Tuesday, March 1, 2011

The Alaskan Iditarod


ATTENTION 5TH GRADE STUDENTS: Get ready to take an incredible journey through Alaska with a musher and his or her dog team. The study of the Alaskan Iditarod was a favorite among many students from last year! I love teaching about the Iditarod and enjoy this unit of study. I can't wait to experience this amazing journey through rugged terrain and bone chilling temperatures with all of you. The official site of the Iditarod can be found here: http://www.iditarod.com/

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Friday, March 4

Choose your musher! Lance Mackey will be the musher for the entire 5th grade. We did this last year and he won for the fourth year in a row! Will he make it five years in 2011? You also cannot choose Mitch Seavey. Mitch is the musher I chose the last two years, so I am going to stick with the same one! Go to this site to choose your musher and remember to print a picture:http://www.iditarod.com/race/musherlisting.html