Integrated Curriculum
Real or Virtual? It is Hard to Tell! By Laura Collins, Ohio One of my gifted 6th grade students’ favorite Iditarod activities is to create “virtual dog teams”. Students produce an informational document about their “kennel”, with highlights about the 16 dogs on their “Iditarod team”. We do all of this on the computers, so …
Iditarod is successfully used in all 50 states (and many foreign countries) as a tool to help students meet academic goals and learn their basic skill. Preschool through university level teachers use the race with students. Private schools, public schools, and home school families use the race as a teaching tool. Take a look at …
Idita-Kennel by Nancy Carroll Students bring in a stuffed animal (dog) to place in our Idita-Kennel. We use the dogs for all kinds of lessons throughout the race. In ELA, after researching ‘Sled Dogs’ we write about different positive personality traits of the Iditarod Dog. Students use their stuffed dog as a guide when writing …
Charlee Stevens, Educational Journalist, Germany Things you need to know: I teach Kindergarten on a military base in Germany. I have 25 children in class. They range from non-readers to about level 6 in DRA. My class is run as a company where each child has a job and gets a daily wage. They get …
By Linda Kal Sander, Educational Journalist, Fl Looking for projects for your middle school (or upper elementary) students and high school students? Iditarod is a tool that can be aligned to all content areas. These examples will jump start your current curriculum! Click here to view the complete lesson matrix and a rubric to assess …
