Curriculum for the Classroom
These are the sculpture that my Art Foundations students created. The sculpture was created using some Saran Wrap and Scotch Plastic Packing Tape. Extra support was added with the help of plastic drinking straws and aluminum wire, the dogs eyes are blue glass beads and the gangline was made with strings of Christmas tree lights …
Dog Mushers Legacy by William Miller, AK IDITAROD To Ancient peoples a far away place Now it’s Alaska’s greatest race Joe and Dorothy’s race you see This is their legacy Many mushers will gather to see The fresh faces of people from so many places Hundreds of dogs they will gather Willing to run in …
At Larson Elementary School, in Wasilla, Alaska, Idita-Math is an important family event! On February 1, the school kicked off a month-long event that is designed to helps students improve math skills through an Idita-Math project. More than 100 students, their parents, and teachers attended the event, a ‘Family Game Night’ which partnered math practice …
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 …
This Reader’s Theater was developed based on the book, Where’s the Boss, by Lois Harter. It can be used with any grade level and has many times been performed on stage by many classrooms. Click here to download the script. Crystal and Toby brought the team to a stop. Both leaders looked over their shoulder’s, …
My class did a modified version of Idita-Read. I copied all of the materials from the web-site for each of my students. On the first page of the packet, the students had to set goals. Our goal as a class was to read for 15 minutes everyday during Language Arts class. This could be any …
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 …
