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Terrie’s Lessons

Date: November 6, 2008
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2/24/2006 Military Time
Worksheet: Military Time Worksheet
2/24/2006 Iron Will in Literature
Worksheet: Goal Setting for Success
Worksheet: Keys to Excellence
Worksheet: Lead Dog
2/24/2006 Hypothermia
Worksheet: Hypothermia
2/24/2006 Musher Circuit Training
2/24/2006 ZZZZZzzzzzzzzs
Worksheet: Study Guide
Worksheet: Application Problem
2/01/2006 Musher Nutrition
2/01/2006 Idita-Warm-up
2/01/2006 Jack Frost
Worksheet: Frostbite Worksheet
2/01/2006 Wind Chill
2/01/2006 Snow Bound – Teenagers & Survival
12/28/2005 Checkpoint Fitness
12/28/2005 A Penny For Your Thoughts
12/28/2005 Miles to Kilometers & Kilometers to Miles
Worksheet: Miles/km Worksheet
12/28/2005 Average Speed & Projected Finish Time
11/29/2005 Iditarod Trail
11/29/2005 Idita-Math Challenge
Worksheet: Grades K – 2
Worksheet: Grades 3 – 5
Worksheet: Grades 6 – 8
Worksheet: Kennel Budget
11/01/2005 Calories In – Calories Out
Worksheet: Calories In, Calories Out Journal
11/01/2005 Estimating Fahrenheit from Celsius
Worksheet: Celsius & Fahrenheit Temperatures
11/01/2005 Totem Poles of Alaska
11/01/2005 Where men are men and women win the Iditarod!
10/01/2005 Iditarod Homonyms
Worksheet: Commonly Confused Words Homophones or Homonyms
10/01/2005 Idit-Aerobics
9/01/2005 Iditarod Scavenger or Checkpoint Hunt
9/01/2005 HAW & L Check-up
9/01/2005 EIGHT Traits of IDITAROD
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Sing to Read

Date: August 12, 2008

Summary: Students will learn strategies to decode the word “Iditarod.” They will identify all letters by name and sound, place the letters in the correct order and orally read “Iditarod” as a sight word.

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Respect and Responsibility — Character Education

Date: July 23, 2008

Summary: This lesson(s) will focus on the first tenet of the acronym RACE, respect and responsibility. Through song, reading, video, discussion, and drama students will identify and demonstrate respect and responsibility.

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Attitude — Character Education

Date: July 23, 2008

Summary: Through song, reading, discussion, and viewing mushers in action students will identify and demonstrate a good attitude.

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Water the Huskies Relay

Date: July 17, 2008

Summary: Students will run traditional relays with the intent of working as a team to water their huskies. The focus is on the chores necessary to take good care of the dogs and less on winning the race.

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Feed the Huskies Relay

Date: July 17, 2008

Summary: Students will run traditional relays with the intent of working as a team to feed their huskies.  The focus is on the chores necessary to take good care of the dogs and less on winning the race.

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Pooper Scooper Relay

Date: July 17, 2008

Summary: Students will run traditional relays with the intent of working as a team to clean the dog yard.  The focus is on the chores necessary to take good care of the dogs and less on winning the race.

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Bootie Relay

Date: July 17, 2008

Summary: Relay race using team work and cooperation. Students work in teams of three to five to come up with the best strategy to bootie their dogs (chairs). Students start the race with chairs standing in a row. They may bootie their “dogs” in any fashion—even turning them upside down—but they must be returned to their upright position and all team members must return to the starting line before their task is complete.

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Little Brown Bear

Date: July 16, 2008

Little Brown Bear is a line game where all players are involved at all times.  Children especially like this game when the teacher, counselor, or leader assumes the role of “it,” or in this case, Little Brown Bear. All of the children must move through the woods as Little Brown Bear has stated.  Using the same locomotor skill, Little Brown Bear tries to tag as many players as possible as they move through the woods.  Players who are tagged become Little Brown Bears helpers.

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Black Bear

Date: July 16, 2008

Summary: Black Bear is a line game that allows all players to be involved at all times.  Children especially like it when the teacher or counselor assumes the role of “it,” Black Bear. Black Bear is a game that tests auditory discrimination and teaches children to navigate a designated area while avoiding being tagged.  Anticipating the signal adds to the fun.

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White Bear

Date: July 16, 2008

Summary: White Bear provides an opportunity to move in general space with a partner, without colliding with others. Whenever White Bear says, “White Bear is hungry!” all of the fish must run across the sea area and attempt to reach the opposite base line as White Bear chases them.  White Bear may only catch one fish at a time.  Whenever White Bear has a pair of fish in his Ice Cave, they join hands and become fishermen.  Then when White Bear says, “White Bear is hungry!” the fishermen may go fishing with White Bear capturing one fish at a time.

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Dog Yard Tag

Date: July 16, 2008

Summary: This is a basic tag game that allows student to have fun with sound effects. The “its” are the wind and the rest of the players are Alaskan huskies. The “its” tag the huskies and they howl three times and freeze. The designated mushers may free the huskies by saying “Good Dog!” and patting them on the head.

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Iditarod Fun and Games

Date: July 15, 2008

I love camp!  I love being a camper and I love being a counselor.  After spending a terrific time as a camper at the Iditarod Summer Camp for Teachers in June, I came home to be a counselor for the first three weeks of July at Summer Quest, a day camp held at Carolina Day School.

The first week I taught four-year-olds art.  Yes, that’s right, four-year-olds.   They were great!  They learned the basic elements of shape, learned to identify the work of Vincent van Gogh and Mary Cassatt, they even painted their own versions of Vincent’s Sunflowers and Starry Night.

But what I have to share with you lesson-wise comes from the other two camps, Get Up and Play! and MUSH! Iditarod Quest!   Both of these camps give me the opportunity to write new Iditarod curriculum that can be used during the school year.  In Get Up and Play! I select games that get campers excited about just playing; but these games also develop specific physical education skills.  These are classic games that are easy to play and involve everyone.  And, of course, they are just plain fun.  The first three games posted are named after the three types of bears that live in Alaska, Black Bear, Brown Bear, and White Bear.  All three are line games, which simply means that all participants are moving toward the same goal at the same time.  Children really enjoy these games, especially when the teacher or counselor assumes the role of being “it.”  Also from this camp I have included one tag game, Dog Yard Tag.  Tag games are great because everyone is involved and active, the emphasis on winning and losing is greatly diminished, and generally none of the players are singled out for not doing well.  This makes tag games an excellent choice for any physical education class.

The first lessons I’m posting from MUSH! Iditarod Quest! can be used in physical education class but also meet educational standards addressed in character education.  These relay and team races are designed to get campers and students involved in laughing, having fun, and learning about some of the chores that are involved in taking care of a dog sled team.

These games are suitable for all elementary grade levels; however, recommended grade levels are provided for each game.  As with all successful activities be sure to: 1) Teach game procedures, 2) Model how to play the game, 3) Discuss how to tag without causing injury, and 4) Allow students to agree that the game will be much more fun if everyone is fair and honest.

The eight games I used at camp:

I hope these games will enhance your Iditarod units!

Posted by Cathy (2009) in Lessons, Messages, Physical Education Tagged

Physical Education, Games, and Activities

Date: July 11, 2008

That’s the Name of the Game Compiled by Jane Blaile, 2008 Teacher on the Trail™

A common thread between all cultures is that everyone plays games. As you look at the games of different cultures, you will notice that while they may be different in materials used or in variations of rules, many of them are quite similar to a game your students can identify with.

That’s the Name of the Game

Iceberg to Iceberg by Jane Blaile, 2008 Teacher on the Trail™

Lesson Summary: Using teamwork and planning, a “dogteam” gets each dog from one iceberg to the next until they reach the mainland where they can be hooked up to the gangline to continue the race.

Iceberg to Iceberg (P.E.)

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Iditarod Warm Ups! By Terrie Hanke, 2006 Teacher on the Trail™

Lesson Summary: Cover the distance to Nome by counting laps jogged for warm-up as miles. Students decide how many days it will take the class to finish the race. They create a strategy to reach their goal much that same as the mushers do for the race. The class keeps track of their progress on a large wall map. Students give a report each day on the trail conditions, terrain and weather for the portion of the trail that will be covered.

Idita-Warm-up

Checkpoint Physical Fitness by Terrie Hanke, 2006 Teacher on the Trail™

Lesson Summary: Students run, jog or walk for a predetermined amount of time and intensity around the gym.  When time is up students choose a checkpoint to go to. A student rolls the die to determine what exercise the group will do. All students perform the exercise.  Repeat.

Checkpoint Fitness


Iditarod Trail Relay Activities by Terrie Hanke, 2006 Teacher on the Trail™

Lesson Summary: Create checkpoints in a large outdoor area. Each checkpoint will have a team oriented or relay type activity that will advance the team to the next checkpoint or must be completed before the team can move to the next checkpoint. Iditarod Trail can be scaled to take only 1 period of Physical Education or can be used as a multi-class activity taking a longer period of time. See Other Information and Notes. For a large-scale activity, ask
parents to volunteer as checkpoint worker.

Iditarod Trail Relay Activities

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Idita-Aerobics by Terrie Hanke, 2006 Teacher on the Trail™

Lesson Summary: Students will participate in aerobic activity and progress along the Iditarod trail using minutes as miles. To follow the F.I.T. Principle, students should participate in aerobic activity 3 to 5 times per week for 30 minutes while working in his/her target zone. For each minute of aerobic activity, the student moves 1 mile closer to Nome. The first student to arrive in Nome is the Idit-aerobics Champion. The final student to arrive receives the Red Lantern Award. Students may accumulate aerobic minutes by participating in aerobic activity outside of class. Create a verification system for outside activity.

Idit-Aerobics

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Iditarod Scavenger Hunt by Terrie Hanke, 2006 Teacher on the Trail™

Participants work as a team to collect items and checkpoint cards while enjoying aerobic workouts.

Iditarod Scavenger or Checkpoint Hunt



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