Summer Reading – Dog Days of Summer
July 5, 2021
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As we get closer to halfway through summer, students often need serious inspiration to be motivated to read. The books we have on our Elementary
As we get closer to halfway through summer, students often need serious inspiration to be motivated to read. The books we have on our Elementary
Summer is ticking along and kids have all kinds of activities going on, but there are always those moments for relaxing, filling time between the
In honor of Thanksgiving this year, my class disguised paper turkeys as husky dogs and mushers preparing for the 2016 Iditarod. They wrote about their
We have been spending some time in class this last week learning about some of the people behind the scenes of the Iditarod that
I was recently sent a copy of a book to preview, and just today ordered a class set of them for my classroom for next
Teachers at this year’s Winter Conference for Educators had the fortune to hear Shelley Gill share some of her amazing stories of Alaska, her 1978
Alaska races sled dogs. In Maryland we race horses. Alaska has stories about heroic dogs. We have stories about heroic horses. My school and I
My students, maybe because they are boys, seem to gravitate towards non-fiction texts. They love to pour over the pictures and stats that fill their
In order to keep students engaged the last week of school before the Holiday Break, I had them read Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner.
The Iditarod Books the Trail program has been running for several years now. Schools in the lower 48 and others team up with sister schools
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The Education Department Winter Conference is just around the corner! Summer is the perfect time to start thinking about your next adventure with
Each summer the transition of the Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ role is marked by the passing of a symbolic item. This moment signifies more
Dear Educators, My one-year term as the 2025 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ is coming to a close, and I want to extend my deepest
The summer is fast approaching, as as the school year draws to a close, you might be thinking about things to do differently
It’s April! Which for many teachers means wrapping up instruction, reviewing for state testing, and starting end of the year projects. Keep an eye out
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