A Ball with a Funny Shape

A Ball with a Funny Shape

A Ball with a Funny Shape

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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 4 to 6
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	5.14

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	challenging words:		pigskin, pointy, nickname, fans, perhaps, sport, bladder, championship, winner, year, team, even, regular, ball, people, time
	content words:		In America, Super Bowl, Vince Lombardi Trophy

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A Ball with a Funny Shape
By Colleen Messina

¹ I am a ball, but I am not round. I am about eleven inches long and look like an egg with pointy ends. I am usually brown. A long time ago, I was made out of an inflated pig bladder. Maybe that is why my nickname is "pigskin". In America, the championship game of my sport is called the Super Bowl. The trophy for the winner is called the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Many people watch this game every year, .....
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