Review Vocabulary by Playing Baseball

February 3, 2012
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Today we’re featuring our new video, “Bottom of the Ninth” from our complete vocabulary curriculum, The Word Up Project. It’s a vocabulary song all about baseball, and it’s free for the whole month of February. So why not review the vocabulary by actually playing a round of America’s favorite pastime?

Word Up Vocabulary Baseball Game

Materials Needed

Use the Fix the Mistake or Pick the Winner worksheet for the Word Up Unit you’re working on. Here’s the worksheet for “Bottom of the Ninth.” You can find worksheets for other units by clicking on Exercises in the right panel of each song or video.
A large photocopy of each word on a separate sheet of paper
A foam ball, tennis ball or crumpled piece of paper

The Rules:

Divide students into two teams and create a baseball diamond in your classroom (or go outside if possible). The teacher is the pitcher. Each member of team 1 takes a word and stands in the infield and outfield. Team 2 stands in line at home plate. The teacher asks a question from Fix the Mistake or Pick the Winner and then tosses the ball to the batter. The batter says the correct word and then throws the ball to the correct word. The team earns one point if the batter says the correct word and two points if he or she hits the correct word. After three incorrect words (strikes), the teams switch. The game ends when the teacher calls time or when all questions are complete.

How to Expand the Game

You can create additional questions to play this game beyond workbook exercises.
To review, students can complete the exercises in their workbooks after the game.
If playing outside, you can increase difficulty by playing with a bat.

Check out other Flocabulary Mini Games

After all the day’s planned lessons have been completed, it is not uncommon to have a few minutes to spare before the bell rings. Or, sometimes you need to divide up a long lesson with a quick, energetic break. Use these time slots to invigorate students and enhance their vocabulary comprehension with Flocabulary’s vocabulary mini games!