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I wrote the attached article for our state (South Carolina) Association of School Librarian’s professional journal, Media Center Messenger. I love following the Iditarod every year and every two or three years we do an Idita-READ event to inspire kids to read. I also attached the letter to parents and reading log that I’ve used …
All around the globe, it is time to write Iditarod poetry. Send us your poems and we’ll share them with our readers! Thank you Marcia and Rhonda for sharing your poetry! Iditarod by Marcia Claesson The frosted fingers of cold pinch my skin. False images dance before me like ghosts. I dodge terrifying trunks where …
By Guest Educational Journalist, Kristin Lewis I have to immediately start by thanking the educators that work so hard to bring students (including myself) inspiring and exciting lessons and information. I am a student teacher in New Mexico and this is my first time bringing the Iditarod to the classroom. The teacher that brought the …
IditaNature! Get Outside! View the IditaNature Project Carmen Field, with the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve and Kids in Nature launched an exciting new initiative for connecting children with nature during the 2010 Iditarod Sled Dog Race. In the past several years, more than 300 Alaskan kids (preschoolers and elementary students) from schools in …
By Linda Kal Sander, Finalist, 2010 Target® Teacher on the Trail™ In Hollywood and Broadway the show must go on. The same is true for Iditarod. True, weather conditions might not always be ideal, but the race has started for 37 consecutive years, no matter the weather conditions. The three main weather factors mushers must …
In an ‘Iditarod’ classroom, students are always busy on a variety of projects throughout the year. Classroom teacher, Diane Pollock, integrates Iditarod and sled dogs into her curriculum in many ways. In past years, Diane worked with another teacher, Mary Owsley, (FACE) on a project that resulted in students creating book markers with the ‘I …
By Nikki Allen, Finalist for Target®2010 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ Ask any musher what the Iditarod is all about and they will likely say, “It’s about the dogs.” These very special athletes are what draw us to the race. From the very beautiful, but slightly slower, Siberian huskies, to the faster mixed breeds called …
Iditarod Ready! StormReady® — StormReady® teaches the communication and safety skills needed to save lives and property – before and during the onslaught of severe weather – while improving science skills and expanding knowledge about climates of the world. Be an Iditarod StormReady® classroom! A World Of Weather — This gameshow-style game makes it fun …
Sarah Mishlera and students at Chestnut Ridge Middle School in Pennsylvania received notification this week that their Iditarod project is a winner in curriculum contest to demonstrate 21st Century Teaching and Learning. During this year’s Iditarod, Herb Brambley, Target® Iditarod 2010 Teacher on the Trail™ communicated via Skype with this classroom as part of the …
By Sally Simon It all started with a patch. The patch was Cathy Walter’s Target® Iditarod 2009 Teacher on the Trail™ patch. It was sitting on my desk at school after I returned from the Winter Teacher’s Conference in Anchorage. A second grade student saw it and asked about it. I explained the tradition started …