1. Second Grade Reading Unit 6 – Story 1
Just Like Josh Gibson
Second Grade Reading
Unit 6 – Story 1

2. Vocabulary Words field cheers threw sailed plate bases soar forties
Louisville slugger

3. field
A piece of land used for some special purpose.

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

5. threw
Sent something through the air by force of your arm.

6. sailed
Moved smoothly like a ship with sails.

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

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

9. soar
To fly upward

10. forties
The years between

11. Louisville slugger
A popular kind of baseball bat.

12. Amazing Words athlete challenge effort dainty disguise champion
professional
shortstop

13. athlete
Someone who uses skills and abilities to compete in sports.

14. challenge
A test of someone’s abilities; to dare to do something.

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

16. dainty
Delicate and pretty.

17. disguise
Clothes or make-up someone wears to change the way he or she looks so he or she won’t be recognized.

18. champion
The winner of a game or competition.

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

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