Rimshots: Basketball Pix, Rolls, and Rhythms
by Charles R. Smith, Jr.
"Basketball is a game I have loved since I was a child...Even though I'm not... read more
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Poetry
- Sports
- Picture Book
Year Published 1999
Word Count 3,008
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 810L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 44592, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Children's stories, American
- Basketball--Juvenile poetry
- Basketball--Poetry
- Children's poetry, American
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation | Basketball
- Basketball stories
- Basketball--Fiction
- Basketball
- Short stories
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Literary Criticism & Collections
- American poetry
- Lists With This Book
- Reading Picture Books, Writing Poetry
- SpringBoard, Grade 7 Unit 4
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Charles R. Smith, Jr.
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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About the Author 3
Author Interviews 1
Interview with Charles R. Smith, Jr.
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Poetry Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Awards & Distinctions 3
ALSC Notable Children's Books, 1995-2022
Commended, 2000
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2000
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