Quilt 1
The 3rd graders at New Baden Elementary have been preparing for the quilt to arrive. In December we read the book Iditarod by Monica Devine. We discussed a lot of terminology that went along with the book and the race. We also read the book Balto and the Great Race by Elizabeth Kimmel based on a true story about a dog that helped deliver an antitoxin serum in 1925 to help save children from diphtheria. We also read about the rules on the Iditarod.com website. The students are also researching and reading about the 2010 mushers. The students will pick a musher to follow daily and will be checking his or her progress. When the quilt arrived the students did several activities. The quilt was hung by the office for all the students (grades pre-K-4) to see. The first thing we did was calculate the miles traveled by the quilt and learned about the locations the quilt traveled. We also shared the quilt with a neighboring school in Bartelso, IL. The students were also put into groups and created quilt squares. We then voted on the favorite one and it was designed onto the square. We really enjoyed the quilt.
View the student’s scrapbook page. (PDF Document)
Quilt 2
Quilt 2 traveled to Price, UT.
Mrs Kokal’s Life Management students are constructing a Iditarod quilt to remember the experience at CHS. They have chosen the fabric that they are going to use. Then they found pictures they could use with Dritz Printed Treasures Inkjet Printable Fabric Sew on picture sheets.
They will now put the quilt together during extra class time. You can see some of the pictures they have chosen are huskies, dog racing, Alaskan skies, and the map of the Iditarod. After watching the DVD of the 2008 race we can’t wait to watch Iditarod 2010.
We enjoyed the quilt. We still have a few more activities planned until the Iditarod starts but the quilt started the events. Thanks for including us. I think we will ask for the quilt again next year.
Gaylene
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Quilt 3
Quilt arrived in PA on January 19, almost a month late. We’ll be adjusting the schedule slightly since the quilt arrived about the time it should be sent to the next school. Sorry about the delay. Check back again for an update.
Quilt 4
