Football fans and reluctant readers will enjoy these discussion questions and classroom activities for Button Down by Anne Ylvisaker. Use the discussion questions in this guide to engage students with the text. Then, extend their enjoyment of the book with games, sports, goal planning, interviews, biographies, radio programs, and descriptive writing.
Button Down Teachers' Guide
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Button Down
From the author of The Luck of the Buttons comes another story about a sometimes hapless, always winning family that scores big points for humor and heart.
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