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Every Pitch Summer Baseball School
Subject: Reading & Writing
Theme: Baseball
Congratulations Dominic on a great poem. Dominic wins a free private lesson from Every Pitch.
Cutting-edge pitch
U naware of the pitch
Reliable pitch to throw
Variation of pitches
Eager to hit the ball
Breaking ball fooled the batter
Amazing strike out!
Loud roar from the crowd
Last pitch of the game
Congratulations Kenny on a great essay. Kenny wins a free private lesson from Every Pitch.
“It’s A Mindset!"
“It’s A Mindset” means having a great attitude. Having confidence means believing in yourself. If you believe in yourself you can achieve anything. If you want something very bad, put your mind to it, and you will achieve it. If you have a strong mindset then you will be able achieve anything.
Putting time and effort into baseball will make you a better player. Having lessons with Joe builds my ability of playing baseball. Working hard helps me to become better. Practicing baseball builds confidence, strength and much more. Working hard and practicing baseball will help you to become better and better at it every day.
Watching role models will help you to. My dad practice’s with me says that I can do it. Joe has lessons with me and says to have confidence in myself. Bailey Galacci is always correcting me and saying that I can do it. Having role models or practicing with role models will help you to have confidence in yourself. Remember, “It’s a Mindset!”
All displays are being pictured below from the camp. Everyone did a great job.
    
Pam has been working with children in the Deer Valley School District, in some capacity or another, for the past 15 years. Pam has taught 8th grade Language Arts, 7th grade Language Arts/Humanities, and 5th grade Reading. She was also an administrator at Hillcrest Middle School, Mountain Ridge High School and Sandra Day O’Connor High School. She’s earned both K-8 and Administrative certifications and has a Master’s in Educational Leadership with an English as a Second Language (ESL) endorsement. Her hobbies include spending time with her friends and family, watching baseball, writing, decorating her house and drawing. Pam’s True Colors are blue and gold as she loves people, is very loyal, goal-oriented and extremely organized. Currently, Pam stays at home with her 18-month-old daughter Paislee and strives to be the best mother she can be.
Beth has been working with children as a teacher for the past 14 years. In the last five years, Beth has primarily taught Language Arts. Beth brings an array of experience as she has taught grades 2-8. Beth is K-8 certified with a Master’s in Elementary Education and holds a Reading endorsement. Beth is also certified in the Six Traits of Writing through the Deer Valley School District and was taught to be a certified Trainer of Trainers this upcoming school year. Beth’s hobbies include watching her three children Jake, Josh and Keaghan participate in sports and coaching her daughter’s softball team. Her favorite sport, of course, is baseball. Beth’s True Colors are blue and orange as she values friendship, cares for others, and is a very energetic and spontaneous person. This upcoming year, Beth is teaching 6th grade Writing at Diamond Canyon Elementary here in Anthem and is working on her second Master’s in School Counseling.
- Teachers will meet the needs of all students by assessing reading and writing skill levels
- Teachers will assess the learning styles of each student
- Teachers will differentiate instruction based on skill level, learning styles and age of each student
- Teachers will reinforce reading strategies necessary for high levels of comprehension
- Teachers will utilize graphic organizers, cooperative learning groups, supplemental materials, reference materials, books, newspapers, Internet search engines, and computer software to appeal to all of the multiple intelligences within the group
- Teachers will provide students with constructive feedback on writing and offer strategies and/or methods of improvement
- Teachers will teach and/or reinforce reading and writing skills while incorporating the theme of baseball into all assignments
- Teachers will incorporate test taking strategies into lessons
- Teachers will take into account the various levels of Bloom Taxonomy (knowledge, skills and attitudes) when developing lesson plans to ensure higher levels of learning
- Students will discover personal learning styles and how to use them, as a student, to their advantage
- Students will further develop reading strategies such as: make and confirm predictions, utilizing context clues, create mental images, adjusting reading rate, and summarizing.
- Students will use the Six Traits of Writing when writing
- Students will discover the various forms of poetry
- Students will reinforce and/or learn how to use the rich language, rhythm and expression of feelings that make a poem.
- Students will learn how to write sports news articles based on current events
- Students will utilize outlines and graphic organizers to aid in essay development
- Students will participate in poetry and writing contests
The reading & writing portion of the camp will be held in the North Valley Regional Library. This will allow student to have access to the many materials and resources necessary for the class. We recommend that all campers have a North Valley Regional Library card. This will allow your child to utilize the computers in the library when researching their favorite baseball player and developing a Power Point presentation. If your child does not have a library card parents can register at any time. Of course, because the use of the computer is essential for this class, the sooner that is done the better. All other materials such as: paper, pencils, poster board, crayons, worksheets, etc. will be provided. Any parents that object to having their child bring and/or obtain a library card should speak to one of the instructors immediately.
The second session of the Every Pitch Baseball School will be spent doing various activities that will enable students to create their own All Star Team for an MLB Franchise. It is critical that students bring their library card every day as a majority of the assignment is computer-based and library cards are needed to use public computers.
The students will:
- Learn managerial skills
- Learn strategic planning
- Read relevant articles and other resources to gain information
- Learn how to use search engines and web-based reference materials
- Learn how to analyze individual player’s strengths and weaknesses to make informed decisions
- Lean how to write ads to promote Opening Day for team
- Create a logo design to be displayed on a t-shirt and a hat
- Create presentation boards
1. Things to think about when creating your team:
If you could create your own MLB franchise…
- What city would you locate it in?
- What would you name it?
- What would your logo look like?
- What would be your team colors?
- What would be your mascot?
- What would be your mascot's name?
- What league would it be in?
- What division would it be in?
- What manager would you hire?
- Who would be on your coaching staff? Keep in mind you need a defense coach, pitching coach and hitting/third base coach.
- You can only have 20 players on your team, six of them must be pitchers and the rest are position players. If you could draft any player you want for your team, what players would you draft?
2. Create a team line up. American League (AL) has a designated hitter (a player that hits for the pitcher) whereas the National League (NL) does not. Prior to completing your line up go to the following website, http://www.knucklecurve.com/musings-on-diamondbacks’-batting-order/ and read the article, “Musings Over Diamondbacks’ Batting Order,” written by Stephen Kersey and make a comment or give an opinion on what you read.
Here is some additional information that may be useful to you as well:
Your lead off hitter is your fastest player. Your second hitter is a good contact hitter and bunter. Third hitter is your best hitter. Fourth hitter is your power hitter. Fifth hitter is you best RBI player. Sixth hitter is your second lead off player. Seventh hitter is a good fastball hitter. Eighth hitter is you least talented batter/slowest hitter. Ninth hitter is another fast player for AL or pitcher for NL. Designated hitter is a good hitter that is not a good fielder or is not able to play in the field due to an injury. In the AL, the designated hitter can take the place of the pitcher only (NL does not have a designated hitter).
- What players would you position in the top of the batting order? Why?
- Who would be you designated hitters?
3. Write a promotional ad that will be placed in your city’s major newspaper that would attract fans to come to Opening Day. Include the following information:
- Where will the game be held?
- What time is the game going to start?
- How many fans are expected to be there? (Take into account the seating capacity of the stadium you choose).
- Any activities going on for kids that day? What promotional events are going to take place? (For example, Baxter does t-shirt giveaways, hot dog race, hot seat $ giveaways shown on the TVcam).
- What person would you hire to be the announcer during the game (Harry Carey for the Cubs)
4. Develop a two-hour practice plan for your team. Components to consider:
- Warm-up routine
- Defensive drills
- Pitching drills
- Offensive/hitting drills
- Conditioning
5. After you have fully developed your amazing MLB team, pretend that your budget ran dry and you have to sell your team. Design a presentation board that displays your team to a potential buyer. Include, not only all of the information you’ve prepared, but also the price you would accept for the team. (For this part of the project, research how much teams have been sold for in the past).
*Additional information about the presentation:
Students may email pictures to their home email address to print off pictures to be used on the boards; however, if a student should choose to make copies or print materials while at the library, there is an additional charge to the student. Fees are as follows:
Copies- $.10
Print off the internet-$.25
Supplies such as tri-fold presentation boards, pencils, markers, crayons, glue, tape, rulers, etc will be provided. However, t-shirts and hats used to display team logos are optional and must be brought in by the student.
Websites to help with your project:
http://www.chriscreamer.com/league.php?id=4 (logo website)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie-O#Charlie-O (mascot website)
http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070703&content_id=2064950&vkey=news_ari&fext=.jsp&c_id=ari
DISPLY BOARD CONTEST:
Once display boards are completed, Coach McDonald and/or Coach Osterode will pick a winner. If you win, you will receive a one hour private lesson and your picture along with a picture of your project posted on the Every Pitch website.
We would like to request that students watch the College Baseball World Series on the following days:
Monday, June 23rd at 5pm on ESPN2
Tuesday, June 24th at 5pm on ESPN
Wednesday, June 25th at 5pm on ESPN
While watching the series students will be asked to write down the highlights of each of the games. Then, on Thursday, June 26th students will be taught how to write a sports news article using the information they gathered throughout the week. This is an excellent opportunity for us to reinforce skills such as writing to a specific audience as well as using voice as a means of holding the reader’s interest.
In the event that a student cannot watch the games when it is aired, we would like to request that students use the Internet and go to http://www.collegeworldseries.com to get the highlights of the game, write them down and then use them on Thursday to write their article. Of course, your child will get more out of it if he is able to watch the game himself; however, if prior commitments do not allow him to do so, looking it up on the internet will suffice.
Students will be given information about various types of poetry as well as the skills necessary to write a poem. With the information learned and the guidelines provided in class, students will create a poem about their favorite sport, baseball. All students will be writing poems; however, they do not have to enter their poems into the contest. Students who choose to enter the Every Pitch Poetry Contest will have the opportunity to win one FREE private one-hour baseball lesson utilizing the expertise of the Every Pitch coaching staff. Contestants will submit poems that will be judged by Coach Osterode and Coach McDonald. In addition to the FREE lesson, the winner of the contest will have their poem along with their photo posted on the Every Pitch website. All students are encouraged to participate.
Students will be asked to write a five-paragraph essay using the following prompt: “How does the term It’s a mindset apply to you as an athlete?” Students will be given assistance with essay development in class. All students will be writing this essay; however, they do not have to enter their essay into the contest. Students who choose to enter the Every Pitch Essay Contest will have the opportunity to win one FREE private one-hour baseball lesson utilizing the expertise of the Every Pitch coaching staff. Contestants will submit essays that will be judged by Coach Osterode and Coach McDonald. In addition to the FREE lesson, the winner of the essay contest will have their essay along with their photo posted on the Every Pitch website. All students are encouraged to participate.
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