The Winter Olympics

Milano-Cortina, Italy

Grade 4-8  Curriculum Map 

Bring the excitement of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games directly into your classroom! This comprehensive, curriculum‑aligned resource helps students explore the history, traditions, athletes, and sporting events of the Milano–Cortina Games while building reading comprehension, critical thinking, and global awareness.

Designed for Grades 4–8, this resource is packed with engaging information sheets, follow‑up activities, puzzles, athlete biographies, and tracking charts that make the Olympics meaningful and accessible for all learners.

❄️ What Students Will Learn

• The venues, mascots, medals, and torch of the 2026 Winter Olympics
• The traditions and ceremonies before, during, and after the Games
• The wide range of Winter Olympic and Paralympic sports
• The achievements of current and former Canadian Olympians
• How to follow events, track medals, and celebrate Canadian athletes

🏅 What’s Included

• Reproducible information sheets on Olympic history
• Winter Olympic & Paralympic sports information sheets with follow‑up activities
• Biographies of Canadian Olympians (past and present) with comprehension tasks
• Winter Olympic word search
• Olympic crossword puzzle
• Medal and sporting event tracking sheets
• Answer keys for all activities    

Introduction & Teacher Guide Include:

1. At A Glance – Skill List
2. Teacher Input Suggestions
   • ways to use the activities and implement them into your classroom
   • Olympic vocabulary list 

Olympic Games

Five reading information passages and follow-up worksheets about the history and ceremonies of the Olympic Games. Complete with answer key.

1. History of the Olympic Games
2. The Rebirth of the Olympic Games
3. Winter Olympic Games
4. Mapping the Olympic Winter Games
5. The Olympic Flame and Cauldron
6. Olympic Symbols
7. Opening and Closing Ceremonies 

Olympic Sports & Athletes

Twenty-five reading activities with follow-up worksheets. Answer key is provided in one file for all athletes and sports.

Students explore a wide range of events, including:

• Cross-Country Skiing
• Alpine Skiing
• Biathlon
• Bobsleigh
• Long Track Speed Skating
• Short Track Speed Skating
• Canada’s Short Track Speed Skating Teams
• Ivanie Blondin – Speed Skater
• Charles Hamelin – Canada’s Speed Skating Star
• Freestyle Skiing
• Mikaël Kingsbury
• Canada’s Skiers
• Nordic Combined
• Canadian Cross Country Skiing
• Alex Harvey Canada’s Top Cross Country Skier
• Ski Jumping
• Snowboarding
• Curling
• Ice Hockey
• Marie-Philip Poulin - Hockey’s Wonder Woman
• Connor McDavid
• Luge
• Ski Mountaineering
• Women's Large Hill Ski Jumping
• New Olympic Sports in 2026

Paralympic Games: Sports & Athletes

Learn about the paralympic games, the events/sports and the athletes, as they compete in the Paralympics in March 2026. Some information provided and students will use the internet to research athletes. Follow-up worksheets with answer key. 

1. Paralympic Games
2. Paralympic Events
3. Para Snowboarding
4. Viviane Forest - Para-Alpine Skier & Goalball Athlete
5. Brian McKeever - Cross-Country Paralympic Skier
6. Mark Arendz - Canadian Biathlon and Para-Nordic Skier
7. Lauren Woolstencroft – Alpine Paralympic Skier
8. Sonja Gaudet – Wheel chair Curling
9. Colette Bourgonje – Sit Skier 

Famous Canadian Olympic Figure Skaters

Students will meet Canada’s 2026 Winter Olympic skating team with the information pages and follow-up worksheets! Answer key included.

1. Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha
2. Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier
3. Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud
4. Maria-Jade Lauriault/Roman Le Gac
5. Madeline Schizas
6. Stephen Gogolev
7. Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps 

Olympic Symbols

Four reading passages with follow-up questions for each Winter Olympic symbol. Complete with answer key.

1. Winter Olympic Torch
2. Winter Olympic Mascots
3. Winter Olympic Stadiums
4. Winter Olympic Medals 

Tracking Results Sheets & Puzzles

Tracking Sheets:

1. Overall Medal Count by Individual Sport
2. Overall Country Medal Standings
3. Overall Medals by Sports or Events

Gold Medal Crossword

Wordsearch for the Famous Canadian Athletes

Answer Key for Puzzles 

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