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Practice identifying sentence types the Idita-way! (Worksheet and answer key can be downloaded below!) Kinds of Sentences Put the correct punctuation at the end of each sentence. Tell if the sentence is a declarative, an interrogative, an imperative, or an exclamatory sentence. 1. ____________ Dog teams pull sleds in the Iditarod 2. ____________ How many …
Educational Journalist, Joy Davis, of Indiana and her Basic Skills Class recently made support quilts for three rookie mushers- Pat Moon, Middy Johnson, and Tamara Rose. The students helped in the design work and layout. They learned about the mushers while working on the quilts. To view a larger image of the pictures, click on …
Zuma’s Paw Prints isn’t JUST reading material for your students. It is more than knowledge about Alaska and the race. The articles are content for teaching language arts and other curriculum areas. Bonnie Nizamis is an independent consultant working with schools across the country – and as she teaches teachers how to integrate technology in …
My school, Northwest Elementary in Kinston, NC, participated in the IditaRead™ for the first time this year. We challenged our 3-5th graders to see if they could read 1049 books. We started on February 22, and boy did the kids read! We had no idea that they would take to it quite like they did. We …
I am the speech therapist for middle & high schoolers with severe disabilities. (Grades 6 – 12) My teaching area is Speech Language Pathology. Our goal is to promote communication to gain information that is motivating to our students. Most of our students are non-verbal so in order to use their communication devices they need …
My class did a modified version of Idita-Read. I copied all of the materials from the web-site for each of my students. On the first page of the packet, the students had to set goals. Our goal as a class was to read for 15 minutes everyday during Language Arts class. This could be any …
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 …
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 …