Transcript America`s Champion Swimmer

America’s Champion
Swimmer:
Gertrude Ederle
By: David A. Adler
Genre: Biography
Skill: Fact and Opinion
Author’s Purpose: Inform
Fact and Opinion
• A statement of fact tells
something that can be proved
true or false.
• A statement of opinion tells
someone’s ideas or feelings.
Words that tell feelings, such as
should or best, are clues to
opinions.
celebrate
continued
current
drowned
medals
stirred
strokes
More Words to Know
•attempted
•courageous
•determined
celebrate
rejoice; to have a party
drowned
sank and died
strokes
ways of swimming
stirred
moved around
medals
awards; prizes or
ribbons you win
continued
went on; kept on
going
current
flow of water;
the movement
of ocean water
My coach taught me
some new swimming
strokes.
My coach taught me some
new swimming strokes.
The ocean current
swept the swimmer
away.
The ocean current
swept the swimmer away.
Laura continued
to tell her story.
Laura continued to
tell her story.
We must
celebrate with
a party!
We must celebrate
with a party!
She won three
medals at the swim
meet.
She won three medals
at the swim meet
.
The wind stirred
the leaves .
The wind stirred
the leaves .
The lifeguard
almost drowned
when he swam out
to sea.
The lifeguard
almost drowned
when he swam
out to sea.
Let’s review our words.
Watch carefully
because they will flash
on the screen for just a
moment. We will clap as
we spell the word.
stirred
celebrate
continued
current
drowned
strokes
medals
Spelling Words
Review Questions p.
Review Questions p.
GREAT JOB!