Just Like Josh Gibson

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Just Like Josh Gibson

• Second Grade Reading
• Unit 6 Story 1

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Vocabulary Words

• field
• cheers
• threw
• sailed
• plate

• bases
• soar
• forties
• Louisville slugger

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field

• A piece of land used for some special purpose.

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cheers

• Calls out or yells loudly to show that you like
  something.

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threw

• Sent something through the air by force of your
  arm.

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sailed

• Moved smoothly like a ship with sails.

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plate

• A hard rubber slab that a baseball player stands
  beside to bat.

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bases

• Places that are stations or goals in certain
  games, such a baseball.

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soar

• To fly upward

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forties

• The years between 1940-1949.

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Louisville slugger

• A popular kind of baseball bat.

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Amazing Words

• athlete
• challenge
• effort
• dainty

• disguise
• champion
• professional
• shortstop

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athlete

• Someone who uses skills and abilities to compete
  in sports.

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challenge

• A test of someones abilities to dare to do
  something.

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effort

• The physical and mental energy you use to do
  something or to achieve a goal.

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dainty

• Delicate and pretty.

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disguise

• Clothes or make-up someone wears to change the
  way he or she looks so he or she wont be
  recognized.

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champion

• The winner of a game or competition.

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professional

• Describes a type of job in which people are paid
  for their skill and training.

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shortstop

• The infield position on a baseball team between
  second and third base.