Good Sport Gwen
| Author | Valerie Tripp |
| Illustrator | Joy Allen |
| Originally Published | © 2004 American Girl |
| ISBN | 1584859016 |
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Hurray!
All the children are cheering for Gwen. She races down the soccer field during recess, dribbling the ball the whole way. She kicks the ball hard, and it flies through the air and into the goal. “Hurray!” cheers her whole team. Gwen grins… she loves to play soccer. She’s the fastest runner, the hardest kicker, and the highest scorer on the team.
Delaney, Gwen’s teammate, has the ball. Another player from the other team steals the ball from Delaney. Gwen steals it back. Delaney scores. Everyone cheers again. Then the bell rings—recess is over.
Everyone congratulates Gwen as they shuffle back inside. Delaney explains they only won because Gwen passed the ball back to Delaney to score… that makes Gwen a good sport! All the children exclaim “Hurray for Good Sport Gwen!”
Miss Sparks explains she’s proud of the way Delaney and Gwen work together. And then, her attention shifts to the words on the chalkboard. Miss Sparks says they’ll study the words together, and then on Friday, they’ll have a spelling bee. Miss Sparks breaks the class up into two teams based on their name alphabetically. Each person will be asked to spell a word, and the team with the most correctly spelled words wins.
Yay! Gwen loves being on a team, and she loves games. She can’t wait for the spelling bee.
When Friday comes, the two teams line up in order. Avery receives the first word for the blue team: run. Avery spells it correctly. Now, Lindy on the red team must spell hop, which she correctly spells. Next, Gwen must spell cut. But she doesn’t know if it’s spelled with a C or a K. She guesses C, and is correct!