Did you know that you could implement baseball (or any sport, for that matter) across the curriculum? Here are just a few ideas.
1. Reading - Read about your favorite players, teams, and stadiums. Alphabetize the names of all the teams. Sequence how to play the game. Predict the outcome of your team's year. Will they make it to the playoffs? Have a cause and effect discussion about a team's possible move.
2. Writing - Write to your favorite team to wish them a good year and let them know you are cheering for them.
3. Math - Play baseball by dividing your class into two teams. You be the pitcher and throw out math problems (addition, multiplication...whatever you are studying or reviewing). If the batter answers correctly, it is a single. If someone calls out an answer, it is an automatic double. If you give a two-part problem, count it as a triple. Ask a story problem for home runs. HAVE FUN! (NOTE: This game adapts well to any subject.)
4. Social Studies - On a map of America, color the states where the teams are located (perhaps red for American League teams and blue for National League teams). If a state has both leagues represented, color half the state in each color.
5. Community Involvement - Arrange for a player or other team representative to visit your class, grade group, or school. If you do not have a national baseball team, how about a high school or college team? How about a different sport?
Making All City Baseball In Newark NJMaking All City
This Was a Great Moment In My Life.
Toward the end of my junior year at Weequahic High School in Newark New Jersey, I started hearing from my friends that I was going to make All City. How did they know I asked myself? In my usual mood of high esteem I was thinking that there was no way I would make the all city team. Vailburg s catcher was better than me is what crossed my mind. I make the grade - No way. I told you I had high self esteem.
The two best teams in the city at the time, Barringer and Vailsburg would receive the most recognition for their players. We wer ..
I hope you have found these ideas useful. Remember, Reading is FUNdamental!!
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My Top Baseball Teams of All Time - Part two (Also in no particular order)My Top Baseball Teams of All Time
Part two (Also in no particular order)
1955 Brooklyn Dodgers
They won the pennant by 13.5 games.
Scored 857 runs while allowing 650 runs
Finally beat the New York Yankees in
The World Series. They had five future
Hall of Famers on the team. Duke Snider,
Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Roy
Campenella, and Sandy Koufax.
1961 New York Yankees
They won 109 games. They had
Six players with at least 20 home runs led
by Mickey Mantle (54 home runs)
and Roger Maris (61 home runs), setting
a record for most home runs in a year.
Beat the Reds in t ..
Freda J. Glatt, MA, retired from teaching after a 34-year career in Early-Childhood and Elementary Education. Her focus, now, is to reach out and help others reinforce reading comprehension and develop a love for reading. Visit her site at http://www.sandralreading.com. Reading is FUNdamental!
