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Writing a Story About Baseball

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this creative writing worksheet, students examine a color picture of some children playing baseball. Students use the lines provided to write a story about the picture.
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Baseball Crossword

For Students 4th - 8th
For this baseball crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 19 clues to identify the correct baseball terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Holding Out for a Hero: Roberto Clemente

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils brainstorm lists of heroes, heroic qualities, and ways to pay tribute to heroes. In this Holding Out for a Hero lesson plan, students record Clemente's heroic attributes as athlete ad humanitarian. After visiting the Beyond...
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Who Am I? Jackie Robinson

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sports heroes worksheet, students read the clues about a famous African-American baseball player. Students fill in the blanks to break the code and use the code to name the mystery person - Jackie Robinson.
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Safe! Coloring Sheet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this sports-themed coloring worksheet, students color the scene of boys playing baseball then respond to 4 short answer questions.
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Roberto Clemente: August 18, 1934

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn the date August 18, 1934 as the birthday of baseball player Roberto Clemente. Students then answer the prompt: 'Baseball is considered America's pastime. When you are outside of school,...
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Baseball Coloring Page

For Students Pre-K - K
For this baseball coloring worksheet, students examine a black line drawing of a batter who has just missed the ball. Students color the picture that is labeled "baseball".
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Baseball

For Students 5th - 6th
In this word search worksheet, students solve a word search by locating thirty words related to baseball. The word list includes glove and hit.
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Baseball (a fan's view)

For Students 4th - 8th
In this baseball activity, students explore and discuss thirty-six key terms associated with baseball and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
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Designing in Microsoft

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review the basic formatting in Microsoft Word. Individually, they use the program to design a flyer for a baseball game. To end the lesson, they print them out, present them to the class and given a grade based on a rubric.
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Hit a Homer in PE!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to PE rules. They are given feedback on their behavior in class using a bulletin board. Students gather around the bulletin board at the end of each period, if the class followed all the rules that are written...
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Baseball Math

For Teachers 1st
First graders solve baseball-themed addition problems. Working in pairs, 1st graders drill each other on simple addition facts using baseballs. At the completion of group time, students introduce their partner and share their...
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Ag In The Outfield

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Young scholars explore baseball. This is a cross-curricular plan that includes math, history, and agriculture. Pupils use their five senses to observe the materials a baseball is made from and identify the agricultural products used. In...
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The National Pastime

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the impact baseball had politically and culturally upon the nation and the world from 1940-1950. Students study about, discuss, and take notes about historically significant events and baseball players' contributions...
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Celebrating 100 Years of Negro Leagues Baseball

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders locate original locations of Negro Leagues Baseball teams using latitude and longitude, calculate distances between locations using maps and/or Internet resources, and use critical thinking skills to compare and contrast...
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Homerun Math

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars are arranged into two teams. Students practice math computation skills by solving different problems correctly and moving around "bases" that are set up in the classroom.
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Cardboard History

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate the history of baseball and create baseball cards based on research they have collected about early baseball players.
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Baseball - America's Pastime

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students complete Internet research about baseball and baseball players. They complete a variety of activities including writing an epitaph for Jackie Robinson, a news article about him, and make graphs displaying salaries of a number of...
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Baseball: Fact or Fiction

For Teachers K - 8th
Students research the history of baseball. They complete a T-chart stating whether a given statement is a fact or fiction. They answer questions on a worksheet to complete the lesson.
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America's Pastime

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars relate Newton's Laws of Motion to the game of baseball. They compare and contrast the materials used in baseballs that could affect their performance. They also determine how friction can be increased or decreased in a...
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Baseball Vocabulary

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review new vocabulary and verb conjugations. They are divided into two teams and simulate a game of baseball while practicing their new vocabulary. They are given the word in Spanish or English.
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Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Activist

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students analyze the life of Jackie Robinson and determine which characteristics contributed to his success as the baseball player who broke the color barrier and as a political activist.
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Does More Wins Mean More Fans At The Ballpark?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students, after getting information from the past baseball season off the Internet, calculate an attendance-to-win ratio for each of the 28 major league teams and then study the results to see if winning always leads to good attendance.
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Cone Baseball

For Teachers K - 5th
Students pair up in small groups and use a large bat, batting tee and whiffle ball to practice their baseball batting skills.