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Author
Raine
Subject
Olympics
Difficulty
other
Create a dynamic ELA resource centered on the 2026 Canadian Winter Olympic team that challenges 5th/6th graders to strengthen their reading comprehension skills. Incorporate diverse text types including athlete profiles, event schedules, news reports, and historical Olympic context that vary in complexity to support differentiated instruction. Design activities requiring students to identify main ideas, make inferences, analyze character motivations of athletes, compare perspectives, and synthes...
This learning resource focuses on enhancing reading comprehension skills through the exploration of texts related to the 2026 Canadian Winter Olympic team. Students are encouraged to analyze various information, identify main ideas, make inferences about the motivations of athletes, and synthesize insights from different sources. The resource includes vocabulary building around Olympic terms, a KWL (Know, Want to learn, Learned) chart to guide pre-reading thoughts, and structured activities for annotating text at different levels of complexity—from basic facts to more nuanced interpretations. Additionally, it examines Canada’s historical context in the Winter Olympics, highlighting the country's diverse successes and encouraging discussions on athlete motivation and national pride in sports. Creative tasks allow students to apply their knowledge, fostering engagement and a deeper understanding of Olympic culture and values.