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1. LESSON 5 TEACHER S GUIDE Babe Ruth by Robert Roemer Fountas Pinnell Level Q Ce ooo o ooo ooo oooooo oo o o o oooooooooo ooo o ooo oo oooooooooooooooo o o Selection Summary As a child Babe Ruth played baseball at a home for boys in Baltimore He began his pro career as a pitcher and then became an outfielder gt a SL a ee gt ee E A Stage pees PS Traded from the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees in 1920 eS he went on to set home run records Baseball s first superstar Ruth Number of Words 1 177 enjoyed his young fans and never forgot how lucky he was Characteristics of the Text Genre Text Structure Content Themes and Ideas Language and Literary Features Sentence Complexity Vocabulary Words Illustrations Book and Print Features e Biography e Six spreads each with a section heading and one summarizing heading on last page e Introductory event followed by shift back in time e Main achievements of baseball star Babe Ruth e Game of baseball e Babe Ruth changed the game of baseball e Baseball players can be heroes on and off the field e Conversational tone e idiomatic language He didn t look like much of an athlete How big a deal was this e Foreshadowing best years were yet to come e Variety in sentence length and complexity e Sentences punctuated with commas and dashes He signed autographs shook hands and posed for pictures The fa2. biography on this date What might happen to Ruth s record of home runs Cr ococoooooooooooooooocoooocooooooooooooocoocooo oooooo coocoo oooooo cooo o oco cooo o ooo ccoo ooo c coocoo ocolos i T t t tM t t t t ti Page 4 Explain that the picture shows seven year old George Ruth His father is leaving him at a home for boys George s parents are too poor to care for him Why is this information important to include in a biography Page 6 Draw students attention to the section heading George Becomes a Pro Explain that at age 19 George Ruth was hired to pitch for a minor league team Because he was so young people began calling him Babe By the end of the first season Babe had moved up to the major league and signed with the Boston Red Sox What major league teams do you know Page 8 Read the first sentence of paragraph 3 Babe s performance made him a celebrity Why did Ruth become so famous Page 12 Draw attention to the section heading Superstar and Legend Explain that a legend can be an old well known story and it can also name a person whose fame has spread Read the sentence By the time he retired Babe Ruth had changed the game of baseball forever What will you learn in this biography How do you think any athlete can change the game of baseball forever What does that mean escceceoocoooocooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
3. and Licensing 9400 SouthPark Center Loop Orlando Florida 32819 Printed in the U S A 978 0 547 30588 2 123456789 10 0940 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company retains title to the materials and they may not be resold Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication or any portion of it into electronic format Babe Ruth vy robert Roemer Build Background Have students name any baseball superstars they know of Build interest by asking a question such as Why do people like to read about sports superstars Read the title and author Discuss the cover photograph Remind students that a true story about a person s life is called a biography Introduce the Text Guide students through the text noting important ideas and helping with unfamiliar language and vocabulary so that they can read the text successfully Here are some Suggestions Pages 2 3 Tell students that this biography tells about events from the life of George Herman Ruth who is better known as Babe Ruth Suggested language Have students turn to pages 2 and 3 Point out the date in the first sentence In paragraph 3 read the sentence The day before he d hit his 59th home run of the season tying the record he had set back in 1921 Why might the author begin the
4. er s Notebook Grade 3 F Lesson 5 Babe Ruth Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company NS Lesson 5 BLACKLINE MASTER 5 13 Student Date Babe Ruth LeveL Q Babe Ruth J Read word correctly g fo Repeated word sentence or phrase Grade 3 Running Record Form In 1920 the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees for 125 000 Many people call this the worst baseball trade ever It turned out to be a terrible loss for the Red Sox In his first year with the Yankees Babe hit 54 home runs to set a new record The next year Ruth hit 59 homers How big a deal was this The second place home run hitter that year hit only 24 home runs Babe s performance made him a celebrity Some celebrities hate dealing with their fans and try to avoid them Babe Ruth didn t Total Self Corrections Comments Accuracy Rate words read correctly 100 x 100 Behavior Code Error _ a Jae p cat Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company ISBN 13 978 0 547 30588 2 ISBN 10 0 547 30588 5 Lesson 5 Babe Ruth itl 1413990
5. ker 1 What game did he play Name Critical Thinking Responding Read and answer the questions Possible responses shown 1 Think within the text Why did Babe Ruth s parents send him Cause and Effect In to live at St Mary s Industrial School for Boys 1920 the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the His parents were too poor to take care of him properly New York Yankees This caused other things to happen Copy the chart below 2 Think within the text How did Babe Ruth s life change Write what happened when he became a professional baseball player at age 19 He traveled on trains around the country and stayed in different cities He also was nicknamed Babe because he was such a young ball player In 1920 the Red Sox It was a terrible loss traded Babe Ruth for the Red Sox 3 Think beyond the text Babe Ruth was a hero to many to the New York gt children They looked up to him Who is your hero Why do Yankees i you look up to this person Responses will vary 4 Think about the text Why do you think Babe Ruth became so popular A write About It Text to Self Do you have a favorite athlete or celebrity Write two paragraphs about this person Be sure to explain why you He was a great baseball player and he loved to meet with his fans admire this person Making Connections Even though Babe Ruth was rich and famous he still spent time visiting sick children in hospitals In what way would you like to help
6. luded opinions baseball made him rich hitters didn t have er The author s attitude is that Babe e Babe Ruth set home run e Fans love a player who makes Ruth s life story is inspiring records that were not broken for the game exciting and who cares Theater Bieked E TE E decades about them p Babe Ruth s life to show his best e Babe Ruth enjoyed fans e Babe Ruth wanted to help qualities attention and he became a children because his own celebrity childhood had been hard 2006 Fountas C amp Pinnell G S Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency Heinemann Portsmouth N H Choices for Further Support e Fluency Invite students to choose a passage from the text to read aloud Remind them to use punctuation to help them group words e Comprehension Based on your observations of the students reading and discussion revisit parts of the text to clarify or extend comprehension Remind students to go back to the text to support their ideas e Phonics Word Work Provide practice as needed with words and word parts using examples from the text Use the word autographs on page 8 to point out the word parts auto self and graph writing which come from ancient Greek Write auto graphy and bio explaining that bio means life Have students find the word parts in biography and autobiography and help them to figure out what each word means Grade 3 3 Lesson 5 Babe Ru
7. n idea e Which words on page 11 help the reader know the meaning of inspired e Complete this statement This biography was mainly written to Grade 3 4 Lesson 5 Babe Ruth Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company English Language Development Reading Support Check regularly on students oral reading to determine accuracy fluency and comprehension Idioms Explain the meaning of these idioms that include negatives and help students use each in sentences didnt look like much of an athlete page 2 couldn t wait page 2 never done a great job page 12 never forgot where he came from page 14 Oral Language Development Check student comprehension using a dialogue that best matches your students English proficiency level Speaker 1 is the teacher Speaker 2 is the student Beginning Early Intermediate AELG Early Advanced Advanced Speaker 1 When did Babe Ruth live Speaker 1 What did Babe Ruth do Speaker 1 Why is Babe Ruth still i 9 9 Speaker 2 1895 to 1948 better than any other baseball player famous today Speaker 2 He hit more home runs Speaker 2 Baseball fans are interested in the best players of Speaker 2 baseball ja a a i long ago Babe Ruth s home run records lasted a long time His BREAKER te AAE TOCOT OSB Speaker 2 He made the game exciting life story was interesting Ruth set He spent time with them Speaker 2 most home runs i Spea
8. ns loved him for it and this made Babe Ruth even more popular e Baseball terms batter home plate pitcher home run hit one out of the park fastball catcher pro minor league major league World Series outfield trade homers e Many multisyllable words with varied syllable patterns such as athlete attention opponents celebrity autographs superstar celebration anniversary dedicated e Drawings and photographs support the text e Design motif of baseball seam e Thirteen pages with illustration on every page or spread 2006 Fountas C amp Pinnell G S Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency Heinemann Portsmouth N H Copyright by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company All rights reserved No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying or recording or by any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law Permission is hereby granted to individual teachers using the corresponding discipline Leveled Readers to photocopy student worksheets from this publication in classroom quantities for instructional use and not for resale Requests for information on other matters regarding duplication of this work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Attn Contracts Copyrights
9. ooooooooooo Now turn back to the beginning of the biography and read to find out why Babe Ruth became such a famous baseball player POO Expand Your Vocabulary ZEZZZZ TETTTTTTTETTTTTTT batter stands p 2 autographs a person s opponents people who oppose record n a recorded top signature written by hand p 8 each other p 7 performance p 2 o celebrity a famous person performance the doing of an season a period of the year o p 8 action p 8 p 2 o inspired gave hope to p 11 plate the base where a baseball Grade 3 2 Lesson 5 Babe Ruth Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Read Have students read Babe Ruth silently while you listen to individual students read Support their problem solving and fluency as needed Remind students to use the Visualize Strategy to form pictures in their mind based on details in the text Discuss and Revisit the Text Personal Response Invite students to share their personal responses to the book Suggested language What do you think is the most important thing to know about Babe Ruth Ways of Thinking As you discuss the text help students understand these points Thinking Within the Text Thinking Beyond the Text Thinking About the Text e Babe Ruth came from a poor 3 e Babe Ruth must have had 3 e The author did research to find background but his skill at unusual qualities that other facts and also inc
10. others Write your answer in your Reader s Notebook Read directions to students Critical Thinking 11 Grade 3 Unit 1 Good Citizens Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing ing Company All rights reserved Grade 3 5 Lesson 5 Babe Ruth Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Name fDate Babe Ruth Thinking About the Text Think about the questions below Then write your answer in one or two paragraphs The author thinks that Babe Ruth s life story is inspiring Do you agree or disagree with the author Use details from the book to support your answer s Grade 3 6 Lesson 5 Babe Ruth Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company E Lesson 5 BLACKLINE MASTER 5 9 Name gt Daten Critical Thinking Babe Ruth Critical Thinking Read and answer the questions 1 Think within the text Why did Babe Ruth s parents send him to live at St Mary s Industrial School for Boys 2 Think within the text How did Babe Ruth s life change when he became a professional baseball player at age 19 3 Think beyond the text Babe Ruth was a hero to many children They looked up to him Who is your hero Why do you look up to this person 4 Think about the text Why do you think Babe Ruth became so popular Making Connections Even though Babe Ruth was rich and famous he still spent time visiting sick children in hospitals In what way would you like to help others Write your answer in your Read
11. th Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Writing about Reading Critical Thinking Have students complete the Critical Thinking questions on BLM 5 9 Responding Have students complete the activities at the back of the book Use the instruction below as needed to reinforce or extend understanding of the comprehension skill Target Comprehension Skill Cause and Effect Tell students that events can be related with one event causing another Thinking about causes and effects helps readers make connections among events Model the skill using a Think Aloud like the one below Think Aloud In 1920 the Red Sox traded Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees That event was the cause or reason The effect is the result There were several effects The Red Sox suffered a terrible loss The Yankees got the best home run hitter in history Over the next fourteen years Babe Ruth led the Yankees to six World Series titles People made fun of the Red Sox for making the worst trade ever Practice the Skill Have students write a sentence showing how another event in Babe Ruth s life caused something else to happen to him Writing Prompt Thinking About the Text Have students write a response to the prompt on page 6 Remind them that when they think about the text they think about the kind of writing and about how the author used language and organized ideas Assessment Prompts e In paragraph 2 on page 6 what is the mai
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