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Middle School
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 …
“… make sure you leave something (such as food) for the Old Woman when you leave. You don’t want her ghost chasing you to Nome and throwing bad luck your way.” From Don Bower’s Trail Notes http://iditarod.com/about/the-iditarod-trail/ So much of the Iditarod Trail is the history. With that history come the stories of the people …
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 favorite non-fiction books. But, I have noticed that they don’t always use all of the features in the book like captions and sidebars to their advantage as readers, and they …
News Flash: Three dogs destined for the Inaugural Parade were stolen from the Maryland Farm where they were staying. Joe Redington Sr.’s lead dog Feets and his faithful Candy who made it to Nome 7 times and carried Redington to the top of Mt. MKinley are two of the missing. Norman Vaughan’s leader was also …
I’ve had some questions about my use of Golovin on the Homework Iditaopoly Gameboard. No, it’s not technically a checkpoint. Yes, I decided to include it on the gameboard. The simple reason why is because it appears on every single trail map that my kids use during our studies! I did some more research, talked …
I have been yearning for an Iditarod Monopoly game for several years now. Then I started seeing all of the Homeworkopoly games on Pinterest… and I really wanted to combine that with the Iditarod Monopoly game. I searched Ebay every couple of weeks or so… but they were always going for close to $100. Then …
In order to enter the Iditarod, a rookie musher must meet a set of qualifications that includes having completed a number qualifying races. Added in 2014, the mushers must also have a Musher Assessment Form completed for each of those qualifiers. More details can be found here: http://iditarod.com/resources/mushers/ Well… in my mind… a Musher Assessment …
If you are anything like me, even though you are on summer vacation, your mind is always going and going and going and you are always thinking of things to do to make your classroom more welcoming and more inviting for your students. It’s safe to say that in the last two years my classroom …
Alaska is having super hot temperatures this summer. Everyone keeps commenting about how hot it is and there is a big concern about possible wildfires. As you can imagine, sled dogs would much rather have it be cold than hot…. so how do sled dogs cool off when it’s hot? Well, in addition to their …
As the Iditarod Race quickly approaches (27 Days 6 Hours 26 Minutes 48 Seconds and counting so the clock at iditarod.com tells me) it is time to choose a musher. There are a few different ways to do this. The classrooms at my school – including the kitchen staff, office staff, custodian, and aides – …