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Open Middle For Extended Learning - Google Docs

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Open Middle For Extended Learning - Google Docs

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Click on the photo to learn about the history of the Olympic games, how host cities are chosen  and much more!

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Teaching Tools | Resources for Teachers from Scholastic

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You may use this data sheet for these activities.  Or create your own on any paper that you may have at home.

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Home Story Time   Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed

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Home Story Time - Even Superheros Have Bad Days

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Create four character (athlete) trading cards using the digital tool of your choice. Remember to include the character’s name, an image, and at least five characteristics for each character.
The athletes can be real or imaginary.

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Create a comic strip retelling an Olympic event or story. Be sure to include all of the important characters, exciting events, conflicts, and resolution.

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A word that imitates the sound it represents. Try adding some to your comic strip!

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Make up a dance and teach it to someone

Build an obstacle course and move your way through it

Just Dance

Make up a gymnastics routine (headstand, cartwheel, somersault)

Do some yoga poses

Follow the leader (jump, skip, stomp)

Play Freeze Dance

Do some jumping jacks or bunny hops

Clean-up dash: Time each other for one minute cleaning up as much as you can.

Hallway bowling

Play music and have a dance party

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Play tag

Ride your bike or scooter or skateboard

Jump rope

Draw with sidewalk chalk

Go for a walk and look for signs of Spring

Play soccer or basketball

Play Catch

Do a rain dance (or a sun dance)

Go on a bug hunt

Go bird-watching

Help with yard work (raking, etc.)

Blow bubbles

Turn your yard into an obstacle course

Take photographs of nature

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Select a book to read or listen here.

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Click on the photo to learn what you can do to break a record.

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Here's what it takes to make it into the world's best-selling record book.

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Line up the factors/multiples and see how far you can go!

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Factors and Multiples printable worksheet - game
Factors and Multiples printable worksheet - puzzle
On thisresources page there are printable 1-100 square grids.

This is a game for two players.

The first player chooses a positive even number that is less than 50, and crosses it out on the grid.

The second player chooses a number to cross out. The number must be a factor or multiple of the first number.

Players continue to take it in turns to cross out numbers, at each stage choosing a number that is a factor or multiple of the number just crossed out by the other player.
The first person who is unable to cross out a number loses.
Play a few times to get a feel for the game.
Do you have any winning strategies?
Here is an interactive version of the game in which you drag the numbers from the left hand grid and drop them on the right hand grid. Alternatively, click on a number in the left hand grid and it will transport to the earliest empty location in the right hand grid. You can rearrange the numbers in the right hand grid by dragging and dropping them in position. The integer in the top right hand corner grows with the number of factors/multiples you have in a row.
Now for a collaborative challenge...
Rather than playing against a partner, it's time to work together with them to find the longest sequence of numbers that can be crossed out.

Can you cross out more than half the numbers? How are you approaching this challenge to try and make your sequence as long as possible?

You might find this sheet useful, which includes the instructions for this collaborative task with a 100 square.

Printable NRICH Roadshow resources: Instructions + Grid in 2 parts here and here.
This activity featured in an NRICH video in June 2020 and an NRICH student webinar in November 2020.

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A game in which players take it in turns to choose a number. Can you block your opponent?

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How close can you get your estimate?

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Pretend that Portland, Maine has been awarded the host city for an upcoming, future Summer Olympics games.  Design a travel brochure for athletes and visitors.  Include Portland's major sites, attractions, and places to visit while staying in Portland during the summer games. Your travel brochure may include your original design or include the following; photos, maps, captions, narratives, and other written text.  Be creative in design and writing!

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Design postage stamp for the 2020 Summer Olympics. You may wish to include specific games or sports, Olympic symbols, or symbols that represent Tokyo, Japan, the official 2020 Summer Olympics host country. Research the cost of a U.S. stamp today and include price on your stamp.  Be creative!

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Math Games, Multiplication Games

Meteor Multiplication is a math game that helps students learn multiplication facts. Defend yourself from the advancing meteors by answering problems correctly!

Save to an account!

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Division Derby is an educational multiplayer racing activity that allows kids to practice their division facts! How quickly the student correctly answers the problem determines how fast the horse will go. The student with the fastest rate of correct answers will win the race.

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Click on this link to read about all of the important jobs necessary to make the Summer Olympics happen every four years.

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Create a playlist for Summer Olympic athletes and champions. Consider themes to create and justify your 2020 Summer Olympics   playlist of songs. Include titles of songs and artists. Include age appropriate and family approved music selections. Make a Google doc or Slide to present your playlist.  Be creative!

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Read about the plans here.

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The word “Paralympic” derives from the Greek preposition “para” (beside or alongside) and the word “Olympic”. Its meaning is that Paralympics are the parallel Games to the Olympics and illustrates how the movements exist side-by-side.

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The first Paralympic Games were held in Rome, Italy in 1960 and featured 400 athletes from 23 countries. In 1976 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden staged the first Paralympic Winter Games. The Games are now the second biggest sporting event in the world.

Sport for athletes with an impairment has existed for more than 100 years, and the first sport clubs for the deaf were already in existence in 1888 in Berlin.

It was not until after World War II however, that it was widely introduced. The purpose of it at that time was to assist the large number of war veterans and civilians who had been injured during wartime.

In 1944, at the request of the British Government, Dr. Ludwig Guttmann opened a spinal injuries centre at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Great Britain, and in time, rehabilitation sport evolved to recreational sport and then to competitive sport.

On 29 July 1948, the day of the Opening Ceremony of the London 1948 Olympic Games, Dr. Guttmann organised the first competition for wheelchair athletes which he named the Stoke Mandeville Games, a milestone in Paralympics history. They involved 16 injured servicemen and women who took part in archery. In 1952, Dutch ex-servicemen joined the Movement and the International Stoke Mandeville Games were founded.

These Games later became the Paralympic Games which first took place in Rome, Italy in 1960 featuring 400 athletes from 23 countries. Since then they have taken place every four years. In 1976 the first Winter Games in Paralympics history were held in Sweden, and as with the Summer Games, have taken place every four years, and include a Paralympics Opening Ceremony and Paralympics Closing Ceremony.

Since the Summer Games of Seoul, Korea in 1988 and the Winter Games in Albertville, France in 1992 the Games have also taken part in the same cities and venues as the Olympics due to an agreement between the IPC and IOC.

Also in 1960, under the aegis of the World Federation of ex-servicemen, an International Working Group on Sport for the Disabled was set up to study the problems of sport for persons with an impairment. It resulted in the creation, in 1964, of the International Sport Organisation for the Disabled (IOSD) who offered opportunities for those athletes who could not affiliate to the International Stoke Mandeville Games: visually impaired, amputees, persons with cerebral palsy and paraplegics.

At the start, 16 countries were affiliated to ISOD and the organisation pushed very hard to include blind and amputee athletes into the Toronto 1976 Paralympics and athletes with cerebral palsy in 1980 in Arnhem. Its aim was to embrace all impairments in the future and to act as a Co-coordinating Committee. Nevertheless, other disability-orientated international organisations such as the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CPISRA) and International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) were founded in 1978 and 1980.

The four international organisations experienced the need of coordinating the Games so they created the "International Co-coordinating Committee Sports for the Disabled in the World" (ICC) in 1982.

The ICC was originally composed of the four presidents of CPISRA, IBSA, ISMGF and ISOD, the general secretaries and one additional member (in the beginning it was the Vice-President, and later on the Technical Officer). The International Committee of Sport for the Deaf (CISS) and International Sports Federations for Persons with an Intellectual Disability (INAS-FID) joined in 1986, but the deaf still maintained their own organisation. However, the member nations demanded more national and regional representation in the organisation.

Finally, on 22 September 1989, the International Paralympic Committee was founded as an international non-profit organisation in Dusseldorf, Germany to act as the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement.

The word "Paralympic" derives from the Greek preposition "para" (beside or alongside) and the word "Olympic". Its meaning is that Paralympics are the parallel Games to the Olympics and illustrates how the two movements exist side-by-side.

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Paralympics History - History of the Paralympic Movement

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The first Paralympic Games were held in Rome, Italy in 1960 and featured 400 athletes from 23 countries. In 1976 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden staged the first Paralympic Winter Games. The Games are now the second biggest sporting event in the world.

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To host the Olympics, cities need to design and build an entire village with multiple stadiums, housing and event spaces. Click here to find out how these spaces are created and what happens after the Olympics is complete.

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In this activity, you will perform a standing long jump.  You will do this 5 times and each time measure how far you jumped.  Maybe you don't have a ruler--make your own measuring device.  Maybe you jumped four and half sneakers?!? Then you will graph your data.  Do you have a family member who can do this too, or a friend you can email with?? Add their data to your graph. Who is the better jumper?

This video introduces you to the science of the long jump (we chose a standing long jump because you probably don't have a sand pit at home)
https://nsf.gov/news/mmg/mmg_disp.jsp?med_id=72933&from=

Instructions in the image:

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In this activity, you will perform the shot put.  You will need a ball for this. If you don't have a ball at home try a pair of socks folded into a ball. You will do this 5 times and each time measure how far you threw a ball.  Maybe you don't have a ruler--make your own measuring device.  Maybe you threw the ball four and half sneakers?!? Then you will graph your data.  Do you have a family member who can do this too, or a friend you can email with?? Add their data to your graph. Who is the better thrower?

Instructions in the image:

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In this activity, you will perform the javelin throw.  You will need a short pole or stick for this.  You will do this 5 times and each time measure how far you threw a 'javelin'.  Maybe you don't have a ruler--make your own measuring device.  Maybe you threw the 'javelin' four and half sneakers?!? Then you will graph your data.  Do you have a family member who can do this too, or a friend you can email with?? Add their data to your graph. Who is the better thrower?

Instructions in the image:

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Many events in the Olympics require athletes to wear helmets.  Watch the short video below to learn how they are made.

How are these helmets designed for safety and for performance?
Can the helmets be used after an accident/crash?
Why should you wear a helmet when biking, rollerskating or skateboarding?

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NSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, engineers, and educators from across the country.

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Check out this video (link is below) about wheelchair design for the Paralympics.

What are the differences between the wheelchairs for rugby, basketball, and racing?
Think about a sport you like.  What would you need to participate in this sport if you experienced a physical difficulty?  Draw or sketch the equipment you would need.

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NSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, engineers, and educators from across the country.

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Virtual explore the Olympic Athletic Center in Athens, Greece built for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

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View photos and metals from the Summer Olympics click here.

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Check out these photos of people enjoying Olympic Sports around the world. Capture your own photos of your family playing a sport.

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strategic thinking game

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Problem Solving - use a trial and error approach
Spatial Reasoning - visualize the effect of each move on the playing field
Logical Thinking - each puzzle requires a step by step solution

MP1 - Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP7 - Look for and make use of structure.

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Play Parking Lot at Math Playground! Your cool red car is trapped in a parking garage. Can you escape?

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Problem Solving - mathematical thinking
Logical Thinking - make decisions based on prior outcomes
Planning a Strategy - learn the rules and apply them

MP1 - Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP7 - Look for and make use of structure.

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Play Mancala at Math Playground! Can you outsmart the computer and collect the greater number of gems?

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Optional: Use the Flip Grid to share something you did this week. You can have up to 3 minutes for your entry.
Password: Portland1234

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Flipgrid is where social and emotional learning happens! The leading video discussion platform for millions of PreK to PhD educators, students, and families.

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How to make and play your own Shut the Box game

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How to make and play your own Shut the Box game

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Make a game board with 12 boxes or flaps as shown in the video. Practice addition, subtraction, multiplication or division!

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How to play Trash a fun game with playing cards

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How to play Trash a fun game with playing cards

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play with two or more players

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Don't have dice at home? Use these online dice!

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Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages. Literacy is at the core of a healthy community, so we unite with partners to enable all families to read with their young children.

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Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages. Literacy is at the core of a healthy community, so we unite with partners to enable all families to read with their young children.

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Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages. Literacy is at the core of a healthy community, so we unite with partners to enable all families to read with their young children.

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Follow the leader (SBS) "Divertida"  (CoreoFitness MundoGuyi)

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The Olympics | Olympic Facts For Kids | Sports | Made by Red Cat Reading