Student Work Samples
Creating an ABC book is an excellent way to combine research, writing, and technology skills. Each year, hundreds of teachers assign students to create ABC books about Alaska and/or the Iditarod. Here is an example of one such book. If you have examples of student made books such as this, we’d love to share them …
Ohio Mock Iditarod: I Kid A Rod Our fourth grade students participated in a Mock Iditarod Race this past spring. Prior to this, the students spent several weeks learning about and tracking the Iditarod Dog Sled Trail Race held in Alaska. Students were divided into six teams of 11 or 12 members. Each team had …
Diane, Many late Hellos!! This letter has been a year and a half in the making….maybe more. Your email about using the Iditarod experience is coming back to you. As a shop teacher, I was always looking for a way to include the experience in my life in my classes. Well so far, I’ve found …
By Laurie Nakauchi-Hawn, Finalist for Target® 2009 Iditarod Teacher on the TrailTM First Grade, Friends’ School Boulder With the Iditarod coming up, my first grade class has been studying the people and animals of the arctic. As a way for students to learn more about arctic animals and the Athabaskans, we made totem poles. First, …
Yupik Art Project for Classrooms! Educational Journalist, Joy Davis, of Indiana engaged her students in an art project involving Yupik heritage. Her basic skills class sponsors Mike Williams, Jr. who is a Yupik Eskimo. To learn more about the culture the class did some reading and research. Please refer to the follow site for more …
Students from a Lemoyne Middle School’s sixth grade reading class completed their Iditarod unit by reading and writing about stories like: Balto, by Standiford, TOGO, by Blake, Where’s the Boss? by Harter for background knowledge of the Iditarod and sled dog experiences. We then read Gary Paulsen’s Woodsong. One of the writing pieces they completed …
Educational Journalist, Joy Davis, of Indiana and her Basic Skills Class recently made support quilts for three rookie mushers- Pat Moon, Middy Johnson, and Tamara Rose. The students helped in the design work and layout. They learned about the mushers while working on the quilts. To view a larger image of the pictures, click on …
Zuma’s Paw Prints isn’t JUST reading material for your students. It is more than knowledge about Alaska and the race. The articles are content for teaching language arts and other curriculum areas. Bonnie Nizamis is an independent consultant working with schools across the country – and as she teaches teachers how to integrate technology in …
