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Ikidarod 2019: McGrath, Takotna, and Nikolai Schools McGrath School hosted Takotna, and Nikolai Schools for Traditions Week last March. (2019) Students K-12 participated in this week long culture camp, learning how to paint, cook, build dog houses, and mush a one dog dogteam. This has been a premier activity in McGrath for decades, as their …
As you start to plan for your new school year, are Morning Meetings a part of your routine? Morning Meetings are a great way to leave the Starting Line of your day while creating community and reinforcing academic and social skills. They are also a great way to sneak in a little Iditarod fun and …
Attend a 2020 Iditarod Teacher event! It’s not to early! Not at all! We’re already planning for our 2020 teacher conference events. You should start planning to join us! 2020 Winter Conference in Anchorage prior to the start of the Iditarod. (March 3 – 6, 2020) Learn more by clicking here! 2020 Summer Camp for …
Photos are a great way to introduce students to reading skills they may be unfamiliar with or need extra practice with prior to using more complicated texts. Moving from photos, to short passages, to longer texts allows students to have a chance to refine their skills and build their confidence. The Iditarod is fortunate to …
The 2020 Iditarod season has officially started! Today was the musher’s sign up and volunteer picnic. Laura Neese was the first musher to sign up for the 2020 Iditarod. This will be Laura’s second Iditarod; her first was in 2017. Not only was it fun to see who was signing up, but it was great …
Today we toured the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer. We enjoyed walking through the fields learning about their history and see them in action! Interestingly, the musk ox have made a return to Alaska after becoming extinct to these lands in 1865. With the help of Greenland in 1930, thirty-four musk oxen were brought back …
Iditarod Mushers are naturally Design Thinkers. They are constantly thinking and looking for ways to make things more efficient, more cost-effective, more comfortable… safer, faster, easier. So why not give your students real life design challenges centered around problems that mushers face daily in their training and racing? The lesson plan features a challenge centered …
Race to Nome on a Reading Challenge! An IditaRead™is a reading project that challenges students to read. IditaReads™ are often held during the Iditarod, but some schools opt to use a longer period of time or hold their IditaRead™ during a different time of the school year. An important aspect of an IditaRead™ is that …
Hello, Teachers! How many times have you asked your students, “What were you doing before…?” Or maybe you have asked them, “What will happen next?” Making predictions and sequencing events are important skills. Mushers and their teams deal with sequencing quite often: Who will be first on the gangline?, What will I need to do …
Libby Here! Hello Boys and Girls! I’m howling, howling, howling with excitement! We are half way through February. Time is going so fast! On Saturday, March 2, the race will start in Anchorage. That’s called the ceremonial start. When every musher leaves the starting line, there will be a special passenger in the sled. That …