Today’s Poem:
“First Girls In Little League” by J. Patrick Lewis
Today’s Key Vocabulary:
Literacy:
First we’ll watch a YouTube video of the song, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.”
- Discussion time: How are the lyrics of a song like a poem?
Then we’ll read a book on the Promethean Board: “Goodnight Baseball.”
- Discussion time: Does this book remind you of another you have read? (Maybe “Goodnight Moon?”)
Media Skills
Launch the Henry Ford OPAC
● Log into the site
● Go to Search bar and type the word <sports> the hit the enter key on your key board. What do you notice about the types of books in your results? Are they a wide selection of fiction and nonfiction books?
● Next, select the “Sports Fiction” section and note the types of sports books available.
Discussion time: Why would you use either option? Which one would be faster if you wanted a chapter book about baseball?
● Assignment for today:
Students will choose a book from either search option and answer questions about it.
- Is the book fiction or nonfiction?
- Is the book in the library or checked out?
- What is the author’s name, what is the title?
When students answer the question, they can go to free choice. Including the new game, ABC Match at
https://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/abcmatch/