Smithtown Students Celebrate Opening Day Of Baseball

SMITHTOWN, NY - From Smithtown Central School District: Fourth-graders at St. James Elementary School in the Smithtown Central School District celebrated the opening day of baseball by engaging in activities centered on the sport on March 29.

In the day filled with baseball-themed lessons, students listened to the famous comedy act “Who’s On First” by Abbott and Costello and had to answer questions about who was at each position. They read and answered questions about the poem “Casey at the Bat.” The fourth-graders listened to the song “The Greatest” by Kenny Rogers and discussed its lessons as a mindfulness/take away activity.

The student-artists designed their own baseball pennants and budding musicians wrote their own versions of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” to share with the class. For their hands-on science lesson, students predicted, tested and measured the bounce of a baseball, tennis ball, whiffle ball and golf ball.

Fourth-graders also honed their baseball skills during physical education classes and stretched their muscles in class during the seventh-inning stretch. Students read books about different baseball legends and practiced baseball-related math problems.

Photo courtesy of Smithtown Central School District