Lesson Plan Summary: This lesson provides a great recipe for making your very own dog bone cookies!
Download Lesson Plan: Cathy’s Canine Treats
Numbers. The bottom line. In the recent presidential election the winner was decided by who had the most votes. The more dogs you have at the end of the race, the higher you are likely to finish. Last Sunday in the Super Bowl, there were all kinds of numbers given, first downs, completed passes, etc, but the bottom line, the numbers that decide which team won the game, are the ones on the scoreboard, 27-23. The high score wins. At this point in my cancer treatment I am playing a numbers game too, and again the high score wins. The higher my white and red blood cell counts are, the healthier I am. Currently my counts are so low that I cannot eat fresh fruits or vegetables for fear that some germ may not get washed off and attack my weakened immune system. I am still fatigued by anemia. My hope and prayer is that my numbers will steadily increase-which they are doing!-to the point that I am healthy enough to board that plane to Alaska on February 24. The bottom line is in the numbers.
So with all the ways numbers affect our lives I thought it was time to post a few number lessons. One lesson is for building up the excitement of The Last Great Race on Earth by counting down the days until Iditarod XXXVII. The second is a fun lesson on learning to skip count by 5’s using dog bones and tally marks. And in the third lesson students will sort dog bones by color, demonstrate 1-1 correspondence in counting, and show conceptual understanding of the terms more, less, and equal. Since my last message, I did post a lesson on phonological awareness using the book, Sled Dogs Run, by Jonathan London with illustrations by Jon Van Zyle. The teacher’s guide that accompanies the lesson is filled with ideas that can be used for transition times, dismissal, as well as small and whole group instruction. I hope you can add these lessons to your Iditarod studies. Happy Trails!
Summary: In this lesson students will learn to skip count by fives using tally marks and dog bones.
Download Lesson Plan: Dog Bone Tally
Download Lesson Plan Supplement: Tally Sheet
Summary: Students will sort dog bones by color, demonstrate 1-1 correspondence, and show conceptual understanding of the terms more, less, and equal in this lesson.
Download Lesson Plan: Sort and Count Dog Bones
Summary: 16 husky number cards help students learn number order and one-to-one correspondence. The accompanying songs teach adding and taking away one.
Download Lesson Plan: Husky Number Cards
Download Lesson Supplement: Husky Take Away Song
Download Lesson Supplement: Husky Plus One Song
Summary: This is a fun and easy daily station where students can practice counting and writing numbers independently.
Download Lesson Plan: Dog Bone Count
Summary: Students will look for red, yellow, blue and green toothpicks distributed in a grassy area and discover that the green toothpicks are more difficult to find because they are the color of their surroundings.
Posted by Cathy (2009) in Lessons, Math, Science
Tagged grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, kindergarten, math, preschool, science
Math Activities and Lessons by Kim Slade, 2007 Teacher on the Trail™
This PDF booklet contains math activities for all ages. This packet was put together in 2007 for Wells Fargo. The packet was sent to schools in Alaska. The lessons and activities can be easily adapted to any race year and used for any grade level.
Iditarod Teacher’s Tool by 2007 Teacher on the TrailTM Kim Slade.
These lessons are in PDF format. They can easily be adapted to grade levels.
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25 Math Problems for Daily Math Created by 2008 Teacher on the Trail™ Jane Blaile
These lessons were created to be used during the 2008 Iditarod. They can be adapted to the current race and can be used for any grade level by adjusting the level of difficulty or by providing facilitation of the math computation.
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Creating a Ven Diagram Developed by 2008 Teacher on the Trail™ Jane Blaile
This lesson can be conducted with students at any grade level. The lesson was created with 2008 race data but can be adapted to any year’s race.
A Sled Dogs First Year Developed by: by Jane Blaile 2008 Teacher on the Trail™
- Discipline / Subject: math, science, social studies, art, reading – varies with activity teacher develops
Topic: the growth and development of a sled dog pup referenced to its age in its first year of life
Grade Level: 1 – 3
- New Year – a sled dog pup’s first year (science)
- Worksheet: sled dog pup first year synopsis
- Worksheet: sled dog pup math problems
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Stem and Leaf Plots: Iditarod Data Collection Developed by Kim Slade, 2007 Teacher on the Trail™
Topic: Collecting Data, Grade Level: 4-7
- Iditarod Stem and Leaf Data
- Worksheet: Iditarod Basic Gear
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How Much is Iditarod Worth, Created by Kim Slade, 2007 Teacher on the Trail™
Subject: Math, Language Arts, Topic: Money, Vocabulary, Grade Level: K – 3
- How Much Is Iditarod Worth?
- Worksheet: How Much Is Iditarod Worth?
Iditarod Bone Math by Kim Slade, 2007 Teacher on the Trail™
Topic: Estimation, Lesson geared for grades K- 2
Lesson Summary: Students use dog bones to measure (non-standard measurement) various object in the classroom and to estimate.
- Iditarod Dog Bone Math
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Husky Number Line by Kim Slade, 2007 Teacher on the Trail™
Grades K- 2, Create Iditarod husky number lines and let these adorable huskies help students learn to add, subtract, and multiply.
- Husky Number Line
- Worksheet: Husky Clipart
- Worksheet: Number Line Pictures
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Iditarod Suduko Puzzles by Kim Slade, 2007 Teacher on the Trail™
Students complete Iditarod Suduko Puzzles for problem solving practice. Easy, medium, and hard puzzle.
- Iditarod Suduko Puzzles
- Worksheet: Iditarod Suduko Puzzle – Easy
- Worksheet: Iditarod Suduko Puzzle – Medium
- Worksheet: Iditarod Suduko Puzzle – Hard
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Trail Mix Fractions by Kim Slade, 2007 Teacher on the Trail™
Students gain practice in using fractions and will determine fractional parts of a bag of trail mix. Any grade level
- Trail Mix Fractions
- Worksheet: Iditarod Trail Mix Fractions Sheet
- Famous Sled Dogs
- Worksheet: Balto & Togo – Compare/Contrast
- Worksheet: Iditarod Math: Balto & Togo
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