Jen Reiter 2014 Teacher on the Trail
Rule Number 11 deals with the race purse: Rule 11 — Purse: A purse of $650,000 will be shared among those placing in the top thirty (30). Every effort will be made to supplement this baseline purse. In addition, beginning with 31st place, $1,049.00 will be paid to each remaining finisher. But of course the …
What do you call an angle that is adorable? Acute angle! This week we are all about angles in math class! This is a new skill for us… it appears in the new version of our math book, and is something we haven’t taught before. So, I started by thinking of where on earth I …
This week we are focused on calculating area and perimeter… and what better tool to do that with then dog yards! This week the students are presented with a scenario where they have been sponsored by a local fencing company who offers them fencing for their dog yard. Instead of traditional sled dog yards, the …
This week we began our huge Iditarod Math Unit! From now until Spring Break in mid-March we will be focusing on the Iditarod as a way to get some much needed math skills taught in a fun and interesting way! For obvious reasons, it’s my favorite math unit of the year! My favorite student comment …
Well – at one point yesterday it was colder in Oakland, Maryland than the South Pole! At one point it was – 15⁰ in Western Maryland and -7⁰ at the South Pole! In Baltimore, we didn’t get quite as cold as the South Pole, but we did beat Alaska! For the first time, on our …
Last year, 2013 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail ™, Linda Fenton issued a challenge to see how many students she could get to read Stone Fox (http://itcteacheronthetrail.com/2012/12/28/stone-fox/). The timing was perfect for me. The fourth grade had recently dropped the novel from their repertoire, so I was able to pick it up and tie it …
So, something I’ve wanted to do before I go off on my Trail adventure is to get an idea of what it is like to be behind a team of sixteen dogs. I’ve had a bit of experience with mushing. My good friend Ellen Rizzuto and I attended mushing school at the Wintergreen Lodge in …
Terrie Hanke, 2006 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail ™, shared this tale with me: I have a nice picture of Mitch Seavey changing into fresh Smart Wools at Elim in 2006. There I was inside the fire house with Jasper Bond, Mark Nordman, Danny Davidson and Jeff Schultz. Mitch came in with a fresh, still …
How will you be spending your Winter Break from school? Well, if you were training for the Junior Iditarod, you would be spending it on the runners of a dog sled! Having lots of free time from school means having lots of time for extra training runs! There are now seven junior mushers signed up …
So we can finally break the big news! Monica Zappa has a wonderful new sponsor……. Introducing…. Petchup! Yes, petchup…. As in ketchup (and mustard too) for your pets…. You can learn about Petchup here: http://mypetchup.com/ Before we went on Winter Break, we checked in with Monica to get an update on her training. She reports …