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Summer Olympics Activities, Worksheets, Printables, and Lesson Plans

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Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     Making the Medals (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Swim to Win! (Very Quick Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     No More Tug of War! (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)

Short Readers
     Twist and Tumble: Gymnastics at the Olympics (Short Reader; Grades 3-5 Readability)
     Wow! The Olympics Have Changed! (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)

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Reading Comprehensions
     Run, Jump, and Throw (Grades 2-3)
     Lord of the Still Rings (Grades 3-4)
     Hippodrome Gold (Grades 4-5)
     Psychology and the Olympic Athletes (Grades 4-6)
     Training for the Ancient Olympics (Grades 4-6)
     Gymnastics Now and Then (Grades 5-6)
     Women in Sports (Grades 5-7)
     Olympic Diving (Grades 5-7)
     Synchronized Swimming (Grades 5-7)
     The Olympic Torch Relay (Grades 5-7)
     Olympic Swimmers (Grades 5-7)
     Olympic Swimming (Grades 5-7)
     Anabolic Steroids (Grades 5-7)
     Gymnastic Dreams (Grades 6-8)
     Ancient Greece - Olympic Games (Grades 6-8)
     The Ancient Olympics (Grades 6-8)
     Making a Sport of Running and Throwing (Grades 6-8)
     Three Day Event: The Gift Horse (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)

Athlete Biographies
     Muhammad Ali (Grades 5-7)
     Andre Agassi (Grades 5-7)
     Abebe Bikila (Grades 5-7)
     Ethelda Bleibtrey (Hi/Lo Grades 2-3)
     Valery Brumel (Grades 3-5)
     Sergey Bubka (Grades 2-4)
     Pierre de Coubertin (Grades 9-10)
     Cathy Freeman (Grades 5-7)
     Steffi Graf (grades 5-7)
     Mia Hamm (Grades 5-7)
     Paul Hamm (Hi/Lo Grades 5-7)
     Aleksandr Karelin (Grades 3-4)
     Jesse Owens (Grades 5-7)
     Vladimir Salnikov (Grades 4-5)
     Jim Thorpe (Hi/Lo Grades 2-3)
     Johnny Weissmuller (Grades 5-7)
     Babe Didrikson Zaharias (Grades 5-7)

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Activity Pages

Olympic Games Activity Book

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Ponder the Picture Comprehension Puzzle

Ponder the Picture: Olympics

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Critical Thinking
     Number of medals won (grades 5-7)

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Books

Are You Ready to Run? (Grades 3-4)

The Trip in Time (Grades 3-4)

High-Flying Fun (Grades 3-4)

You Could be an Olympic Athlete! (Grades 4-5)

The Olympics Are Coming! (Grades 4-6)

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Summer Olympics: Math (middle school and high school)
     Algebra: Number of medals won
     Summer Olympic Math (middle school math) #1
     Summer Olympic Math (middle school math) #2

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Funda-blanks
     A New Olympic Sport (grades 3-5)
     I Want to be an Olympic Diver (grades 4-6)
     I Want to be an Olympic Gymnast (grades 4-6)

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Summer Olympics Story Starters and Borders
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Olympics borders with Olympics writing prompts

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Summer Olympics: Mazes
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Build Summer Olympics Mazes - Make multiple mazes at once

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Coloring
     Summer Olympics: Coloring pages

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Summer Olympics: Grades 1-2
     Olympic quizzes, puzzles, and more for grades 1 to 2

Summer Olympics: Grades 3-4
     Olympic quizzes, puzzles, and more for grades 3 to 4

Summer Olympics: Grades 5-6
     Olympic quizzes, puzzles, and more for grades 5 to 6

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Olympics: Countries Crossword Puzzle
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Hints
Include a list of countries
Include flag as a hint
Add scrambled country spelling as a hint
Add neighboring country as a hint
Add capital as a hint

Number of Keys

Select the number of different crossword puzzles to make:

1 key 2 keys 3 keys 4 keys 5 keys

Crossword Options

Select the number of letters across:	10 letters 11 letters 12 letters 13 letters 14 letters 15 letters 16 letters 17 letters 18 letters 19 letters 20 letters 21 letters 22 letters 23 letters 24 letters 25 letters
Select the number of letters down:	10 letters 11 letters 12 letters 13 letters 14 letters 15 letters 16 letters 17 letters 18 letters 19 letters 20 letters 21 letters 22 letters 23 letters 24 letters 25 letters

Enter the title:

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Winter Olympics

Winter Olympics Theme Unit

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