Curriculum for the Classroom
What is an Idita-Walk? An Idita Walk is a fun way to improve your health and keep physically fit. It involves creating a walking program and using the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race® as the theme or inspiration for the exercise program. An Idita Walk is a project that children and adults can participate in …
By Blynne Froke, 2012 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™, California Iditarod sled dogs are the most amazing athletes in the world, literally. We love the challenge they embody, both personal and physical, as they run full tilt across the state of Alaska. It is a passion we share with our best friends. But if our …
Math Lesson: IditarodAnimal Weights and Measures Area (or easily adapted to only use Length) – Sled Dog Footprint (adapted from Audubon Zoo workshop) Skills: Number sense, estimation, standard and non-standard area, polygon shapes, problem solving, graphing, and multiplication/division Literature connection: Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy (focus on part where dog paw prints widths are being …
We’d like to hear about your ‘Read Across Your State’ or your school’s Idita-Read. Send your project updates to us and we’ll share them with our readers!
Hi Diane! Here are two files that shows my one of my students’ letters. She wants to thank you and your website for helping her learn. English is her second language and she has never seen or heard of a the Iditarod prior to this or even seen snow! So this was a good experience …
By Martha Dobson, Iditarod Educational Consultant Teachers rejuvenate themselves and their classroom teaching by trying different ideas, activities, and different techniques to catch their students’ interest and boost learning. The Iditarod is one of those different topics to use as a teaching tool to facilitate student learning. How do teachers discover the Iditarod, and how …
Language Arts: Daily Grammar Practice Improve grammar skills using Iditarod and Alaska themed sentences. These sentences can be used at any grade level. Sentences can be used in the manner that best meets your students needs and your daily schedule. Assign a sentence a day or several to be competed during a week. Use them …
By Cathy Walters Parents and teachers everywhere desire that their children be responsible citizens. As teachers and parents, we hope and pray that our children make good choices, knowing the difference between right and wrong. Children constantly hear from authority figures that they are in charge of their behavior and all of the decisions they …
I was interested in presenting this lesson to my students as a way to celebrate the end of their state testing and to also introduce my students to the true meaning of self-sacrifice, commitment, survival, and endurance. The project began with the documentary of Sven Haltmann to build background knowledge and to make a personal connection …
Hi! I teach 1st grade at St. John the Baptist School in Green Bay, WI. I just wanted to share what we are doing for the Iditaread challenge. The Iditaread challenge was kicked off with a small banquet of dog bone shaped Scooby snacks, popcorn balls and snow cones. During the Banquet teams were announced. …
