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Summer 2008 Olympics Theme Unit

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Read and Color

The Olympic Games

Animal Olympics: The Fastest Animals on Earth

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Travel to Olympics 2008 Activity Book: Beijing or Bust

Beijing or Bust Travel Activity Book

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Finish the Story
     On Target (Grades 2-3)
     Cowabunga Divers (Grades 2-3)
     Trying Out (Grades 6-8)

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Ponder the Picture Comprehension Puzzle

Ponder the Picture: Olympics

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

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Activity Pages

Olympic Games Activity Book

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Reading Comprehensions
Fiction
     Ride for the Gold (Grades 1-2)
     Take Me for a Jump! (Grades 1-3)
     What a Ride! Cisco Competes in Three-Day Eventing (Grades 1-3)
     Run, Jump, and Throw (Grades 2-3)
     Dancing Dressage Horses (Grades 2-4)
     Lord of the Still Rings (Grades 3-4)
     Hippodrome Gold (Grades 4-5)
     Gymnastic Dreams (Grades 6-8)
     Three Day Event: The Gift Horse (Hi/Lo Grades 4-5)

Olympic Games
     What Is an Olympic Village? (Grades 3-5)
     Olympic Food: Feeding the Athletes (Grades 3-5)
     Psychology and the Olympic Athletes (Grades 4-6)
     Training for the Ancient Olympics (Grades 4-6)
     Beijing's Preparation for the 2008 Olympics (Grades 4-8)
     Women in Sports (Grades 5-7)
     The Olympic Torch Relay (Grades 5-7)
     Anabolic Steroids (Grades 5-7)
     Controversy at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Torch Relay (Grades 5-8)
     Ancient Greece - Olympic Games (Grades 6-8)
     The Ancient Olympics (Grades 6-8)
     As You Watch the Olympics...... (Grades 8-9)

Olympic Sports
     Sticks and Swords: The Art and Sport of Fencing (Grades 1-3)
     Making a Big Splash with Water Polo! (Grades 1-3)
     Ping Pong Goes the Ball! (Grades 1-3)
     Shooting Skeets! (Grades 1-3)
     Ready, Aim, Shoot that Arrow! (Grades 2-3)
     Jumping, Leaping Horses! (Grades 4-6)
     Gentle Judo (Grades 4-6)
     Taekwondo (Grades 4-6)
     On Guard! The Sport of Fencing (Grades 4-6)
     The Wild World of Water Polo (Grades 4-6)
     Making the Mark with Archery (Grades 4-6)
     A Sport that Sounds Fun - Ping Pong! (Grades 4-6)
     Skeet Shooting (Grades 4-6)
     Equestrian Superheroes! Three-Day Eventing (Grades 4-7)
     Track and Field Beijing Olympics 2008 (Grades 4-8)
     Olympic Swimming: Katie Hoff and Michael Phelps (Grades 4-8)
     Gymnastics Now and Then (Grades 5-6)
     Olympic Diving (Grades 5-7)
     Synchronized Swimming (Grades 5-7)
     Olympic Swimmers (Grades 5-7)
     Olympic Swimming (Grades 5-7)
     Olympic Cycling (Grades 5-8)
     Olympic Express (Grades 5-8)
     Making a Sport of Running and Throwing (Grades 6-8)
     A Short History on Marathon (Grades 6-8)

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)
     Margaux Isaksen (Grades 6-8)
     Florence Griffith Joyner (Grades 5-6)
     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)

Spanish: Reading Comprehensions
     Montar para ganar la medalla de oro (grades 1-2)

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

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Funda-blanks
     I Want to be an Olympic Sprinter (grades 3-6)
     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)

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

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Summer Olympics: Mazes
edHelper subscribers:

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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