to the bottom of what went down between their dads in the 1990s before history repeats itself?
Grab your copy of Free Throws, Friendship and Other Things We Fouled Up from your school or classroom library or if you can’t find it there, order it from Alex at my favorite indie bookstore: Birdy’s Bookstore. birdysbookstore.com/. It is also available for purchase on Amazon: amzn.to/3IoFrJf
Want to increase student engagement? Try these First Chapter Friday worksheets, with both generic response and novel specific sheets for each video in this playlist! Grab them here → teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Word-Nerds-First-Chapter-Friday-Read-Video-Aloud-Resource-Bundle-8469855
Take a look at all of the other First Chapter Friday videos in this playlist → youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVe6VlpCwJZCLWm7CR4yX93l3xN2conB
More March Madness Basketball Books: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpVe6VlpCwJYAJuDTbJSwZWMZWpD1-liO
Wanna say thanks and fuel future creations? Buy me a virtual cup of coffee for making this (and many other!) amazing free video resources for your classroom. Click here → ko-fi.com/amandazieba_thewordnerd
And finally, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE this channel for more great videos from the Word Nerd! Just click here: bit.ly/wordnerdonyoutube
** The videos in this First Chapter Friday Playlist were created in the spirit of: helping teachers and students find high quality and engaging books to read, promoting amazing authors and great books, and celebrating stories
Each video in this playlist features a book chosen by Amanda Zieba based on its literary merit, thematic/curriculum connection, or simply because she loves it and thinks you will too. All commentary and facts shared about the book and author were also researched/gathered by Amanda. Books were purchased by Amanda from Birdy’s Bookstore, Barnes and Noble or Amazon, unless otherwise stated. These videos are recorded and edited from Amanda’s home office in Wisconsin, USA. **
#wordnerd #mglit #readingrecommendations #amandazieba #firstchapterfriday #teachertube #freethrows #basketballbook #marchmadness #cincinnati #cincinnatibearcats #xavierbasketball #ncaatournament #mgrealisticfiction #mglit #readaloud #readaloudvideo #coachsdaughter #coachlife #basketballcoach #collegebasketball
