Welcome to Our Journey
At the top here are some clickable links to more Cc produced resources, followed by some open education resources for you and for your classroom.
Recording
of our planning meeting. The slides are here. Sadly, no presenter notes, so the recording might be your better option.
A preview of this section from the upcoming planning manual. All mistakes in the graphic organization are Heatherle's fault because Evan didn't spiff up this draft.
The big ideas of this topic are:
- Introduce Classroom Champions
- Explain the mentoring relationship
- Give some context about the Olympics and Paralympics so that kids know why their mentor’s achievements are significant
- Reveal the mentor, and learn a bit about him or her (lots of ideas for this in the recorded session)
Following are a few resources for you to consider in
planning your lessons.
Classroom Champions:
Op-ed piece by Steve about CC in the Buffalo News.
Steve featured in Sports Illustrated “Athletes who care.”
Good for kids to use as a close read.
Olympics:
At the end of this blog, please see the recommended reading list for
many Olympic books for all ages.
An NBC trailer for the Rio
Games, focusing on goal setting and hard work.
Watch this award-winning touching animated short film The Present about a young
boy and his new dog (great for adding depth to discussions about the
Paralympics!)
A complete list
of Wheaties boxes from 1932!
Is someone cutting onions? Bring on the
waterworks with these P&G “Thank You, Mom” commercials from Sochi
2014 and Rio 2016 (and a bonus
one from Mother’s Day).
Feel inspired by adopted Paralympic athlete
Tatyana McFadden’s story - video here.
25 of the most inspirational Olympic moments of
all time here.
13 Olympic moments that changed history here.
Track athlete Derek Redmond’s inspirational
story of courage and perseverance at the Barcelona 1992 games here.
12 Awesomely Inspiring Paralympic moments here.
Mentoring:
Alumni CC mentor
Ryan Cochrane and
mentoring, with a lot of mentions of Classroom Champions and what being a
mentor means to him.
One high school is placing an emphasis on mentors (The
Atlantic)
Dwayne Johnson
and the power of his high school teacher who mentored him (Oprah)
Huffington Post article on mentoring and the Muhammad Ali
Center’s mentoring initiative by CC friend Dr. Eli Wolff
Quotes:
Lots of teachers use these as conversation starters, quick write topics, or to
greet kids in the morning with a quote on the board.
“A mentor is someone who
allows you to see the hope inside yourself.”
- Oprah
Winfrey
Famous Olympic Quotes to Get Excited About the Games - An
awesome selection of picture quotes (some might be worth printing and using
with different themes throughout the year)
Olympic Game quotes from BrainyQuotes.
Goodread’s list
of quotes about Mentoring.
More quotes about mentorship here.
Read Alouds & Mentor
Texts (Picture Books)
These links go to Goodreads, which contains reviews and all
the info you would need to order these books from your school or public library
system.
Lucy Tries Luge & Lucy Tries Short Track - Lisa Bowes
Part of the “Lucy Tries Sports” Series,
these charming books provide a great
introduction
to these sports for young readers, while focusing on friendship and
perseverance.
Olympics - B.G. Hennessy
Today,
all over the world, people are getting ready for the Olympics. Runners,
swimmers, skiers, and skaters are practicing; teams are learning to work
together. Meanwhile, workers are making flags, medals, uniforms and equipment.
But soon the Olympic torch will be lighted and the games will start.
Tacky and the Winter Games - Helen Lester
From
bobsled racing and ski jumping to speed skating, Tacky lends his unique,
exuberant style to each competition. In laugh-out-loud scenes of Tacky and his
fellow penguins' athletic debacles, Tacky reminds readers of the underlying joy
and enthusiasm that propels athletes to greatness.
Flora & the Penguin - Molly Idle
Flora
takes to the ice and forms an unexpected friendship with a penguin. Twirling,
leaping, spinning, and gliding, on skates and flippers, the duo mirror each
other's graceful dance above and below the ice. But when Flora gives the
penguin the cold shoulder, the pair must figure out a way to work together for
uplifting results.
G is for Gold Medal - An Olympics Alphabet
From
the first games held in ancient Greece to the cultural extravaganzas of recent
years, there have been some incredible and amazing events and milestones in the
world of Olympic sports. G is for Gold Medal showcases those athletes
and events that not only set sports records but also impacted history and world
views.
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's
Fastest Woman - Kathleen Krull
Before
Wilma Rudolph was five years old, polio had paralyzed her left leg. Everyone
said she would never walk again. But Wilma refused to believe it. Not only
would she walk again, she vowed, she'd run. And she did run--all the way to the
Olympics, where she became the first American woman to earn three gold medals
in a single olympiad.
A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream
- Kristy Dempsey
Little
ballerinas have big dreams. Dreams of pirouettes and grande jetes, dreams of
attending the best ballet schools and of dancing starring roles on stage. But
in Harlem in the 1950s, dreams don’t always come true—they take a lot of work
and a lot of hope. And sometimes hope is hard to come by.But the first
African-American prima ballerina, Janet Collins, did make her dreams come true.
And those dreams inspired ballerinas everywhere, showing them that the color of
their skin couldn’t stop them from becoming a star. In a lyrical tale as
beautiful as a dance en pointe, Kristy Dempsey and Floyd Cooper tell the story
of one little ballerina who was inspired by Janet Collins to make her own
dreams come true.
Touch the Sky: Alice Coachman, Olympic High Jumper
- Ann Malaspina
A
biography of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal, from her
childhood in segregated Albany, Georgia, in the 1930s, through her recognition
at the 1996 Olympics as one of the hundred best athletes in Olympic history.
Includes bibliographical references.
Can I Play Too? (Elephant & Piggy #12) -
Mo Willems
In Can
I Play Too? Gerald and Piggie meet a new snake friend who wants to join in a
game of catch. But don't you need arms to catch?
● This
Winter Olympics picture book list is a good place to start.
● Mary
Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House series has a fiction and nonfiction book relating to the ancient
Olympics.
● Some
books are produced by a national Olympic Committee or the IOC, like this one.
● A
Google search may result in lists like this of really great biographies of
Olympians.
Read Alouds (Novels
& Non-Fiction)
The Crossover - Kwame Alexander
Josh
has more than basketball in his blood, he's got mad beats, too, that tell his
family's
story in verse, in this fast and furious middle grade novel of family and
brotherhood.
Loved
it? Check
out Alexander’s soccer themed follow up (also in verse) Booked
Absolutely, Almost - Lisa Graff
An
inspiring novel about figuring out who you are and doing what you love. Albie
has never been the smartest kid in his class. He has never been the tallest. Or
the best at gym. Or the greatest artist. Or the most musical. In fact, Albie
has a long list of the things he's not very good at. But then Albie gets a new
babysitter, Calista, who helps him figure out all of the things he is good at
and how he can take pride in himself.
El Deafo - Cece Bell
This
funny perceptive graphic novel memoir about growing up hearing impaired is also
an unforgettable book about growing up, and all the super and super
embarrassing moments along the way.
This is
by National Geographic. The summer edition is called Swifter, Higher, Stronger.
The Winter Olympics: An Insider’s Guide, Ron
C. Judd
The
Seattle Times’ local ring head gives history of events, and run up to
Vancouver. Now dated, but his writing is great and fills in gaps on sports you
might not watch.
Summer
sports. Released before London 2012, so may be dated, but good history and
digestible summary of how to watch a sport.
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