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Batter Up! Checking Words in a Softball Story

Read a story about the last softball game of the season, fix misread words, and use context to pick the right meaning of words like pitch and dove.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.4.4.c

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Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 4
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use context to catch and correct words that were misread aloud.
  • Students reread nearby words to confirm the meaning of words with more than one meaning or sound.

How to use

Read the story aloud or with partners, then have students reread the paragraph each question names before answering. Stop after question 1 to talk about how the rest of the sentence showed that doughnut was wrong.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.4.4.c

Use context to confirm or fix word recognition and understanding, rereading as needed.

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Batter Up! Checking Words in a Softball Story

Reread to fix slips and to choose the meaning that fits.

Read the story

The Last Game of the Season

1My softball team, the Comets, had one last game before summer vacation. Families filled the bleachers, the long rows of metal benches beside the field. A gray dove cooed from the top of the fence. I sat in the dugout, a low shelter with a bench where players wait for their turn. My stomach felt fluttery. Then Coach Rivera clapped her hands. "Play hard, play fair, and have fun!" she said.

2Kayla started the game for us. Her first pitch zipped right over home plate. The batter on the other team swung and missed. "Strike one!" called the umpire. Kayla grinned, wiped her forehead with her sleeve, and got ready to throw again.

3By the last inning, the score was tied. Then a batter hit a high fly ball toward right field, where I was standing. I squinted into the bright sun and ran forward. The ball was dropping fast, so I dove for it with my glove stretched out. I landed on my belly in the grass. When I looked down, the ball was tucked inside my glove! The crowd cheered so loudly that the dove flapped off the fence.

4Now it was our turn to bat. I stepped up to the plate and held my bat tight. My first swing missed by a mile. I took a deep breath and thought about Coach's words. On the next pitch, I swung hard, and my bat smacked the ball. It rolled past second base, and I raced to first base safely. Then Grace hit the ball deep into the outfield, and I ran around the bases all the way home. We won the game by one run!

5After the game, both teams lined up and slapped hands. Coach Rivera passed out cold orange slices from a cooler. "You played like a real team today," she said. My legs felt as wobbly as noodles, but I could not stop smiling.

Does that sound right?

Good readers stop when a sentence does not make sense. Reread the paragraph and use the words around the slip to fix it.

1.
Leo read this sentence from paragraph 1 aloud: "I sat in the doughnut, a low shelter with a bench where players wait for their turn." The word doughnut does not make sense. Reread paragraph 1. Which word did the writer use?
  • A. doghouse
  • B. driveway
  • C. dugout
  • D. doorway
2.
Each sentence below was read aloud with one wrong word. The wrong word is shown after the sentence. Reread the story and write the word that belongs in the blank.

1. I   into the bright sun and ran forward. (read as squirted)
2. I landed on my belly in the  . (read as glass)
3. Coach Rivera passed out cold orange slices from a  . (read as cookie)

3.
Theo read paragraph 2 aloud. Here are four sentences the way he read them. In two of them, he misread one word. Which TWO sentences does Theo need to fix?
  • A. Kayla started the game for us.
  • B. Her first pitch zipped right over home plane.
  • C. Kayla grinned, wiped her forehead with her sleeve, and got ready to throw again.
  • D. "Strike one!" called the vampire.
4.
Read paragraph 1 again. Underline the sentence that tells what bleachers are.

My softball team, the Comets, had one last game before summer vacation.Families filled the bleachers, the long rows of metal benches beside the field.A gray dove cooed from the top of the fence.I sat in the dugout, a low shelter with a bench where players wait for their turn.My stomach felt fluttery.Then Coach Rivera clapped her hands."Play hard, play fair, and have fun!" she said.

Which meaning fits?

Many words have more than one meaning. Reread the sentence to check which meaning the writer means.

5.
Match each bold word to the meaning it has in the story. Two meanings are not used.
  1. A batter hit a high fly ball toward right field. (paragraph 3)
  2. We won the game by one run. (paragraph 4)
  3. I stepped up to the plate. (paragraph 4)
  4. Her first pitch zipped right over home plate. (paragraph 2)
  1. A. a dish that holds food
  2. B. a ball thrown to a batter
  3. C. hit high up into the air
  4. D. a small insect with wings
  5. E. the base where a batter stands
  6. F. a point scored in the game
6.
In paragraph 2, the batter on the other team swung and missed. Circle the TWO sentences that use batter with the same meaning.

Dad poured the pancake batter into the hot pan.The next batter tapped the plate with her bat.Stir the muffin batter until the lumps are gone.Our best batter hit the ball over the fence.The cake batter was thick, sweet, and yellow.

7.
Paragraph 3 says, "I dove for it with my glove stretched out." What does dove mean in this sentence, and how is it said?
  • A. jumped forward; it rhymes with glove
  • B. a gray bird; it rhymes with glove
  • C. a gray bird; it rhymes with stove
  • D. jumped forward; it rhymes with stove
8.
In paragraph 3, the narrator says, "By the last inning, the score was tied." What does tied mean in this sentence?
  • A. fastened with a string or knot
  • B. both teams had the same score
  • C. one team was far ahead
  • D. the game had just ended
9.
Paragraph 3 ends, "The crowd cheered so loudly that the dove flapped off the fence." A reader first thought dove meant jumped, like it does earlier in the paragraph. Explain how the words around it show what dove means in this sentence.

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