Puzzles Inspired by BASEBALL, the national pastime.

Sam Mantics
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Our mission to "make words come alive" in a dynamic, new approach to learning vocabulary featured here on the web. This seasonal/thematic feature for the Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® brand of word puzzles is BASEBALL, the national pastime. Make a "printable" copy of these puzzles and share them at school or at home.
We have four other exercises using from 14 to 24 baseball-related words:


 

Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® Baseball Puzzle #1:
Note: The answers to all three puzzles are at the bottom of this web page.


Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® Baseball Puzzle #2:
Note: The answers to all three puzzles are at the bottom of this web page.


Word Wave™ Baseball Puzzle "The Joy of Victory and the Agony of Defeat":
Note: The answers to all three puzzles are at the bottom of this web page.


Feel free to make a copy for use at home or in the classroom!

Crossword
"Hi, I'm Crossword, the Mascot at Vocabulary University. I love sports!"

"There are multiple links to sites about baseball.
Five that standout for me are listed below. I would be happy to add your link suggestions, too.
Happy surfing!


Feel free to make a copy for use at home or in the classroom!
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Interactive, grade level puzzles: ["S140 Level 1"] -- ["S140 Level 2"] -- ["S140 Level 3"]
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We would like to acknowledge the invaluable help of Bob Marzewski in all phases of our technical and graphics layouts. To see more, go to Bob's site on the web by clicking Bob the Wizzard.
We want to acknowledge that the word definitions in these puzzles are used with the permission of Random House Inc. and most come from their "Random House Webster's College Dictionary".


ANSWERS:
Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® Baseball #1 = coordination, umpire, velocity, concessionaire.
Rooty*Hoot*Hoot® Baseball #2 = stadium, applaud, stretch, acceleration.
Word Wave™ = demolish, trounce, overcome, failure, concede, surrender.
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