Reading Final Review

Lesson #10:There’s Nothing Like Baseball

Vocabulary ______ (n): showing one’s skill or

ability to join a team or group.- Coaches hold tryouts to find out who gets to be in

the team.- After the tryout, Nikki gets to play shortstop.

_____ (n): a person who trains people who play sports

- My soccer coach helps me get better at playing soccer.

Vocabulary _________ (n): doing something again

and again until you do it well.- Students had many practices before they went on

stage and performed their dance for the Christmas show.

• Practice (verb: present tense) practiced (past tense)• Practice (noun) practices (plural nouns)

Vocabulary _______ (n): a type of clothing wear

by people on the same team.- Students at Korrnell need to wear uniform at

school.- Trevor looks handsome in his uniform. * Who wears these uniforms?

Vocabulary

_________ (adj): having a picture in the mind.

- The boy is hungry and wonders if he can eat imaginary ice cream.

______ (adj): Taking part in a game or context at the beginning.

- Both Emma and Jamal want to be starting shortstop.

Extra Vocabulary Healthful (adj): Good for people’s

health.

exercise (v): To do an activity to help keep your body healthy.

Active (adj): Moving around or doing something much of the time.

Multiple meaning wordssame words that have different meanings

sign fall

Can you think of another word that has different meanings…(tip)

1. Symbles - + - $

2. Posters - give information or direction

3. Write your name

4. Sign language

1. Come down from a place

2. Get hurt by coming down suddenly

3. A season/Autumn

Contraction or PossessiveContractionNoun’s Noun + is / was / has e.g. Jerry’s drawing pictures. = Jerry is drawing pictures.

Possessive Noun’s something belongs to the noun e.g. Ryan’s locker is very tidy and clean.

Contraction or Possessive?1. Andy’s running to the classroom. _______2. Andy’s voice is loud. _________

Contraction

+ will + have + had/Would

I wil I’llHe will He’llShe will She’llIt will It’llWe will we’llThey will they’ll

I have I’veYou have you’veWe have we’veThey have they’ve

I had I’dHe had He’dShe had She’dWe had We’dThey Had They’d

I would I’dHe would He’dThey would They’d

Possessive

1. I my 2. You your 3. He his 4. She her 5. It its 6. Jason Jason’s (his) 7. Jasmine Jasmine’s (her)

* Which sentence has contraction? Which has possessive?

• Jason’s hair looks cool after he puts on the gel.• Jason’s paying attention in class. (Be-Verb + Verb-ing)

There’s Nothing Like Baseball

Genre: Realistic Fiction( is a made-up story that could happen in real life) • Who is the main character?• What do Emma and her friends like to do?• Why does Emma like to play baseball so much?• What position do both Emma and Jamal want to play in their

team?• Why does coach Rex hold tryouts?• What does being shortstop have to do?• Why does Emma feel bad when she wakes up from her

dream?• What position does Emma, Jamal and Nikki play after tryout?