This oral language photo activity ‘Coach’, enhances vocabulary and concept development by providing a thought-provoking visual stimulus that can be used as a prompt to engage students in discussion. Each photo is complete with an accompanying lesson plan featuring tips and activities to develop oral language and vocabulary further.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Letter to the Editor about Extreme Sports’ supports students to use various strategies to understand opposing newspaper editorials. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in …More
This sports article, ‘Luge’ features the origins of the sport in the Winter Olympics, a new luge event at the 2014 Games and a luge record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Luging Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Winter Olympic sport, luging. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the history of that sport, the nature of the sport in today’s Winter Olympics and past gold medal winners. It allows students …More
The story, ‘Marbles’ is about two friends who have agreed to host a fundraiser. When one friend has to attend a golf try-out , he writes instructions for some marble games that his friend can use to entertain people. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file …More
This content area reading activity, ‘Meet Rachael Scdoris’ is an English based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to learn about people from their actions and the stories about them.
This analysing text worksheet ‘More Than Gold Medals’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about three ice skaters that overcame the odds to win gold. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from …More
This worksheet, ‘My Day at the Commonwealth Games’ is a great writing prompt that encourages students to write freely using their own creative ideas. Some students may find it difficult to motivate themselves to write creatively. With this writing prompt they have enough freedom to explore their own ideas, encouraging all students to write.
This worksheet, ‘My Day at the Winter Olympics’ is a great writing prompt that encourages students to write freely using their own creative ideas. Some students may find it difficult to motivate themselves to write creatively. With this writing prompt they have enough freedom to explore their own ideas, encouraging all students to write.
This worksheet, ‘My Mascot Design’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives to describe the qualities found in an ideal Winter Olympic Mascot. The resource then asks students to illustrate a design of their own mascot and explain why that mascot would be a great candidate for the next Winter Olympics. It …More
This worksheet, ‘My Mascot Design’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives to describe the qualities found in an ideal mascot. The resource then asks students to illustrate a design of their own mascot and explain why that mascot would be a great candidate for the next Commonwealth Games. It forms a …More
This worksheet, ‘My Mascot Design’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives to describe the qualities found in an ideal Olympic Mascot. The resource then asks students to illustrate a design of their own mascot and explain why that mascot would be a great candidate for the next Olympic Games. It forms …More
This worksheet, ‘My Medal Design’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives in describing the elements of an Olympic medal design. The resource then asks students to illustrate and label a design of their own medal and explain why those elements were included.
This worksheet, ‘My Trophy Design’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives in describing the elements of trophy. The resource then asks students to illustrate and label a design of their own trophy and explain why those elements were included.
This worksheet, ‘My Ultimate FIFA World Cup Experience’ is a great writing prompt that encourages students to write freely using their own creative ideas on what they would consider to be their ultimate day at the FIFA World Cup. Some students may find it difficult to motivate themselves to write creatively. With this writing prompt …More
This worksheet, ‘My Ultimate Olympics Experience’ is a great writing prompt that encourages students to write freely using their own creative ideas on what they would consider to be their ultimate day at the Olympic Games. Some students may find it difficult to motivate themselves to write creatively. With this writing prompt students have enough …More
This worksheet, ‘My World Cup Booklet’ is a fun resource that gets students involved in researching the teams that qualified for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. They are required to fill in information on the panels of the booklet and then follow the instructions provided to the teacher to create a mini booklet of facts.
This sports article, ‘Netball’ features this popular team sports. It provides information about the game’s origins. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Netball Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Commonwealth Games sport, netball. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students to demonstrate …More
This reading comprehension activity, ‘New Champs Take the Court’, asks students to read a story and answer comprehension questions on a text about American tennis champions, Venus and Serena Williams.
This worksheet, ‘New Olympic Events’ allows students to graphically organise information about events that were not included in the first Games of 1896. Many students may not realise that the events of today’s Olympics may not be the same as those before. It provides a great prompt for discussion about why the events were added …More
This worksheet, ‘New Winter Olympic Events’ allows students to graphically organise information about events that were not included in the first Games of 1924. Many students may not realise that the events of today’s Winter Olympics may not be the same as those before. It provides a great prompt for discussion about why the events …More
The story, ‘No Sleep’ recounts the adventures of a boy at camp. He takes a canoe out at night to capture photographs and has to be rescued by friends. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This sports article, ‘Nordic Combined’ features the origins of this Winter Olympics sport, some rules of the sport and a Nordic combined record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Nordic Combined Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Winter Olympic sport, Nordic combined. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the history of that sport, the nature of the sport in today’s Winter Olympics and past gold medal winners. It …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Olympic Events’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about Olympic horse events. It is aimed at encouraging students to recall specific details from the text, to make judgements and draw conclusions about the text, as well as form opinions about the text as a whole in …More
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Events’ allows students to graphically organise their research about three events. This simple resource requires the collection of relevant information including the number of competitors in the event, a description that explains what the event involves and any interesting facts about that specific event. Students may not realise that although there are …More
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Games Alphabet’ provides an alphabet grid that students can use to develop their vocabulary and brainstorm different ideas about the Olympics. This is a fun and simple resource that can be used effectively before, during or after an activity and across ability levels. It can also be utilised during individual, pair or …More
This Winter Olympics themed bunting can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page. Each flag includes drawn cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom.
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Medal Count Graph’ is a fantastic resource to link mathematics with the Olympics. Students are provided with a graph to record the countries and their number of wins in past Olympics. It is an interesting research task that will graphically represent the history of the Olympics. The graph lends itself to creating …More
This Winter Olympics themed bunting can be reproduced and used as part of a colourful classroom display. The bunting is formatted as two flags per page. Each flag includes drawn cut-out holes allowing them to be strung together and hung in the classroom.
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Sports and Medallists’ is an upside-down tree diagram used to organise the flow of ideas into a top down format. Students can use this graphical scaffold to break down types of Olympic sports, a basic description of the sport and past gold medallists. The hierarchy chart is a great resource to allow …More
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Sports List’ provides a blank diagram where the trunk represents the central concept of Olympic Sports and the branches can be used to brainstorm various types. This is a great way to introduce the various sports that are currently included in the Olympic Games or as an informal method of assessment to …More
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Sports Profile’ is a great resource that provides students with a table to organise their research on four Olympic sports. Students are required to select the most relevant information to create a profile that includes the rules, gameplay, equipment and venue of each sport.
This worksheet, ‘Olympic Uniform’ is a great resource that encourages students to use adjectives to describe the purpose of a casual Olympic uniform. The resource then asks students to illustrate and label a design of their own uniform that meets the needs of an Olympian.
This worksheet, ‘Olympics Acrostic Poem’ is a fantastic quick activity to brainstorm facts and ideas about the Olympics. It is a fun resource that can be used without preparation across all age groups and abilities. Students are required to use the letters from the word ‘Olympics’ to list facts or ideas that they already know …More
This worksheet, ‘Olympics KWHL Chart’ prompts students to explore what they know about the Olympics, what they want to learn, how they think they could learn about new ideas and what they have learnt following the learning tasks. This is a great, clearly formatted resource to encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning …More
This worksheet, ‘Olympics Would You Rather’ is a great resource to prompt interesting discussion topics. The ‘would you rather?’ prompts can be used as a whole class, individually or in pairs, and encourage students to logically argue their opinion and express ideas.
This history poster ‘Padraig Harrington’ features important factual background information about one of the greatest golfers in the world. This is a great resource for broadening students’ knowledge of significant figures from Irish history and could be used as a prompt for further discussion or study of Ireland or sports people.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Pele’ asks students to answer questions about Pele, one of the world’s greatest soccer players. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages students to recall information, make comparisons and think about word meanings.
This kids news activity, ‘Playing Video Games Can Make You A Better Searcher’ reports on research suggesting a link between gaming and the development of visual search skills.
This worksheet, ‘Profile of a Soccer Player’ is a simple yet effective worksheet that provides students with a template to organise information about a soccer star. Use this resource during international sporting competitions or to encourage engagement and interest in sport. It is also an exercise that requires students to select only the most relevant …More
This worksheet, ‘Profile of a Winter Olympian’ is a simple yet effective worksheet that provides students with a template to organise information about a Winter Olympian. Using this resource students will become more involved in their team and gain interest in the Games. It is also an exercise that requires students to select only the …More
This worksheet, ‘Profile of an Athlete’ is a simple yet effective worksheet that provides students with a template to organise information about an athlete. In using this resource, students will become more involved in their team and gain more interest in the games. It is also an exercise that requires students to select only the …More
This worksheet, ‘Profile of an Olympian’ is a simple yet effective worksheet that provides students with a template to organise information about an Olympian. Using this resource students will become more involved in their team and gain interest in the Games. It is also an exercise that requires students to select only the most relevant …More
This sports article, ‘Queen’s Baton Relay’ features this curtain raiser to the Commonwealth Games. It provides information about the origin of the relay. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This sports article, ‘Rugby Sevens’ features this fast-paced game that has seven players on each team. It provides information about its Scottish beginnings. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Rugby Sevens Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, rugby sevens. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students …More
This content area reading activity, ‘Running the Mile’ is a maths based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to use details to visualise, or create pictures of, what they are reading.
This article, ‘Satchel Paige, Pitcher’ tells about the life and achievements of a famous African American baseball player. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This worksheet, ‘Scotland True or False?’ is a thought provoking worksheet that requires students to asses the truth of various facts about Scotland. Many students may presume the answers quickly and realise their assumptions were not correct which can lead to interesting discussions and further research into the country. An answer sheet is also provided.
This quick reference text, ‘Scotland: Fast Facts’ features a quick review of factual information about Scotland. It is aimed at broadening students’ geographical, historical and cultural awareness of this country of the United Kingdom by providing a summary of key facts with informative images.
This sports article, ‘Shooting’ features the different disciplines of this sport. It provides information about shooting, the Commonwealth Games and the sport’s beginnings. It is aimed at broadening students’ historical, cultural and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Shooting Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Olympic Games sport, shooting. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the rules and scoring of the sport, the history of the sport and past gold medal winners. It allows students to demonstrate …More
This sports article, ‘Short Track’ features the sport’s debut in the Winter Olympics programme, some rules of the sport and a short track record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This history article, ‘Six Reasons to Thank the Ancient Greeks’ features the six great Greeks gifts that we still have today. It provides factual information about democracy, philosophy, mathematics, the Olympics, the alphabet and storytelling, and is aimed at broadening students’ cultural and historical awareness.
This sports article, ‘Skeleton’ features the debut of Skeleton in the Winter Olympics, how the sport earned its name and a skeleton record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Skeleton Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Winter Olympic sport, skeleton. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the history of that sport, the nature of the sport in today’s Winter Olympics and past gold medal winners. It allows students …More
This sports article, ‘Ski Jumping’ features the sport’s beginnings, a special technique and a ski jumping record breaking fact. It provides factual background information and is aimed at broadening students’ historical and sporting awareness in an engaging manner.
This worksheet, ‘Ski Jumping Profile’ provides a simple graphic for students to explore and organise key information relating to the Winter Olympic sport, ski jumping. The resource asks students to explain what equipment is needed, the history of that sport, the nature of the sport in today’s Winter Olympics and past gold medal winners. It …More
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