Student Work Samples

06/12/2009

Creative Writing: An Assignment for Any Grade Level: Lesson and Writing Sample from Students

Tom Russoniello, New Jersey,  understands that students are inspired to write when using the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race® as the tool for learning.  Using a lesson created by Kathy Kent, New Jersey, and housed on our website, Mr. Russoniello’s…

Filed under Curriculum for the Classroom, Language Arts, Student Work Samples

03/25/2009

The Alaskan Husky by Gabrielle from Florida

The Alaskan Husky
By Gabrielle

Alaskan husky strong and smart,
Tall and brave with a beating heart.

Alaskan husky, a very good pleader,
Wants to be the front row leader.

Years go by too fast for him,
Now he has…

Filed under Language Arts, Student Work Samples

02/21/2009

Students in MD Share Poetry

The students in 4th grade at Rockland Woods Elementary sent their poetry to us so we could share it with you!  Enjoy!

From Willow to Nome
race dogs race
ole the place youll go
zoom!!!!
eliminate
Nome !!!!
Keanna
by…

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02/18/2009

Following the Race from Washington

Hello Iditarod Education Department!
My class annually follows the Iditarod. We put up a map and bulletin board in the hallway at our school so that all of the students in our small school can follow along. Each student chooses…

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02/16/2009

Teacher Creates Totem Pole: A Letter from Pete

Diane,
Many late Hellos!!  This letter has been a year and a half in the making….maybe more.  Your email about using the Iditarod experience is coming back to you.  As a shop teacher, I was always looking for a way…

Filed under Art, Music, FACS, Indust Arts, Social Studies, Student Work Samples

02/16/2009

Social Studies and Science: Totem Poles

By Laurie Nakauchi-Hawn, Finalist for Target® 2009 Iditarod Teacher on the TrailTM
First Grade, Friends’ School Boulder
With the Iditarod coming up, my first grade class has been studying the people and animals of the arctic. As a way for…

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09/17/2008

Students Sing Hobo Jim’s Iditarod Trail Song

Follow the link to Teacher Tube to listen to a great Idita- Tune sung by Deb Shaller’s students.
CLICK HERE!
Hey Hobo Jim! This class would enjoy singing on stage with you sometime!

Filed under Art, Music, FACS, Indust Arts, News and Information, Places, People, or Dogs, Student Work Samples, Technology-Information Highway

04/04/2008

Students Write Poems

Students from a Lemoyne Middle School’s sixth grade reading class completed their Iditarod unit by reading and writing about stories like: Balto, by Standiford, TOGO, by Blake, Where’s the Boss? by Harter for background knowledge of the Iditarod and sled…

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03/11/2008

Faces of the Last Great Race on Earth: Student Checkpoint

 
 
A Student Essay By Mariah
The Iditarod is a 1,000 mile race in Alaska. This doesn’t sound like a way to learn to me, or at least it didn’t before last year. My fifth grade teacher made it…

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03/05/2008

Iditarod Headquarters: Vet Check Day

Wasilla Headquarters: Vet Check: by Cathy Walters, Finalist for Target 2009 Iditarod Teacher on the Trail
It really is a small world. Here I am in Wasilla, Alaska, thousands of miles from where I live and I meet another soul…

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