Iditarod Inspired Poetry
Teacher on the Trail
February 1, 2011
6:33 pm
In my classroom, our study of poetry falls at the end of March. To ease the transition from the Iditarod and Alaska to poetry, I
In my classroom, our study of poetry falls at the end of March. To ease the transition from the Iditarod and Alaska to poetry, I
Honest dogs—I first came across those words in Gary Paulsen’s book, Woodsong, used to describe one of his dogs, Storm. Paulsen defined Storm as a
When I arrive in Alaska around February 22, I’ll post often to keep you in the loop about what I am doing and what is
(Keep on reading to find some ideas of activities for your students to do.) Mushers carry the following mandatory items in their sleds during the
Bullseye, the Target® mascot, travels with me to presentations I make and on trips I take. We’ve traveled to schools in North Carolina and to Asheville,
North Carolina, my home, is a state with very different regions—the Appalachian Mountains in the western part of the state; the rolling land of the Piedmont
The Iditarod and its race statistics make math real-life situations for students, helping them understand how math is used in everyday life. Use these math
THE box arrived a week ago. THE box I’ve been waiting for contains an anorak, arctic boot and a mukluk to try on for size.
Learn about an old sprint sled, introduced by a couple of my students on our school’s TV announcements. [wpvideo XYaFxubD]
Breeding dogs to achieve the desired characteristics is a science for mushers. They breed dogs with these characteristics, looking at the dogs’ backgrounds of their
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