Oh boy, do I love playoff baseball. This time of the year is so exciting. The Dogers and the Phillies are playing for the National League Championship Series, and the Yankees and the Angels are playing for the American League Championship Series. I am a huge Yankee fan. I absolutely love the New York Yankees. Every game played in the playoffs is just so exciting. To win this series a team has to win four of the seven games played. Today the Yankees played an awesome game! They won the game 10 to 1! There were some really great plays in today’s game. The pitcher pitched an amazing game. He only gave up one run and pitched 8 innings. The Yankees hit numerous home runs today. They also made some great defensive plays. They now lead the series three games to one. All they have to do is win one more game, and they go to the World Series. I can’t wait for that to happen. I am so excited! This is their year!
Vocabulary:
Oh boy- an American saying that shows excitement
Playoff basesball- When teams are playing extra games to see who is the best team
Dogers, Phillies, Angels, Yankees- Names of professional baseball teams
National League and American League Championship Series- the second round of playoffs. First their is the division Series, then the championship series, and then the World Series.
Fan- a person who really likes a team and wants them to win
Absolutely- totally, definitely, for sure
Awesome- wonderful, fantastic, great
Plays-when the ball is hit and the player in the field gets the ball
Pitcher- the player who throws the ball to the batter.
Batter- the player who hits the ball with the baseball bat
Baseball bat- a piece of wood used to hit the ball
Run- a point, a goal, when you score a run, you get a point for your team
Innings- in baseball the players play 9 innings. That is how long the game is.
Numerous- a lot, many
Home runs- when the ball is hit out of the field into the stands where the fans are sitting
Defensive plays- when he players in the field get the ball
Lead- to win
This is their year- they are going to win
Activity:
- The highlighted words in the paragraph are known as homophones.
- Homophones are words that sound the same, but have different meanings and spellings
Write down five pairs of homophones.
1. __________________ and ________________
2. _________________and _________________
3. ________________ and _________________
4. ______________ and ____________________
5. ________________and ____________________
Great blog on baseball! Here you could have also added some pictures so your students could see the baseball, home plate etc. And you could always post a link to a clip of a game.
ReplyDeleteAs for me, I find baseball a snooze, compared, let's say, to hockey, which is go,go,go.