Think About “Summer Games Are a Big Hit”
Check Your Understanding
Write the paragraph. Add the missing words or phrases to tell the main idea and important details in the news article.
Example 1–2. The article is about the Special Olympics State Summer Games in Garden City.
The article is about the __(1)__ __(2)__ State Summer Games in Garden City. About 3,000 athletes, __(3)__, and volunteers came for the games. They stayed in tents in the Olympic __(4)__. On opening day, a band gave a __(5)__ in the park. The next day, the athletes competed. They rode bikes, ran, threw a softball, and __(6)__ in wheelchairs. The winner of the wheelchair race was __(7)__ __(8)__.
Expand Your Vocabulary
Read the sentences.
9. The runners race around the track.
10. Crowds of people watch them and cheer.
11. Everyone has a good time.
Work with a group to think of other words that mean race, cheer, and good. Make a list. Then say each sentence with a new word.
Example
Write about Sports 
12. Choose a sport. Give information about it.
12. You need two teams to play softball.
You use a bat. You use a ball. You use mitts.
One team is at bat.
The other team is in the field.
Players hit the ball and run around the bases.