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Summer 2008 Olympics
Theme Unit


Read and Color
            The Olympic Games
            Animal Olympics: The Fastest Animals on Earth


Travel to Olympics 2008 Activity Book: Beijing or Bust
            Beijing or Bust Travel Activity Book


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


Ponder the Picture Comprehension Puzzle
            Ponder the Picture: Olympics


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


Activity Pages
            Olympic Games Activity Book


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)


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


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)


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


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


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


Coloring
     Summer Olympics: Coloring pages


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

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
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Crossword Options
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Select the number of letters down:

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Winter Olympics
             Winter Olympics Theme Unit


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