Lesson Topic:  Baseball                                                                                 Date: March 26, 2007

 

Academic Content Standard(s):

 

1.3.5.B,C

1.3.5.C

1.6.5 B,C,D

 

Interdisciplinary Connections: Reading, Physical Education

 

Objective(s):

 

                  1. Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to restate events that have taken place in a story.

 

      2. Upon completion of this lesson, students will be able to formulate verbal interpretations of illustrations presented in a story.

 

                  3. Upon completion of this lesson, students will able to make predictions based on previous events that have taken place in a story.

 

Method: Lecture with discussion.

 

Resources: How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball by David Shannon, Plastic hollow baseballs, Comprehension questions, Velcro baseball field and mat, Prizes

 

Introduction: Motivational Device

   (5-10min)     Wear a baseball cap and juggle baseballs.  

                       

                        Prior Knowledge

                        1) Ask students to associate seasons of the year with events.

                        2) Ask the students to name some books about baseball that they read.

                        3) Ask students if they play baseball.

                       

                        Relevance to Learning

                        Explain to students that the lesson we will be covering today will help them to derive meaning from literature that they read.

 

                                   

Content:      1.Read the story How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball.

(15-20 min) 

                     2. Point out illustrations throughout the story and ask the children what feelings each picture conveys.

 

                     3. Explain to the students that they are going to play a baseball game. Questions will be tossed out to the students in the plastic baseballs. If the question is answered correctly the student will throw the velcro baseball against the baseball diamond mat.

                    

                     4. Divide the class into two teams. Choose a name,  and umpire, and a score keeper for each       team.

 

                     5. Play the game and pass out prizes to the winning team.

                    

Differentiated

Learning

Activities:    Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball:  Visual-Spatial, Linguistic, Interpersonal, Interpersonal

                     Comprehension Baseball: Visual-Spatial, Linguistic, Interpersonal, Bodily-kinesthetic

                    

Summary:  Planned Activity

(3-5min)      Students will play comprehension baseball.

 

                     Future Lesson   

                     It will be mentioned that the information presented in the lesson will help children to understand different types of literature they read in the future.

 

                     Evaluation

                     Students will be assessed orally through the comprehension game. Student assessment will also be evaluated through bodily indicators throughout the lesson. These assessments will check for understanding and determine if any content covered needs to be reviewed further or if additional materials can be added to make the lesson more effective.