Student Work Samples

03/17/2010

Trent Herbst : Musher, Educator, and Inspirational Leader

Trent and the Snowshoes
Just like all of the 2010 Iditarod Mushers, Trent Herbst left Willow, Alaska for Nome.  Trent is a 4th Grade teacher from Idaho.  In many ways, Trent’s students began the journey with him – and the…

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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…

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03/14/2010

Poetry by Students

Poems from my students for the 2010 Iditarod
I’m teaching a unit on the Iditarod for a small group of homeschooled kids (grades 4 through in our city.  One of the assignments was to write a free-verse poem about the…

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03/11/2010

Poetry from Students in New York

I am a student teacher in a fourth grade class in Geneva, NY.  For one of my units, I am having my class follow the Iditarod, one musher in particular, and we are doing a variety of activities and assignments. …

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12/29/2009

Language Arts: ABC Books

Creating an ABC book is an excellent way to combine research, writing, and technology skills.
Nicole’s ABC Book (PowerPoint)

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12/29/2009

Yupik Art Project

Yupik Art Project for Classrooms!
Educational Journalist, Joy Davis, of Indiana recently engaged her students in an art project involving Yupik heritage.  Her basic skills class sponsors Mike Williams, Jr. who is a Yupik Eskimo.  To learn more about the…

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12/18/2009

Showing Support for Rookies

Educational Journalist, Joy Davis, of Indiana and her Basic Skills Class recently made support quilts for three rookie mushers- Pat Moon, Middy Johnson, and Tamara Rose.  The students helped in the design work and layout.  They learned about the mushers…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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!

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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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