Primary Students Connecting and Sharing
Traditional American Song: “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”
Connecticut, USA
We love listening to Mrs. Yollis’ class sing This Land is Your Land, 2KM & 2KJ singing G’Day, G’Day and B4 singing Haere Mai. It is so fun to hear different songs from around the world!
We are going to share a short song that has been sung at American baseball games for over 70 years. If you’ve ever been to a baseball game in the U.S.A. you’ve probably heard this song before! We hope you enjoy it:
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We sing this song a lot at our school assemblies, and the line, “Root, root, root for the home team“ always gets a little bit loud! When you sing this song, you typically say the name of your favorite team in place of the words “home team”.
So at our assemblies some of us sing “root, root, root for the Red Sox!” while others sing “root, root, root for the Yankees!” because these are the two most popular baseball teams where we live.
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What are the popular home sports teams where you live?
What is your favorite professional sport to cheer for?
What did you think of the song? Do you have any questions about it?
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about 1 year ago
Hello Mr. Salsich and class,
“Take Me Out to the Ball Game”… Do I ever know that one. I am a movie fan and have seen the film of that name as well as heard the song sung. Despite knowing the song, I listened to your video. I love your version of the American sporting classic song.
Where I live, children and adults play soccer, Australian Rules football, rugby league, cricket and netball. From where I sit at this computer, I look out over a sports field where soccer, Australian Rules football, and cricket are played.
My favourite professional sport to cheer for? That would be hard as my favourite activity is hiking but if I had to choose, I would say soccer (mostly boys) and netball (mostly girls) as many children I’ve had in classes played these.
About your song… I’ve watched a number of baseball films over the years and know of both the Yankees and Red Sox. I’ve even played a little baseball and softball at school as both a teacher and student.
Ross Mannell (teacher)
NSW, Australia
about 1 year ago
Dear Mr Salsich’s class,
That was a really good American song to choose for traditional songs! I can’t believe our class didn’t think of that song!
My dad sings that song to me almost every night, and it always gets better. Sometimes, my dad sings me other American songs, but that song is always one of the best ones.
The baseball teams that play here are the Dodgers and the Angels. Maybe you guys could come watch a California baseball game and I could go watch a baseball game in Connecticut.
My favorite sport to cheer for is baseball. I play baseball, love baseball, watch baseball, and cheer for baseball. My favorite position to play in baseball is second base. I love baseball because I play it and watch it so much. I watch baseball because I think it is a really fun sport.
What sport do you like the best?
What is your favorite baseball team?
Are there any other songs that you were planning on singing?
Sincerely,
♔♛♕R◮yce♔♛♕(Mrs. Yollis’ class)
about 1 year ago
Dear Royce,
Thanks for the excellent comment! You are a fantastic blogger.
“Take Me Out To The Ball Game” really is a great song. It is very short, but is easy to sing along to and is pretty catchy. After we recorded it in class I was humming it all day long.
Which local team do you prefer, the Dodgers or the Angels? They both have great players. On the Dodgers I like Andre Ethier and Clayton Kershaw. On the Angels I like Torii Hunter. Do you have a favorite player?
My favorite team is the Red Sox, and my favorite player is Dustin Pedroia.
My favorite sport to play and to watch is soccer. I love when the World Cup happens! Baseball is my favorite sport to follow, because I like keeping track of all the statistics.
The other song we thought about singing was “Yankee Doodle Dandy.”
Your friend,
Mr. Salsich
about 1 year ago
Dear Mr Salsich and class,
I really enjoyed this song! When Miss Jordan and I visited the USA four years ago we really wanted to see a baseball match! We were in NYC so we bought tickets for a Yankees game. When we arrived at Yankee Stadium there was no one there! We couldn’t figure out what happened until someone in the street told us they changed the time of the game to earlier that day and it was all over. We were very disappointed!
We still wanted to see some baseball while we were in the USA so we went to see the Mets. Miss Jordan and I had trouble finding the stadium and we were running late. Luckily there were some NYC policemen who were driving by and they asked us if we wanted a lift! So we got to ride in the police car
Congratulations on your excellent performance!
Your blogging buddy in Australia,
Mrs M☀rris
about 1 year ago
Dear Mrs. Morris,
I’m glad you enjoyed our song. It was a lot of fun to sing, but we had a hard time not shouting out “Red Sox” or “Yankees” during the verse about cheering for the home team. We had to do a few retakes because it was hard not to cheer for our favorite team.
What an experience, getting escorted to a Mets game by the NYC police! I’m sorry you didn’t get to see the Yankees play, because Yankee Stadium is one of the most famous ball parks, but they probably would have lost anyway – especially if they were playing the Red Sox
Fenway Park where the Red Sox play is also one of the most famous and oldest ball parks in the country. Here is a picture of it. It is famous for the giant green wall in the outfield called “The Green Monster” (although people around here pronounce it “green monstah”).
Your friend in Connecticut,
Mr. Salsich
about 1 year ago
Dear Mr Salsich,
Thank you for your terrific reply. I can’t remember who the Yankees were supposed to be playing. Maybe it was the Red Sox! I’d love to come to the USA again and see the Red Sox! They sound like a good team and I would like to get a cap with a B on it because I have a Yankees cap and a Mets t-shirt!
Fenway Park looks like a great stadium. I like the way you pronounce ‘monstah’.
We have a famous sports stadium in Melbourne. It is called the MCG which stands for Melbourne Cricket Ground. Cricket and Football is played there. Here is a picture of the MCG.
Your friend,
Mrs M☀rris
about 1 year ago
Dear Mr. Salsich and class,
I love your post! I think Take Me Out To The Ball Game is really nice and the way you sang it was great.
Some popular sports that we have in California are soccer/football, basketball, American football , and baseball.
My favorite sport to cheer for is soccer and I just cheer for the teams my parents like. I also like to cheer for USC football because both my parents went to college at USC and they are big fans of the football team.
There are times that my parents cheer for different teams, so I cheer for both of the teams!
Sincerely,
Leila♥
about 1 year ago
Dear Leila,
Thanks for the compliment on our post and our singing. It was fun to record the song in class.
I also like to cheer for soccer. My favorite sporting event is the soccer/football World Cup. I really enjoyed watching the Women’s World Cup this summer. The USA almost won, it was very exciting!
I bet you have fun cheering for USC with your parents, they always have fantastic football teams.
Your friend in Connecticut,
Mr. Salsich
about 1 year ago
Dear Mr. Salsich and class,
You class sang beautifully. I knew the words so I sang along to the song. At our school last year our school also sang Take Me Out To The Ball Game. I have actually never been to a baseball game. Maybe my mom can take me one time.
I also voted on the chart and my vote is soccer. However, if I had to choose my favorite sport to play it would be tennis.
From,
Sarah (Mrs. Yollis’ class)
about 1 year ago
Dear Mr. Salsich and Class,
We had fun listening to your song. You have made us want to go to a ballgame! We haven’t been to any professional games, but we do have a great ball field in our town and we love to go cheer for our teams.
In our class most of the students like to watch Hockey on TV. We root for the Vancouver Canucks! Some students also like to watch basketball. Do you like to watch hockey?
We’ll have to try your song at one of our ballgames!
Your friends,
Mrs. W and the 2/3s
about 1 year ago
Dear Mr. Salsich and class,
I am a student at the University of South Alabama located in the United States also. I am enrolled in a class called EDM 310. I really enjoyed listening to the song. Students, you all did a very good job singing and made me want to attend a baseball game. I have not been to a baseball game in years. I love all sports and a major sport that people in this area cheer for is football. Alabama and Auburn are two important football teams that fans cheer for. I cheer for Alabama. They won the 2009 national championship football game. A professinal football team that I enjoy watching is the New Orleans Saints. I love sports. I cheered for basketball and football in middle school and high school. Hopefully I can attend an Alabama football game one day! Great job singing.
Sincerely,
Ms. Spence
about 11 months ago
Congratulations on such a wonderful blog.