There are 3 different colors of medals: -gold -silver -bronze People take turns carrying the torch from the place the Olympics was last held to the place it’s going to be. On the very first day of the Olympics they have a celebration called opening ceremonies. At the opening ceremonies the person with the torch […]
6000 athletes will compete 85 countries will be competing in 15 different sports for the Olympics There are 89 different events. Twin sister Tracy Barnes gave up her Olympics spot for her sister Laay because she was sick. AJ
We had a fantastic Skype call today with our partner class in Grade 1 at Hamiota Elementary. We began by updating each other on our latest research (my class had just read the Grade 1s blog posts) and then we shared the photographs and art that we had created to celebrate the Olympics. The Grade
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Russia is a big country. Sochi is 10 hours ahead of us. Plane tickets cost $5000 to $7000. HJ
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Are the Olympics in the same place every time? No, they move to a different country every four years. How far away are the Olympics this year? Sochi is 8894 kilometers away from Hamiota. We used Bing maps to look at the two places and they are REALLY far apart! You can see our map
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Right from the project launch, there has been great potential for our Olympics project to address a number of subject areas. One of the first things students suggested was Olympics-themed art, so I was pleased to provide some opportunities this week for students to create art projects that linked to their learning. After we learned
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As I explained in my most recent post, my students and their families have really taken ownership of our Olympics project and they have been working on research at home. More students came this morning with information to create their own blog posts! (You can view the latest student post here.) I am looking forward
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in Sochi, Russia February 7-23 some events are hockey, figure skating, ski jumping, snowboarding PT
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Our Olympics project is off to a strong start! Yesterday morning, I had planned a “normal” morning of mini-lessons, Daily 5 English Language Arts, guided reading groups and student conferencing. As we gathered at the carpet for our first mini-lesson, one of my students announced that he “had to get something” and quickly returned with
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