Book Summary
Summer Olympics Legends introduces readers to five athletes who are remembered for their remarkable achievements during past Summer Olympics. Readers will learn about a young man from Ethiopia named Abebe Bikila who ran shoeless in a 26-mile marathon, decathlete Daley Thompson who won not one, but two, decathlons, and Fanny Blankers-Koen, a mother of two children who had to wait until World War II ended to compete in her second Olympics. They will also read about gymnast Nadia Comaneci who scored the first perfect "10," and swimmer Mark Spitz, who holds the record for the number of gold medals won in a single Olympics.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Retell

Objectives

• Mentally retell key information during reading
• Identify facts and details
• Identify spellings for n-family blends
• Recognize types of sentences
• Recognize common Greek roots
• Identify compound words

Materials

• Book – Summer Olympics Legends (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Fact Web, Compound Words worksheets
• Word journal (optional)

    Indicates an opportunity to use the book interactively (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are not consumable.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: agility, endurance, excel, feat