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Dog Mushers Legacy by William Miller, AK IDITAROD To Ancient peoples a far away place Now it’s Alaska’s greatest race Joe and Dorothy’s race you see This is their legacy Many mushers will gather to see The fresh faces of people from so many places Hundreds of dogs they will gather Willing to run in …
At Larson Elementary School, in Wasilla, Alaska, Idita-Math is an important family event! On February 1, the school kicked off a month-long event that is designed to helps students improve math skills through an Idita-Math project. More than 100 students, their parents, and teachers attended the event, a ‘Family Game Night’ which partnered math practice …
Idita-Kennel by Nancy Carroll Students bring in a stuffed animal (dog) to place in our Idita-Kennel. We use the dogs for all kinds of lessons throughout the race. In ELA, after researching ‘Sled Dogs’ we write about different positive personality traits of the Iditarod Dog. Students use their stuffed dog as a guide when writing …
Each year, hundreds of schools around the world have their own IDITAROD — or I-Kid-A-Rod. Take a look at this link to view the Ikidarod held at White Lake Elementary School. Be patient, it takes a few minutes to load the images, but it is well worth it to look at ideas for your own …
More Than a Toy….. by Cathy Walters In my classroom I have a small dog lot. The dogs are 7″ long and come in shades of gray and black with white markings. Each one has its own little house. These miniature Alaskan huskies are gifts to my pre-kindergarten students from their fourth grade buddies. The …
Are you interested in reading about the activities going on around the world? How do other teachers connect the race to their curriculum? Find out! Here is a small sampling of ideas that come to us from teachers. “Learning to follow the Iditarod is not just a classroom experience. An entire school can be involved. …
The population along the Kaltag to Unalakleet portage trail exploded over night. Looking at the Ionearth tracker, that area of the trail held the largest concentration of dog teams compared to anywhere else on the trail. As the mushers made the coast today, we heard one common comment – it was cold. Iditarod veteran, Ed …
In 1977 Bob Chlupach attempted and completed his rookie Iditarod. In total he’s completed ten Iditarods over four decades. The 2012 race makes for running an Iditarod in each of five decades. After graduating with a degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology from Iowa State University, Chlupach took a fisheries job in Juneau. Once he …
The Iditarod Books the Trail program has been running for several years now. Schools in the lower 48 and others team up with sister schools along the race trail to deliver much needed books to these remote schools. Recently the Anchorage Public Library has joined our efforts so that even more books can be enjoyed …
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 …