A fun comprehension lesson for students in Years 3 and 4, drawing upon a current event - the Olympics. Here we have a student’s drawing of the 2021 Olympic mascot, with accompanying explanations of the different elements of their drawing to the class.

6 Lessons

Grade: 3-6

2024 Olympic Magic - Ready, Set, PARIS

The 2024 Paris Olympics kick off on July 26th, 2024, offering a unique opportunity to explore global sports, cultural diversity, and the spirit of excellence. This unit celebrates the Olympic Games and engages students in various lessons and activities that highlight the values, history, and significance of this worldwide event. Let the games begin!

A fun comprehension lesson for students in Years 3 and 4, drawing upon a current event - the Olympics. Here we have a student’s drawing of the 2021 Olympic mascot, with accompanying explanations of the different elements of their drawing to the class.

6 Lessons

Grade: 3-6

2024 Olympic Magic - Ready, Set, PARIS

The 2024 Paris Olympics kick off on July 26th, 2024, offering a unique opportunity to explore global sports, cultural diversity, and the spirit of excellence. This unit celebrates the Olympic Games and engages students in various lessons and activities that highlight the values, history, and significance of this worldwide event. Let the games begin!

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Essential Question/s

How can exploring the 2024 Paris Olympics help us develop a deeper understanding of global unity, perseverance, and sportsmanship?

General Capabilities

Literacy
Critical and Creative thinking
Personal and Social Capability
ICT

Lessons

6 Lessons

Lesson 1

A fun comprehension lesson for students in Years 3 and 4, drawing upon a current event - the Olympics. Here we have a student’s drawing of the 2021 Olympic mascot, with accompanying explanations of the different elements of their drawing to the class.

Lesson
Reading

2024 Olympic Magic - Visualise the Olympic Mascots

Grades: 3-4

Create detailed pictures in my mind as I am reading to deepen my understanding of a given text.

Lesson 2

CB2--IMG-Kate T--Design an Olympic Mascot-

Lesson
Reading

2024 Olympic Magic - Create An Olympic Mascot

Grades: 5-6

Create an Olympic mascot that uses visuals and symbolic elements to convey details about the culture and history of the Olympics and the host city.

Lesson 3

CB2---Kate T--Build an Olympic Venue-

Lesson
Reading | Writing

2024 Olympic Magic - Build An Olympic Venue

Grades: 3-4

Use text features and search tools to locate information in written and digital texts efficiently.

Lesson 4

A research based comprehension lesson for students in grades 5 and 6 focusing on the various Olympic venues. Here we have a student’s research after being given the name of an Australian athlete.

Lesson
Reading

2024 Olympic Magic - Race Around The Olympic Venue

Grades: 5-4

Use research skills to locate information in digital texts and summarise the main points.

Lesson 5

A fun comprehension lesson for students in Years 3-6, which has students summarise information they have researched to create trading cards. Here we have two trading cards for Olympic athletes created digitally, showing the front and back of the trading card.

Lesson
Reading | Writing

2024 Olympic Magic - Olympic Athlete Trading Cards

Grades: 3-6

Summarise key information from digital texts to create Olympic trading cards.

Lesson 6

In this lesson, students will be exposed to a range of texts detailing the events of the Paris 2024 Olympics. They will use their comprehension skills to make text-to-text, text-to-self and text-to-world connections, and share their knowledge in a daily Olympic scrapbook.

Lesson
Reading

2024 Olympic Magic - Olympic Diaries

Grades: 3-6

Develop a deeper understanding of the Olympics by making connections between Olympic based texts, my own knowledge, and world events.

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