{"id":5217,"date":"2012-02-07T01:25:05","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T07:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asuen.wordpress.com\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2012-02-07T01:25:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T07:25:05","slug":"free-throwtiro-libre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/07\/free-throwtiro-libre\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Throw\/Tiro Libre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>My Book of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/images\/FreeThrow.4x6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1598890603?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kidswrite-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creativeASIN=1598890603\"> Free Throw<\/a> by Anastasia Suen (writing as<a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/books\/?p=ch.jake.maddox\"> Jake Maddox<\/a>)<br \/>\nA basketball novel<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Copyright:<\/strong> 2007<\/li>\n<li><strong>Guided Reading level:<\/strong> L<\/li>\n<li><strong>ATOS Level:<\/strong> 2.8<\/li>\n<li><strong>AR Quiz Number:<\/strong> 109967<\/li>\n<li><strong>Library Binding \/ Paperback:<\/strong> 72 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Stone Arch Books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since Derek is the tallest kid on his basetball team, his coach decides to let him play center instead of Jason. Derek thinks this is a lucky break, until Jason stops passing him the ball out on the court. As Jason takes his revenge on him, Derek begins to lose confidence. He&#8217;s not sure he&#8217;ll ever be able to make a successful free throw with Jason breathing down his neck.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.capstonepub.com\/product\/covers_lg\/9781434238122.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Now available in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capstonepub.com\/product\/9781434238122\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See the latest basketball news and videos at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/\">NBA.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Can you find all of the words in this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.printactivities.com\/Word_Search_Puzzles\/Basketball-Word-Search.html\">Basketball Word Search Puzzle<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Make your own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theteacherscorner.net\/printable-worksheets\/make-your-own\/word-scramble\/word-scramble-form.php?list_id=32\">Basketball Word Scramble<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Discover the secret message in these <a href=\"http:\/\/www.softschools.com\/language_arts\/words\/worksheets\/math_puzzle42.html\">Basketball Math Puzzles<\/a>.<br \/>\n_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Picture Book of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/610F%2BbMuKyL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1935268783\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kidswrite-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1935268783\">Amber&#8217;s Fair-y Tale<\/a><br \/>\nby Deborah Bates Cavitt (Author) and Amy Rottinger (Illustrator)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> A fractured fairy tale (based on Cinderella) with heifers and the Texas State Fair!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> Amber wasn&#8217;t allowed to go anywhere. Bonnie and Connie had found plenty of chores to keep her busy during fair week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">**Deborah is one of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asuen.com\/workshops\/?p=w.students\">former students<\/a>!**<\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chapter Book of the Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/516NAhbocLL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0375868313\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=kidswrite-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399373&amp;creativeASIN=0375868313\">Alvin Ho: Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances<\/a><br \/>\nby Lenore Look (Author) and LeUyen Pham (Illustrator)<br \/>\n208 pages<\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> Let&#8217;s face it. When it comes to death, everything is scary. Especially if your name is Alvin Ho and you maybe, sort of, agreed to go to a funeral for your GungGung&#8217;s best friend (who was your best friend too).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> &#8220;Why did Charlie die?&#8221; I asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re asking me? You&#8217;re the one who was here when GungGung got the news.&#8221;<br \/>\n_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>Literary Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Celebrate &amp; share the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/Au4fj1\">American Indian Youth Literature Award Winners &amp; Honor Books<\/a> (via @cynleitichsmith)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/xKZMKr\">Lee &amp; Low Acquires Children&#8217;s Book Press<\/a> (via @PWKidsBookshelf + @leeandlow)<br \/>\n_____________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myubam.com\/thumbnails\/670012.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!-- Site Meter --><a href=\"http:\/\/s31.sitemeter.com\/stats.asp?site=s31asuen\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s31.sitemeter.com\/meter.asp?site=s31asuen\" alt=\"Site Meter\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><!-- Copyright (c)2006 Site Meter --> My NEW chapter book is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myubam.com\/ecommerce\/details.asp?sid=NEW&amp;gid=131405690&amp;title=All-Star+Cheerleaders%3A+Save+the+Best+for+Last%2C+Abby+%28Book+2%29&amp;sqlwhere=+new+%3D+%271%27\">Save the Best for Last, Abby<\/a> (All-Star Cheerleaders)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2012 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Book of the Week Free Throw by Anastasia Suen (writing as Jake Maddox) A basketball novel Copyright: 2007 Guided Reading level: L ATOS Level: 2.8 AR Quiz Number: 109967 Library Binding \/ Paperback: 72 pages Publisher: Stone Arch Books Since Derek is the tallest kid on his basetball team, his coach decides to let &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/07\/free-throwtiro-libre\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Free Throw\/Tiro Libre<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7,9,19,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-booktalks","category-by-anastasia-suen","category-chapter-book-of-the-day","category-news","category-picture-book-of-the-day"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5217\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}