A Big League for Little Players

A Big League for Little Players is...

• Fiction-It tells a story about baseball players

• Non-Fiction- It has photographs and headings

• Non-Fiction- it gives us facts about Little League baseball such as how it first started.

• Fiction- it has dialogue

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CCSS.RI.3.5

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What text feature helps us understand photographs or what is going on in the photographs that are included in our book?

• Title

• Glossary

• Heading

• Caption

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CCSS.RI.1.5

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Based on how it is used on page 8, what does the word organized mean?'

"The first major league was organized in 1871."

• To put something in order

• To clean something

• Grouped and managed by leaders

• to put in a line

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CCSS.RI.5.4

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What does the word pastime mean?

"By the 1890s, baseball was so popular that it became known as the United State's national pastime."

• Late

• something that has been done in the past

• hobby or activity

• something that people did long ago in history

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CCSS.RI.5.4

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Why did the author include black and white photographs?

• To show the reader that they didn't have color photographs back then

• To show the reader actual photographs of baseball games when they first began.

• To make the story more interesting

• Because there was no color ink in the printer

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CCSS.RI.1.5

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Why did the author include italicized words/sentences?

"No, wait! You're Mickey Mantle, and I'm Jackie Robinson!" (page 9)

• To show the words in a different form

• To teach the reader what the section was about

• To explain the photographs

• To add emphasis or to show someone speaking

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What is the purpose of the text feature, labels?

• To describe what is happening in the photograph

• To show the name of a person or place

• To show the reader what the section is about

• It is used as a vocabulary word

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CCSS.RI.1.5

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Based on how it is used on page 13, what does the word "divisions" mean?

"Now more than 100,000 teams compete in different divisions. A player's age determines the division in which he or she plays."

• The opposite of multiplication

• separate groups that are part of a larger organization

• set to begin at a certain time

• grouped or managed by leaders

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

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CCSS.RL.4.4

Based on how it is used on page 16, what does the word "feat" mean?

"It was quite a feat as the Kawaguchi City team had been undefeated."

• that the team lost

• the team had another person featured for the game

• another word for feet

• an amazing action or accomplishment

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

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Why do you think the author wrote the title "A Big League for Little Players"

• To show the reader that the book is going to be about kids

• To teach the reader about baseball for kids

• To teach the reader about what Little Leagues are, who participates in Little Leagues and how popular they have become throughout the years.

• To give the reader information regarding baseball players and how they play baseball, when it started, and how many Americans watch it nowadays.

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