Brothers
At Bat
Author:
Audrey Vernick
Copyright
2012
Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt
Sporty - Athletic - Family Oriented - Cheerful - Feel Good
Interest
Level: K-3
Reading
Level
Grade Level
Equivalent: 4
Lexile
Measure: AD780L
DRA: 30
Guided
Reading: N
Genre:
Biography
Delivery:
Whole Group
Summary:
It was the
1930’s and it was common for families to have many children, but the Acerras
are no typical bunch, they had sixteen children, tweleve of which were boys and
all of them played baseball. With enough family members to field an entire team
with a couple on the bench, the Acerras squad not only loved the game but cared
for each other and always stuck together as a team.
Electronic
Resources:
Arcerra Brothers playing
Vocabulary:
1. Rhythm: a regular pattern or form of
repetition.
2. Knuckleball: unpredictable pitch in baseball.
3.
Worlds Fair: 1939 New York Worlds Fair. –Exhibits
from countries around the world.
4.
Disbanded: split up.
5. Ceremony: ritual for formal occasion.
6. Insurance: financial protection against loss or
harm.
ELA
Teaching Suggestions:
Comprehension
Before
Reading:
-Read to
students within the first week of school.
-Ask
students if any of them have siblings?
-Follow up
with the question if any of the students play on a sport team or are in some
kind of close and important squad. i.e. band, soccer, etc.
-Give
students a quick overview of the book:
“Brothers at Bat”
-Ask for a prediction
from the title.
-After
taking a few ideas explain to the class who the Acerras are and their special
family.
During:
-Periodically
stop and ask students direct and inferential questions related to the text.
Ex.
-If
this band of brothers could “field a baseball team with 3 left over on the
bench, how many brothers where there?
-What
do you guys think made the Acerras such a great team, other than that they
really loved the game?
After
Reading:
-Have
students create their own “baseballs” that have characteristics of how they
will be a team player for the school year ahead. (Can be both in their own
family or school community.)
Writing
Activity:
See “after
reading.”
-Students could also write inside the baseball, color the baseball to their personal taste and cut out baseball to be posted on the wall or designated board with the rest of their peers.
-Students could also write inside the baseball, color the baseball to their personal taste and cut out baseball to be posted on the wall or designated board with the rest of their peers.
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