The 2016 Summer Olympic Games take place from August 5–21 in Rio, Brazil. Now is a great time to try our brand new Summer Olympics vocabulary lesson with your young learners! (more…)
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Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympic Games take place from Feb 7-23, and the Olympics will be a hot discussion topic during this time. Now is a great time to try our brand new Winter Olympics vocabulary lesson with your young learners!
This eight-page Word Bank lesson contains 10 words that students will hear throughout the games. There is a mix of sports terms like ski jumping and figure skating, and other terms such as Olympic podium and Olympic torch. The lesson starts off with a fun, colorful picture dictionary and is followed by a variety of activities that will help your young learners stay engaged while they review the new words. Activities include a matchup, a word choice, a word search, a word scramble, and a spelling bee. This lesson ends with discussion questions so that your students can try using the new vocabulary in context!
Practicing Superlatives During the Olympics
Who’s the Best?
The Winter Olympics is coming up in Sochi, Russia (Feb 7–23). Are you prepared to be inspired? My own kids always end up competing more when the Olympics is on. They want to jump the highest, sing the loudest, skate the fastest, and stay up the latest. There are usually several different venues at our house. (Paper snowboarding, anyone?) Does this happen in your classroom? Don’t be surprised if the Olympics inspires your students to aim a little higher! (Who sharpened their pencil the longest?)
Reviewing Superlatives
With the Olympics only a few weeks away, it’s the perfect time of year to practice superlatives with your students. It is also a fantastic time to try this week’s Spotlight lesson plan, Achievements and Records. In this lesson, students practice using the simple past tense in conjunction with superlative adjectives. After you’ve tried this lesson plan (or if you’ve recently introduced superlative adjectives with Tanya’s handy chart), try this fun review activity, and consider holding a “superlative-inspired” Student Olympics at your school.
First, brainstorm all of the Winter Olympic sports. Here is the full list in case your students miss any: (more…)
