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Language Arts
Severe weather, sleep deprivation, and animal encounters are just a few of the challenges of participating in the Iditarod. In Gary Paulsen’s Woodsong, he recounts his adventures in completing the Last Great Race on Earth! This book of memoirs is great for upper elementary and middle school students. It gives students the opportunity to experience …
Music is enjoyed by so many people across the world. From rock to pop, and country to classical, music is all around us. Music can tell a story, convey a feeling, or simply help us relax. The music in the Insider videos help us catch the feel of the race, while listening to Hobo Jim …
At first thought you may think there is no connection between the Iditarod, a sled dog race in Alaska, and Veterans Day, a day that honors those who have served in our country. However, there quite a few connections. In this lesson your students will explore how they can use the gifts and talents they …
In many parts of the country, including Chicago, fall is a season full of sports! Hockey season is just beginning, college and professional football are well under way, and major league baseball is nearing the 2016 World Series, in which the students of Saint Andrew School are hoping to see their neighborhood team go all …
reposted from Annie Kelley McGuire 2017 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail with revisions Gary Paulsen, an Iditarod finisher, is one of my favorite authors for my 4th grade students. Paulsen’s style of writing is engaging and keeps the readers on their toes. Currently my language arts class is reading Hatchet, a story of a thirteen …
Yesterday I finished up my first week of school for the 2016-2017 school year. It was a fun week introducing my students (and their parents) to the Iditarod. I didn’t miss a beat getting Iditarod started in my classroom—I started by reading Dallas Seavey’s Born to Mush to my language arts class. We are about halfway …
I couldn’t contain my excitement in the Las Vegas airport earlier today as I walked back from the Hudson Newsstand. With a smile on my face I explained to eight of my co-workers that I just bought the newest issue of Runner’s World Magazine and Anna and Kristy Berington were on the cover it. This …
The Winter Walk by Loretta Outwater Cox, published 2013, nonfiction, secondary students and older, winner of the Alaska Indigenous Literature Award This is the true story, more than a century old, of Cox’s great-grandmother’s walk to survival with her two young children. Cox’s great-grandmother was Inupiaq, and the older of the two children was Cox’s …
In my class we have been learning about the differences between perspective and point of view in our writing and in the stories we read, and how they help us understand someone’s experiences in a different and unique way. We wanted to write about the point of view of the different participants in the Iditarod: dedicated …
I have spent a great deal of time getting to know our 2016 Iditarod mushers this year. My special focus has been to share the stories of the rookie mushers, and their personal journey to the starting line. Like many teachers we have a poetry unit each year, but I wanted to find an Iditarod …