Fourth of Julie

Fourth of Julie

Fourth of Julie
Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 3 to 4
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	3.28

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		announcer, cleanly, determination, stopwatch, immediately, starter, pumped, shivered, yeah, hosting, laps, opposite, celebration, fastest, suit, several
	content words:		Independence Day

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Fourth of Julie
By Beth Beutler

¹     It was a terribly hot day. I was glad to be going over to Julie's house. She had a pool. I was allowed to go to her house once a week while my mom worked part-time at the library.

²     I arrived early. Julie was already in her swim suit.

³     "Wow," I exclaimed. "You don't waste any time, do you!?"

⁴     "Why not?" she answered with a turn of her nose. "I want to be ready for the Fourth of July swim meet."

⁵     Julie had been on the swim team every summer for as long as I knew her. She always did well, but she could never quite come in on top. She was practicing extra hard this summer. Each time I went to her house, she would say, "Time me," and swim several laps.

⁶     We skipped out to the pool, and she jumped in. She always jumped right in. I was more of a "slip in a little at a time" kind of girl.

⁷     "Oh, come on," she would call. (It was the same routine every time I was there.)

⁸     She concentrated and swam across the pool with determination, while I slowly shivered into the pool while watching a stopwatch.

⁹     "That's great, Julie!" I called as she took a break. "It's your fastest time yet."

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