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Linda Fenton 2013 Teacher on the Trail
When I went to Michigan a few weeks ago, I met a young girl from central Wisconsin who was a member of the Wisconsin Trail Blazers – a sled dog club. Now I’m from Wisconsin, and I have been teaching about the Iditarod for 11 years, but I had no idea there was a club …
At my school there is a behavior code that all students know. It is: I am respectful. I am responsible. I am safe. I am prepared. Our Guidance Counselors and support staff come into our classes to teach mini lessons on how to follow this code. As a teacher of the Iditarod, I put my …
[wpvideo IZkx83PV] Last summer at the Iditarod Summer Camp for Teachers, we had the opportunity to stay at Vern Halter’s Dream A Dream Kennel. As part of the experience, we all got a ride on the 4-wheeler being pulled by a team of dogs. It was a wild ride with dogs raring to go. Teachers …
Angie Taggart has been busy with her dogs. She has also been training with her 4-wheeler and is waiting for the 40 to 50 degree wet weather to become snowy colder weather. She states, “The dogs are in in good spirits and we are having fun getting to know the new dogs who just joined …
Last weekend (September 29 & 30) I attended the Midwest Sled Dog Symposium & Iditarod Teachers’ Conference in Curtis, Michigan. It was a great weekend attended by teachers and mushers with a common interest of inspiring students using the Iditarod as a teaching tool. Teachers came to this beautiful setting from across the US including …
To further our study of the great state of Alaska, I asked my students which was bigger – Alaska or Wisconsin. After looking at a few standard maps, they decided that Alaska was a little bigger. When I asked how many Wisconsins would fit into Alaska, the average prediction was 2.5. Aha! This was going …
Last February I attended the 2012 Iditarod Winter Conference for Teachers and met an amazing woman – Angie Taggart. Angie had been a rookie musher in the 2011 Iditarod and finished in 43rd place. The teachers at the conference felt a kinship with Angie because she’s not only a musher – she’s a teacher! Angie …
The school year is gearing up. For students in my class, it will be the beginning of our Iditarod adventure together. I’m going to start with the attached lesson plan comparing State Symbols of Wisconsin and Alaska. Being that it is the beginning of the year, I plan to ask one question each day starting …
For most of us school is starting or even started. Those of us in Wisconsin are lucky, we can’t begin school until after Labor Day or September 1, whichever comes first. As a seasonal business owner, this works perfect for me. With the start of the school year, my time as 2013 Iditarod Teacher on …
There is a word that I don’t allow my students to use when they are describing something – that word is awesome. Awesome, however, is the only way to describe the 2012 Iditarod Summer Camp for Teachers. Now that most of us are back in our own time zones, it is a great time to …