Winter Olympics Theme Unit

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Winter 2010 Olympics
Theme Unit

Curvy Words Puzzle
Finding Names of Countries Participating in the Winter Olympic Games

Easiest Curvy Words Puzzle (5 by 5)

Easy Curvy Words Puzzle (6 by 6)

Curvy Words Puzzle (10 by 10)

Difficult Curvy Words Puzzle: Most hidden countries (15 by 15; no letters given in fill-ins)

Ponder the Picture Comprehension Puzzle

Ponder the Picture: Winter Olympics

My Winter Olympics Books

Make custom My Winter Olympics Books!

Winter Olympics Mazes

Olympic Mazes (book 2)

Winter Olympics Bulletin Board

Winter Olympic Winners Wall Display

Critical Thinking
Winter Olympics Critical Thinking Activity Pages
     Bobsled competition
     Women's singles figure skating competition
     Number of gold medals won
     Gold, silver, and bronze medals awarded
     Winter Olympics: competitor, country, event

Collect the Hockey Pucks

Blank Books - No Lines Given
     Mixed book (5 keys - 5 pages each)
     More Difficult Mixed book (5 keys - 5 pages each)

With Partial Answers
     Mixed book with partial answers (5 keys - 5 pages each)
     More Difficult Mixed book with partial answers (5 keys - 5 pages each)

Winter Olympics SUDOKU Puzzles

4 by 4 Winter Sudoku
     Very easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)
     Easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)

4 by 4 Winter Sudoku: Includes Hints (blank boxes have smaller pictures to pick from)
     Very easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys with hints)
     Easy 4 x 4 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys with hints)

6 by 6 Winter Sudoku
     Easy 6 x 6 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)
     Medium 6 x 6 Sudoku with shapes (4 keys)

Activity Pages
Winter Olympics Following Directions: Counting the Images

Winter Olympics Counting (5 different puzzles)

Winter Olympics Counting (only 1 puzzle)

Winter Olympics Counting - 5 keys of 2 puzzles each (total of 10 pages)

Document Based Activities

Document Based Activities

Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
    Sporting Events
     Curling (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Freestyle Skiing (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Freestyle Skiing - Aerials (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Freestyle Skiing - Moguls (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Freestyle Skiing - Ski Cross (Very Quick Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Biathlon (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Figure Skating (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Cross-Country Skiing (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)

Short Readers
    Sporting Events
     Ice Hockey (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Nordic Combined (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Ready, Set, Skate! Olympic Speed Skating (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Short Track Speed Skating (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Ski Jumping (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Snowboarding (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Grab, Run, Slide, the Skeleton Is Quite a Ride! (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Bobsledding or Bobsleigh (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Luge (Short Reader; Grades 2-4 Readability)
     Alpine Skiing (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)

    Athlete Biographies
     Shaun White, Snowboarder (Hi/Lo Grade 5)
     Aliona Savchenko (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Skier Lara Gut: A Winner in Any Language (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Clara Hughes (Short Reader; Grades 4-5 Readability)
     Kim Yu-na (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Aksel Lund Svindal: Alpine All-Star (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Picabo Street, the Downhill Dynamo (Short Reader; Grades 5-7 Readability)
     Lindsey Vonn: Queen of the Mountain (Short Reader; Grades 5-8 Readability)
     Roberto Luongo (Short Reader; Grades 5-8 Readability)
     Hayley Wickenheiser: Commander of the Ice (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     Davey Barr, Ski Cross (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     Billy Demong: Skier with an Odd Tattoo (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)
     Shani Davis, Around the World on Two Blades (Short Reader; Grades 7-9 Readability)

Reading Comprehensions
Easy to Read
     Ring Around the Olympics (Grades 2-3)
     Running with Fire (Grades 2-3)
     Football and Skiing? (Grades 2-3)
     Bored in the Snow? (Grades 2-3)
     Hockey Girl (Grades 2-3)
     Olympic Flowers (Grades 2-3)
     From Mildred to Babe (Grades 2-3)
     Attitude (Grades 2-3)

Fiction
     I Want to be in the Olympics - Part 1 (Grades 2-3)
     I Want to be in the Olympics - Part 2 (Grades 2-3)
     Price of a Dare, Part 1 (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Price of a Dare, Part 2 (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)
     Price of a Dare, Part 3 (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)

Olympic Sports
     Alpine Skiing (Grades 4-5)
     Biathlon (Grades 4-5)
     Biathlon (Grades 6-8)
     Bobsled (Grades 4-5)
     Cross-Country Skiing (Grades 4-5)
     Curling (Grades 2-3)
     Curling (Grades 4-5)
     Curling (Grades 4-6)
     The History of Curling (Grades 5-7)
     Luge (Grades 4-5)
     Luge (Grades 6-8)
     Figure Skating (Grades 4-5)
     Freestyle Skiing (Grades 4-5)
     Ice Hockey (Grades 4-5)
     Icing on the Cake! (Grades 5-7)
     Nordic Combined (Grades 4-5)
     Short Track Speed Skating (Grades 4-5)
     Skeleton (Grades 4-5)
     Ski Jumping (Grades 4-5)
     Skiing the Slopes (Grades 5-7)
     Snowboard: The Facts (Grades 4-5)
     Snowboard: The History (Grades 4-5)
     Snowboarding (Grades 4-6)
     Speed Skating (Grades 4-5)
     Olympic Events That Might Have Been (Grades 4-5)

Athlete Biographies
     Lanny Barnes (Grades 7-8)
     Davey Barr (Grades 6-8)
     Tanith Belbin (Grades 6-8)
     Ole Einar Bjorndalen (Grades 4-6)
     Bonnie Blair (Hi/Lo Grades 2-3)
     Sasha Cohen (Grades 5-7)
     Peggy Fleming (Grades 4-6)
     Vonetta Flowers (Grades 7-9)
     Dorothy Hamill (Grades 5-7)
     Scott Hamilton (Grades 2-3)
     Yuko Kavaguti (Grades 4-6)
     Sinead and John Kerr (Grades 5-6)
     Michelle Kwan (Grades 7-9)
     Hermann Maier (Grades 6-8)
     Heather Moyse (Grades 5-6)
     Apolo Anton Ohno (Grades 7-9)
     Alberto Tomba (Grades 6-8)
     Dara Torres (Grades 8-9)
     Shaun White (Grades 5-6)
     Kristi Yamaguchi (Grades 7-8)
     Babe Didrikson Zaharias (Grades 5-7)

Miscellaneous
     Norwegian Winter Olympic History (Grades 5-7)
     2002 Winter Olympics (Grades 5-8)
     The 2010 Winter Olympics (Grades 5-8)
     How an Olympic City is Chosen (Grades 6-8)
     Finland's Winter Olympic History (Grades 6-8)
     The Winter Olympics in Italy (Grades 7-9)
     Russian Winter Olympic History (Grades 7-9)
     Germany's Winter Olympic History (Grades 7-9)
     A Time to Shine - The 1936 Olympics (Grades 7-9)

Spanish
     El Esqu� Alpino Ol�mpico (grades 4-5)
     El Trineo de Balanc�n (grades 4-5)
     El Esqu� a Campo Traviesa (grades 4-5)
     Un deporte con un nombre gracioso: curling (grades 2-3)
     Curling (grades 4-5)
     Doin' the Luge (grades 4-5)
     Patinaje Art�stico (grades 4-5)
     Estilo Libre (grades 4-5)
     Hockey Sobre Hielo (grades 4-5)
     Los Eventos Ol�mpicos que Podr�an Haber Sido (grades 4-5)
     Una Mancha en el Hielo (grades 2-3)
     "El Herminator" de Austria (grades 6-8)
     Babe Didrikson Zaharias (grades 5-7)

French
     Le Ski Alpin Olympique (grades 4-5)
     Le Biathlon (grades 4-5)
     La Course de Bobsleigh (grades 4-5)
     Le Ski de Fond Olympique (grades 4-5)
     Curling (grades 4-5)
     Faire d'la Luge (grades 4-5)
     Le Patinage Artistique (grades 4-5)
     Le Ski Acrobatique (grades 4-5)
     Le hockey sur glace (grades 4-5)
     Les Epreuves Olympiques qui auraient pu exister (grades 4-5)
     Un �clair sur la glace (grades 2-3)

Italian
     Lo sci alpino olimpico (grades 4-5)
     Il Biathlon (grades 4-5)
     Lo sci di fondo olimpico (grades 4-5)
     Gare olimpiche che avrebbero potuto esserci (grades 4-5)

German
     Olympisches Alpin Skifahren (grades 4-5)
     Biathlon (grades 4-5)
     Das Bobrennen (grades 4-5)
     Olympischer Langlauf (grades 4-5)
     Curling (grades 4-5)
     Rennrodeln (grades 4-5)
     Eiskunstlauf (grades 4-5)
     Freestyle Skifahren (grades 4-5)
     Eishockey (grades 4-5)
     Olympische Wettbewerbe, die m�glich gewesen w�ren (grades 4-5)
     Ein Wirbelwind auf dem Eis (grades 2-3)

The Animal Winter Olympics Book Series

Three Flips and Two Spins

Polar Lightning

Jumping Jackrabbits (PDF file)

Minks on Ice (PDF file)

Animal Olympics: The Fastest Animals on Earth

Closing Day (PDF file)

Read and Color

Skating on the Edge: A Brief History of Ice Skating

The Olympic Games

Going for the Gold (PDF file)

Who Will Win Today? (PDF file)

Writing

Replying to Letters

Winter Olympic Puzzles (with pictures)

     Unscramble names of Winter Olympics words
     Fill-in missing letter (one missing letter)
     Fill-in missing letter (two missing letters)
     Circle names of Winter Olympics words (correct spelling)
     Match names of Winter Olympics with pictures
     Winter Olympics word search

     Winter Olympics with pictures puzzle book

Winter Olympics Review
(multiple choice with writing questions)
     Winter Olympics first grade social studies questions
     Winter Olympics second grade social studies questions
     Winter Olympics third grade social studies questions
     Winter Olympics fourth grade social studies questions
     Winter Olympics fifth grade social studies questions
     Winter Olympics sixth grade social studies questions

Winter Olympics Picture Puzzles

Picture
Word Search

Cut and paste picture
and write the word

Circle letters
and write the word

Funda-blanks
     I Want to be an Olympic Sprinter (grades 3-6)
     Fancy Diving (grades 4-5)
     I Want to be an Olympic Diver (grades 4-6)
     I Want to be an Olympic Gymnast (grades 4-6)
     Letter from an Olympian (grades 5-8)

Book Units
    Olympics! (Grades 1-3)
    Wilma Unlimited (Grades 2-5)
    Hour of the Olympics (Magic Tree House) (Grades 3-4)
    Asterix at the Olympic Games (Grades 3-8)

Country Puzzles - Countries Participating in the Winter Olympic Games
Word search - 20 countries picked at random in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games (PDF File)

Winter Olympics Math Word Problems
Grades 2-3
     Short Track Speed Skating
     Snowboard
     Bobsleigh
     Curling
     Skeleton
     General Questions

Grades 4-5
     Figure Skating
     Ski Jumping
     Cross Country Skiing
     Freestyle Skiing
     Ice Hockey

Grades 6-8
     The Luge
     Speed Skating
     Biathlon
     Alpine Skiing
     Nordic Combined

Pre-Algebra
     Mixed Pre-Algebra Winter Olympic Math Word Problems

Winter Olympics Word Wall

Make a custom Winter Olympics word wall

Finish the Story
     On Target (Grades 2-3)
     Cowabunga Divers (Grades 2-3)
     Drawn to Olympic Heroes (Grades 3-4)
     An Olympic Dream (Grades 3-4)
     Trying Out (Grades 6-8)

What would YOU do?
Olympic Dream or Reality (Grades 6-9)
Boycott the Olympics? (Grades 6-9)

Writing
Winter Olympics Draw and Write

Winter Olympics Draw and Write

Winter Olympics Story Starters and Borders

Winter Olympics writing prompts (Grades 2-6)

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Board Game

Winter Olympics Vocabulary Board Game

Coloring - Hidden Pictures

Winter Olympics - Hidden Pictures Coloring Book (PDF file)

Dot to dots
Spelling
     Spelling (challenging)
Alphabet
     Alphabet (lowercase letters)
     Alphabet (CAPITALIZED letters)
Counting
     Mixed: Each page count by a different number
     Count by 1's (easier)
     Count by 1's
     Count by 2's
     Count by 3's
     Count by 4's
     Count by 5's
     Count by 6's
     Count by 7's
     Count by 8's
     Count by 9's
     Count by 10's
     Count by 25's
     Completed drawings (no dot to dots)

Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics Theme Unit

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