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- 3rd - 5th
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Students use the Iditarod Sled Dog Race as a vehicle for exciting, authentic studying tasks that meet content standards in reading, writing, and communication. They access that people can achieve their goals in spite of age, gender, race, disabilities, mistakes, or adversity. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students recognize the stories written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg and create a functional board game similar to Jumanji. Students recognize the work of Edward Hopper. Students apply the techniques of papier-mache to create a 3-D sculpture. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students describe the origins of the Iditarod Race and identify the defining characteristics of the Iditarod - what it is, where it takes place, when and why it takes place, its rules, and its participants. After gathering information, students describe the training and preparation that is required by an Iditarod musher and their dog team. Information is presented in journals, flow charts, interviews, and fictional stories. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students participate in a simple vocabulary game identifying animals.Students discuss their experiences with their own pets and role play situation between a parent and their child who desperately wants a pet. Students read a text selection about the trend of having a small dog as an accessory. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students study the sound of the /s/ phoneme by first listening to a tongue twister. They recite the tongue twister emphasizing the "s" sound and practice writing the letter. Next, they listen to a read aloud of a book about animals, making the "s" sound each time they hear it the name of an animal. As an assessment, they each identify the /s/ phoneme in pairs of given words. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students discover the many ways in which dogs are trained to help people as part of National Pet Week. The class discusses guide dogs for the blind, hearing dogs for those who cannot hear, and therapy dogs for those who are sick then complete a worksheet. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students read How Dogs Really Work! by Alan Snow. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the study of dogs as pets. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies, and library connections. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students recognize that friction between snow or rocks and the underlying ground holds the snow or rocks in place on a slope, preventing avalanches and landslides. They perform an experiment that might help them answer the question, "What changes could have caused the avalanche?" Full Review »
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- 1st - 8th
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Students conduct research on dog sledding and the Iditarod dog sledding competition. They conduct research and write a report, then using a variety of craft materials design and create a dogsled musher and sled dogs to present with their written report. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students research about outdoor winter activities that include sports and the arts. They gather information about weather conditions and winter carnivals in Canada and the United States. Each student then visually depicts their findings and invent other winter activities in an imaginary winter carnival scene. Full Review »
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