Curriculum for the Classroom

03/15/2010

Picture of the Day: 2010 Start Day: 4 Paws for Logan

Read about a very special fund raiser to help a young boy by the name of Logan.  See how you can get involved.  Click Here.

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Filed under 2010 Race Season, News and Information, Service Learning Projects, Teacher Tips and Tools

03/15/2010

Herb Brambley in Shaktoolik: Skype Call

Skype Call:
Millennium Race Headquarters to Target® Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ Herb Brambley…
Monday evening, March 14, Herb was in Shaktoolik, Alaska.
Tomorrow, Herb plans to go to Koyuk.
Follow Herb’s journey at this link.
Herb and Shaktoolik via…

Filed under News and Information, Target Teacher on the Trail, Teacher Tips and Tools

03/15/2010

Iditarod Around the World: Taiwan

Hi Diane!
Here are two files that shows my one of my students’ letters.  She wants to thank you and your website for helping her learn.
English is her second language and she has never seen or heard of a…

Filed under Language Arts, News and Information, Teacher Tips and Tools

03/15/2010

Goal Setting and Community Service

By Valerie Orner, Educational Journalist
On the first day of school, I presented my students with a community service goal which tied into the Iditarod Rookie Project.   We were going to raise money for our rookie musher, Kim Darst and…

Filed under 2010 Race Season, News and Information, Service Learning Projects, Student Work Samples, Teacher Tips and Tools

03/14/2010

Far From Home: Marshall and McDonald Take on the Iditarod

by Sally Simon, Finalist for Target® Iditarod 2011  Teacher on the Trail™, New York
One has an infectious smile, the other wears a kilt.  Both received a lot of attention at this year’s Iditarod.  Newton Marshall, from Jamaica, and Wattie…

Filed under 2010 Race Season, Language Arts, People, Places, or Dogs, Rookie Mushers, Social Studies, Target Teacher on the Trail

03/14/2010

Jon Van Zyle

by Martha Dobson, Finalist, Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, North Carolina
Jon Van Zyle turns his artistic talent to support the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race every year when he creates the official race poster. Beautifully done, each…

Filed under Art, Music, FACS, Indust Arts, News and Information, People, Places, or Dogs, Target Teacher on the Trail

03/14/2010

The Challenge of a Lifetime

By Blynne Froke, Finalist for Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, California
Over the next few days we will watch mushers cross the finish line in Nome triumphantly securing their places on a very elite list.  Some of them…

Filed under News and Information, People, Places, or Dogs, Rookie Mushers, Target Teacher on the Trail

03/14/2010

I’ll “Mush” Vicariously Through Books, Video, and the Official Websites

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…

Filed under Idita Reads and Races, IditaRead™, Language Arts, News and Information, Teacher Tips and Tools

03/11/2010

Follow Herb Brambley, Target® 2010 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™

Don’t miss a minute of the 2010 Iditarod!  Follow Herb Brambley, Target® 2010 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™ as he travels from checkpoint to checkpoint along the Iditarod Trail.
Herb is traveling by plane with the Iditarod Air Force.  He…

Filed under News and Information, Target Teacher on the Trail, Teacher Tips and Tools

03/11/2010

A Picture Tells A Story: Looking into the Future

By Martha Dobson, Finalist for Target® 2011 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail,™ North Carolina
Standing on the runners of his future with his history and culture for a foundation, this young boy embodies Native Alaskan lifestyle. His story is where…

Filed under News and Information, Target Teacher on the Trail, Teacher Tips and Tools

03/11/2010

A Picture Tells A Story: One Picture

By Blynne Froke, Finalist for Target® 2011 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail, California
Choosing just one picture to represent the Iditarod and all that the experience means is next to impossible.  There are so many faces intent on the experience,…

Filed under 2010 Race Season, News and Information, Target Teacher on the Trail, Teacher Tips and Tools

03/11/2010

A Picture Tells A Story: Portrait of Mentor and Student

by Sally Simon, Finalist for Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail ™, New York
I used to think the Iditarod was all about dogs.  Dogs and the relationship between dog and human.  Man against nature.  Overcoming obstacles.
The Iditarod…

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03/11/2010

Meet the Volunteers! Grandpa Phil

By the Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™ Finalists:  Martha Dobson (NC), Blynne Froke (CA), and Sally Simon (NY)
Grandpa Phil holds a special place in the hearts of the family of Iditarod volunteers.  His volunteer job is to…

Filed under 2010 Race Season, News and Information, Target Teacher on the Trail, Teacher Tips and Tools, Volunteers of the Iditarod

03/08/2010

Bernard Harris: Dreams Do Come True

by Sally Simon, Finalist for Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, New York
Bernard Harris was a boy with a dream of becoming an astronaut.  Now he’s a man of accomplishment giving back to others so that their dreams…

Filed under 2010 Race Season, News and Information, People, Places, or Dogs, Target Teacher on the Trail, Teacher Tips and Tools

03/08/2010

The Dog Doctor, Stuart Nelson, Jr., DVM

By Martha Dobson, Finalist, Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, North Carolina
Twenty-four years of Iditarod dog experience. That’s what Dr. Nelson, the chief vet for the Iditarod has under his belt. Starting as a trail vet in 1986…

Filed under 2010 Race Season, News and Information, People, Places, or Dogs, Target Teacher on the Trail, Teacher Tips and Tools

03/08/2010

A Fork in the Trail

By Blynne Froke, Finalist for Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail*, California
On Friday, March 5, 2010 four time Iditarod Champion Jeff King shared with an attentive crowd at the Millennium Hotel stories of thirty years of dog mushing.…

Filed under 2010 Race Season, News and Information, People, Places, or Dogs, Target Teacher on the Trail

03/05/2010

Stories! Stories! Stories!

Martha Dobson, Finalist for Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, North Carolina
Today, March 3, was field trip day for Iditarod race fans and teachers attending the Winter Educators’ Conference. At 8:00, we loaded up a charter bus to…

Filed under 2010 Race Season, News and Information, People, Places, or Dogs, Target Teacher on the Trail

03/05/2010

It’s ALL About the Dogs

By Blynne Froke, Finalist for Target® 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, California
Another great day at the Winter Conference!
We visited Headquarters today and observed the official vet checks. I don’t get this much attention from my doctor, nor do…

Filed under 2010 Race Season, News and Information, People, Places, or Dogs, Target Teacher on the Trail

03/05/2010

Iditarod Field Trip: Happy Trails Kennel

By Sally Simon, Finalist for Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, New York
When visiting Happy Trails Kennel most people get excited about meeting Martin Buser. He is, after all, an Iditarod icon.
They want to hear him talk…

Filed under Conferences and Workshops, News and Information, People, Places, or Dogs, Target Teacher on the Trail

03/02/2010

Educators in Action in Alaska!

The 2010 Iditarod Winter Teacher’s Conference began on Monday, March 1 with a get together at Wells Fargo’s Alaska Heritage Museum.  Teachers had the opportunity to meet each other and begin the very important step of collaborating with each other…

Filed under 2010 Race Season, Alaska Bound? Read This!, Curriculum for the Classroom, News and Information, Teacher Tips and Tools, Zuma's Paw Prints

03/02/2010

Walk a Mile in My Shoes

by Sally Simon, Finalist for Target® 2011 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail™
Today I learned a new meaning for “walk a mile in my shoes,” literally.
Under the direction of Sara Lamont, a kindergarten teacher from Wasilla, Alaska, the other…

Filed under 2010 Race Season, Math, News and Information, Science, Target Teacher on the Trail

03/02/2010

Snowshoe Wonderland

By Blynne Froke, Finalist for Target® Teacher on the Trail™ 2011, California
Wow, what an afternoon! Being from California, I have not had the experience of snowshoeing before. A new experience and some old lessons came my way this afternoon.…

Filed under 2010 Race Season, News and Information, Target Teacher on the Trail

03/02/2010

Know and Grow

Martha Dobson, Finalist for Target® Iditarod 2011 Teacher on the Trail™, North Carolina
Have you noticed that when you do something new, you try to connect it to what you already know? The new activity or experience activates prior knowledge;…

Filed under 2010 Race Season, News and Information, Target Teacher on the Trail

02/25/2010

Iditarod Poetry: Read then Get Writing!

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…

Filed under Curriculum for the Classroom, Language Arts, News and Information, Teacher Tips and Tools

02/25/2010

Iditarod: A Cross Curricular Approach

By Sally, Indiana
I use a cross-curricular approach to teaching the Iditarod.  I begin this unit in January using many of my own photographs and personal knowledge of Alaska (I’ve been there several times and LOVE it) Language arts includes…

Filed under Curriculum for the Classroom, Language Arts, Math, News and Information, Science, Social Studies