Brothers at bat selection

What is the story mostly about?

• The history of baseball

• How brothers grow closer over time

• A baseball team made up of brothers

• What people can learn from playing sports

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

What do readers mainly learn from the binging of the story?

• How the Acerra sisters felt about sports

• What daily life was like for the Acerra family

• What the Acerra family did in the winter

• How the Acerras usually got along with the neighbors

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

How did Alfred‘s brothers help him after he hurt his eye?

• They asked him to become their coach

• They all took turns visiting him in the hospital

• They allowed him to be the picture instead of the catcher

• They played ball with him so he could get his skills and courage back

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CCSS.RF.3.4C

CCSS.RF.4.4C

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.2

Why did the team stop playing for a while during the 1940s?

• Six of the brothers went off to fight in the second world war

• The brothers wanted to spend time at the fair in New York

• The brothers were not getting along so they decided to take a break

• Some of the brothers got other jobs, so there were not enough players

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Freddie Acerra said that the baseball hall of fame “treated us like kings” what does it mean to be treated like kings?

• To be shown honor and respect

• To be offered a castle and a crown

• To be remembered for many years

• To be given the power to make rules

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3