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 their reading goals for the Iditaread received one.  We have given the official Iditarod pencils in the past.

I got  each classroom a dog bootie, and provided them with a poster board on which teachers could post maps to track their mushers and class reading totals.

I also hung a banner at the school entrance that read “MLD Iditaread”.  Finally, we ordered about 12 new children’s books on Alaska and the Iditarod for our school library, and I set out my large collection of books, maps, videos, flags, etc., for all the teachers to use.

Ms. Blair

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