- 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…
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- 12/31/2009
- Idita Read™
Join the Idita Read™ and race from Anchorage to Nome!
Click on this to use the Iditarod forms for your students. Tip: Ask students to save the forms to the computer. Students can then type on the form instead of…
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- 10/29/2009
- IditaRead™
An IditaRead is an excellent way to encourage students to read.
An IditaRead is held in connection with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race® — the Iditarod Trail and the Iditarod Mushers are used as ‘benchmarks’ of reading progress for…
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- 06/03/2009
- Idita-Read- California Style
Every year we hold an Idita Read. Our budget runs between $450 and $500. The following is a summary of the 2009 Idita Read:
We went to a company called imagestuff.com and ordered these cool dog tags as reading incentives…
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- 05/29/2009
- Idita Read in Wisconsin
Hi! I teach 1st grade at St. John the Baptist School in Green Bay, WI. I just wanted to share what we are doing for the Iditaread challenge. The Iditaread challenge was kicked off with a small banquet of dog…
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