Reading Olympics
Subjects
- Arts & Humanities
Language Arts, Literature
| |
Grades
K-2, 3-5, 6-8
|
Brief Description
Students participate in a wide variety of fun reading- and book-related activities. The emphasis in this activity is on fun rather than specific skills.
Objectives
Students will
- participate in a wide variety of activities that emphasize fun over skills,
- earn medals for finding the book with the most pictures, the longest word in a book, and other similar activities,
- create their own "Reading Olympics" activities.
Keywords
reading, Olympics, games, compete, medals, books, picture, vocabulary, oral, aloud, title, comprehension, literature Materials Needed
- books, books, books ...
- medals (computer-generated or student-created)
Lesson Plan
Encourage students to participate/compete in a wide variety of book-related activities, such as
- reading the most pages within a set time limit.
- creating the longest list of characters in a single story.
- finding the longest word on a page.
For additional activity suggestions, see the complete Reading Olympics lesson.
Additional Resources:
Many schools and communities hold their own "Reading Olympic" competitions. The Web pages listed below might provide some ideas for starting such an event in your community:
Assessment
Base your assessment on the amount of fun students have during the competition, rather than on skills.
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Gary Hopkins
National Standards
LANGUAGE ARTS: English
MATHEMATICS
See more Olympics lessons at http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson250.shtml.
Click here to return to this week's Winter Olympics lesson plan page.
Originally published 2/8/2002
Links last update 01/17/2006
|
