Download America`s Champion Swimmer: Gertude Ederle

America’s Champion
Swimmer: Gertude Ederle
By David Adler
Celebrate
• To do something in special honor of a
special person or day
continued
• Kept up; kept on going
current
• A flow or stream of water
drowned
• To die or cause to die under water or other
liquid because of lack of air to breathe
medals
• Pieces of metal, like coins, given as prizes
or rewards
stirred
• Mixed something by moving it around with
a spoon or stick
strokes
• Single, complete movements, made over
and over again
Complete the sentences:
• 1. I have won many sports ______ for
playing basketball.
• 2. He beat me at the swim meet by
one_______.
• 3. Have you ever _________ your
sorrows in a glass of milk with cookies?
• 4. We ________ the cake batter after we
added the eggs.
Complete the sentences:
• 5. Our class will ___________ Valentine’s
Day with a party.
• 6. He didn’t give up, he ____________
trying until he got the right answer.
• 7. The group pulled off their shoes and
socks, then rolled up the legs of their
pants to go wading in the ________ .
Complete the sentences:
• 1. I have won many sports medals for
playing basketball.
• 2. He beat me at the swim meet by one
stroke.
• 3. Have you ever drowned your sorrows
in a glass of milk with cookies?
• 4. We stirred the cake batter after we
added the eggs.
Complete the sentences:
• 5. Our class will celebrate Valentine’s
Day with a party.
• 6. He didn’t give up, he continued trying
until he got the right answer.
• 7. The group pulled off their shoes and
socks, then rolled up the legs of their
pants to go wading in the current .
GREAT WORK!