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What is an Idita-Walk? An Idita Walk is a fun way to improve your health and keep physically fit. It involves creating a walking program and using the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race® as the theme or inspiration for the exercise program. An Idita Walk is a project that children and adults can participate in …
Diane, Many late Hellos!! This letter has been a year and a half in the making….maybe more. Your email about using the Iditarod experience is coming back to you. As a shop teacher, I was always looking for a way to include the experience in my life in my classes. Well so far, I’ve found …
By Laurie Nakauchi-Hawn, Finalist for Target® 2009 Iditarod Teacher on the TrailTM First Grade, Friends’ School Boulder With the Iditarod coming up, my first grade class has been studying the people and animals of the arctic. As a way for students to learn more about arctic animals and the Athabaskans, we made totem poles. First, …
Hi Diane! Here are two files that shows my one of my students’ letters. She wants to thank you and your website for helping her learn. English is her second language and she has never seen or heard of a the Iditarod prior to this or even seen snow! So this was a good experience …
By Martha Dobson, Iditarod Educational Consultant Teachers rejuvenate themselves and their classroom teaching by trying different ideas, activities, and different techniques to catch their students’ interest and boost learning. The Iditarod is one of those different topics to use as a teaching tool to facilitate student learning. How do teachers discover the Iditarod, and how …
Every year we hold an IditaRead. Our budget runs between $450 and $500. The following is a summary of the a typical Idita Read: We went to a company and ordered these cool dog tags as reading incentives for the kids. They run about $.30 apiece when ordered in a large quantity. Any student reaching …
I was interested in presenting this lesson to my students as a way to celebrate the end of their state testing and to also introduce my students to the true meaning of self-sacrifice, commitment, survival, and endurance. The project began with the documentary of Sven Haltmann to build background knowledge and to make a personal connection …
Students from a Lemoyne Middle School’s sixth grade reading class completed their Iditarod unit by reading and writing about stories like: Balto, by Standiford, TOGO, by Blake, Where’s the Boss? by Harter for background knowledge of the Iditarod and sled dog experiences. We then read Gary Paulsen’s Woodsong. One of the writing pieces they completed …
Hi! I teach 1st grade at St. John the Baptist School in Green Bay, WI. I just wanted to share what we are doing for the Iditaread challenge. The Iditaread challenge was kicked off with a small banquet of dog bone shaped Scooby snacks, popcorn balls and snow cones. During the Banquet teams were announced. …
Our small North Carolina town has a strong sense of community—folks and their families have lived here for generations, and the town considers its schools, although part of a county school system, “their schools”. At the holiday season, our local museum decorates for Christmas and invites the schools to provide decorations for its many trees …