Teacher on the Trail » reading http://iditarodblogs.com/tott Lessons from the teaching adventure of a lifetime. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:34:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Use the book, Sled Dogs Run, to teach phonological skills http://iditarodblogs.com/tott/2009/01/28/253/ http://iditarodblogs.com/tott/2009/01/28/253/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:38:55 +0000 Cathy (2009) http://iditarodblogs.com/tott/2009/01/28/253/ Summary:  This lesson teaches phonological awareness skills (word awareness, syllable awareness, rhyming, and sound awareness) using the rich vocabulary found in the book, Sled Dogs Run, by Jonathan London with illustrations by Jon Van Zyle.

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]]> http://iditarodblogs.com/tott/2009/01/28/253/feed/ 0 Willow Ptarmigan — Master of Disguise http://iditarodblogs.com/tott/2008/08/29/willow-ptarmigan-%e2%80%94-master-of-disguise/ http://iditarodblogs.com/tott/2008/08/29/willow-ptarmigan-%e2%80%94-master-of-disguise/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:45:09 +0000 Cathy (2009) http://iditarodblogs.com/tott/2008/08/29/willow-ptarmigan-%e2%80%94-master-of-disguise/ Summary: After conducting the toothpick experiment and reading Gone Again Ptarmigan students will see in this art activity how important camouflage is to Alaska’s state bird, the willow ptarmigan and other Arctic animals. (Other Arctic animals that change their coats or feathers with the season are the Arctic fox, the short-tailed weasel (known as ermine in their winter coats), the snowy owl, and the snowshoe hare. Polar bears keep their camouflage all year long!)

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