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A Lesson on My First Baseball Game	Export Lesson as PDF \| Save As Favorite

	Grade: Grade 3 Subject: English Language Arts Created by: Delaney Georgantas Lesson Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Keywords/Tags: Baseball, Ballpark, Cubs, Family Lesson Description: Students are to read the passage "My First Baseball Game" and answer vocabulary questions on key vocabulary found in the story, three short response discussion questions, and a writing assignment to promote thought. This lesson is intended to be done independently to build the students personal vocabulary, reading, and critical thinking skills necessary for growth in the language arts.
Common Core Standards Covered with This Lesson CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1b: Provide reasons that support the opinion. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1c: Use linking words and phrases (e.g., because, therefore, since, for example) to connect opinion and reasons. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.4: With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.6: With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.8: Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning word and phrases based on grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.4a: Use sentence-level context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships (e.g., After dinner that night we went looking for them).

Lesson Content: Reading
Instructions: Please read the following reading passage as many times as needed (aloud and silent) before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of this passage is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this content. Feel free to print the passage if needed.

My First Baseball Game

I remember my first Cubs game. My uncle came to take me to it. It was a Saturday. He drove all the way from Indiana to get me. We took the train to the ballpark. He said it would be hard to find a parking space there.

He was right. When we got there it was so crowded. We had tickets that were for seats far back. It seemed like I climbed about 100 steps to get to them. But when we got there and I turned around I could see everything. I saw the whole field. It was much better than watching it on TV.

Then the game started. Everyone cheered. The man next to me said, “This is going to be the year. They are playing really well.”

My uncle said to him, “Let’s hope this is the one.” But then he whispered to me, “Jerome, we’ll have to wait and see. Remember last year? They started out good and then they lost at the end.”

“Hey, Hey, Hey!” The Cub batter hit a ball far to the wall.

Just then I heard “Hot dogs!” “Peanuts!” I looked and saw a man with a big tray hanging from his shoulders. It was full of hotdogs in plastic wrap and bags of peanuts.

“Two hot dogs,” my uncle shouted. Then he gave the man next to us $4. He passed it along down to the man with the hot dogs. He sent back two hot dogs.

“This is great,” I said to my uncle.

“Not so great,” he said. “We just struck out.”

While I had been watching the hotdogs, the team had struck out.

It went on that way for the rest of the game. We got peanuts. We even got another hot dog. And the Cubs kept losing. We’d all hope every time a batter came to bat. One by one they struck out. Still, everyone was staying happy. Even at the end. The score was 7 to 0. The Cubs never got a run.

“Tomorrow, they’ll win,” one person said. “Right. This was just a bad day for them,” another said. “The pitcher tomorrow is really good.”

When we were on the way home, I asked my uncle, “Why was everyone so sure they will win next time?”

“That’s what it means to be a Cubs fan. We believe in tomorrow. When they win, it’s the best. Every year, we hope. Every game we hope. That’s loyalty. It’s about supporting your team no matter what. Cubs fans are loyal. And it’s about fun. Did you have fun?”

“Yes it was great. I see what you mean. Even when they lose, it still was fun. Thanks for taking me. And thanks for being loyal to me.”

Task 2: Discussion Activity (30 points)
Instructions: This discussion forum will have questions for students to respond. Read the posted questions, and respond to each. Students are responsible for posting one initial and and two peer responses for each topic.


	Topic Title	Replies

	Loyalty Jerome, his uncle, and the other Cubs fans show loyalty to the team and to each other. Are you loyal to something or someone? Explain Sent on: Oct 8, 2020 by: Delaney Georgantas	0

	First Sports Event This was Jerome's first time going to a Cubs game. Can you recall your first time going to a sporting event? What was it like? Did you do or see anything special? Explain Sent on: Oct 8, 2020 by: Delaney Georgantas	0

	The Ballpark Jerome points out some different details about the ballpark such as the food, the crowds, and the steps leading up to the seats. Other than the details provided in the text, what are some other things you may see in a ballpark? Give specific details Sent on: Oct 8, 2020 by: Delaney Georgantas	0

Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1b, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.1c, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.6,

Task 3: Writing Activity (50 points)
Instructions: Jerome attends the Cubs baseball game with his Uncle. Is there a sporting event that you would like to attend? Where would you want to go to see it? Is there someone you would want to see it with? What would you do there to make it a special day? In at least 150 words explain how you would want your day to go if you could attend this event.

Standards Covered with This Lesson Activity: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.3, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.4, CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.8,

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