IDITAROD
2005 (applies to any year)
NAME:
______________________________________________________
Homeroom
Teacher: ____________________________________________
INSTRUCTIONAL
GOALS:
- To coordinate library skills, technology skills, and
literature enrichment with an historic event run annually
in Alaska.
- To give the students experience in tracking daily information
through the internet.
- To give the students experience in creating a brochure
on PUBLISHER.
- To reinforce research skills
- To encourage the reading of Gary Paulsen titles.
- To write poetry about a specific topic.
- To reinforce informative writing skills.
GENERAL
TIME FRAME SCHEDULE
Week
of February 14
Grade
3: Read MUSH by
Patricia Seibert
Grade
4: Read MUSH by
Patricia Seibert
Grade
5: Read The
Great Serum Race by Debbie Miller
Grade
6: Read The
Great Serum Race by Debbie Miller
Week
of February 21
Grade
3: Read Akiak by
Robert J. Blake
Grade
4: Read Akiak by
Robert J. Blake
Grade
5: Read
from Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers by
Gary Paulsen
Grade
6: Read
from Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers by
Gary Paulsen
Week
of February 28
Grade
3: Introduce
Iditarod project and draw musher names
Grade
4: Introduce
Iditarod project and draw musher names
Grade
5: Introduce
Iditarod project and draw musher names
Grade
6: Introduce
Iditarod project and draw musher names
Week
of March 7 (race begins on March 5th)
Grade
3: Track
musher and record data (sequencing)
Grade
4: Track
musher and record data (sequencing)
“Poetry
on the Trail”
Grade
5: Track
musher and record data (sequencing)
“Iditarod
Brochure” and Gary Paulsen
Grade
6: Track
musher and record data (sequencing)
“Iditarod
Wall” and Gary Paulsen
Week
of March 14
Grade
3: Track
musher and record data (sequencing)
Grade
4: Track
musher and record data (sequencing)
“Poetry
on the Trail”
Grade
5: Track
musher and record data (sequencing)
“Iditarod
Brochure” and Gary Paulsen
Grade
6: Track
musher and record data (sequencing)
“Iditarod
Wall” and Gary Paulsen
Week
of March 21
Grade
3: Track
musher and record data (sequencing)
Grade
4: Track
musher and record data (sequencing)
Grade
5: Track
musher and record data (sequencing)
“Iditarod
Brochure” and Gary Paulsen
Grade
6: Track
musher and record data (sequencing)
“Iditarod
Wall” and Gary Paulsen
Week
of March 28
Wrap
up loose ends and close out Iditarod Project
MEDIA:
Videotape
of DOGSONG by Gary Paulsen
Videotape
titled SEASON OF THE SLED DOG shown
on PBS about the Iditarod
IDITAROD
BROCHURE (5th grade)
You
will create a tri-fold brochure using PUBLISHER. The
following information is required. If there is
extra space left over, you may use your imagination and
add extra pictures or information related to your musher
or the Iditarod race.
REQUIRED
INFORMATION:
History
of the Iditarod
- What is another name for the race?
- What was the Iditarod trail originally?
- What happened in 1925?
- When was the first Iditarod race run?
- Who was the winner of the first Iditarod?
- How long did it take the dog team to finish the first
Iditarod race?
- How many miles is the race?
- Where does the race start and finish?
Other
facts you would like to include
A
Biography of your Musher
1. Name
2. Hometown
3. Age
4. How
long has he/she been mushing?
5. Hobbies
or interests
6. Job
Picture
of your musher if available
Other
facts about your musher
Information
about the 2005 trail
- What route does the trail follow in 2005? Why?
- Select three check points and answer these questions
about each check point.
+ Name
of check point
+ How
many miles from Anchorage?
+ How
many miles to Nome?
+ Population
of the checkpoint
+ Any
interesting facts about the checkpoint
Some
Iditarod Rules
- What is the maximum number of dogs that a musher may
start the race with?
- How many dogs must be on the towline at the finish
of the race?
- What is the GOOD SAMARITAN rule? (see rule 21)
- What is NO MAN’S LAND? (see rule 33)
- How much did it cost to enter the 2005 Iditarod race? (see
rule 39)
Sled
Dog facts
- What breeds of dogs are used mostly for dog-sled racing?
- When do puppies start training?
- What do the terms Hike, Gee, Haw, and Easy mean?
- Why were the sled dogs Togo and Balto famous?
- Other facts of interest to you
2005
IDITAROD WALL (6th grade)
The
Iditarod Wall will be a class effort with each student
contributing something to the wall. There are TALKING
WALLS all over the world which tell stories. Our
Iditarod Wall will tell the story of the 2005 race as
it unfolds.
Some
things that should be included on the IDITAROD WALL.
Map
of Alaska
State
Motto
Statehood
date
Origin
of the name ALASKA
Map
of the 2005 Iditarod trail
Alaska’s
state flag
Inuksuit
sculptures
Eskimo
(Inuit) facts
Eskimo
mask
History
of the Iditarod
Pictures
of the mushers and dog teams
Brief
biographical facts about the mushers
Age
Residence
Dog
sled racing experience
Facts
about the trail and checkpoints
Facts
and pictures of animals that may be seen on the trail
OTHER
IDEAS?
POETRY
ON THE TRAIL (4th grade)
There
are several different types of poetry formats which you
might like to experiment with when writing a poem about
the Iditarod or something related to Alaska, nature on
the trail, or dog-sledding.
1. ACROSTIC
Poetry (FUN and not too
difficult) – In an acrostic poem, the first
letter of each line spells the word that your poem
is about. First Letter of each line should
be larger and BOLD.
LEAF
Lingering
after the last frost,
Each
single leaf flutters slowly
As
it releases the branch to
Fall
to the ground. Deborah
Glessner 2005
2. SHAPE
Poetry (FUN) – A
type of visual poem in which the poem takes
the shape of the subject of the poem. Example:
if the poem were about a fish, then it would be
in the shape of a fish. Designing a shape
poem can be fun, but be careful not to choose a
subject that would be too difficult. We suggest
you map out or draw your shape first and then importing
your text into the shape.
LUNA
You
were
my
first
dandelion
wish,
my cotton
candy
kiss, and sweet
lullaby. With
you nested
in
the palm of my hand,
we
became one with the night,
ruling
over the stars in the sky.
You
have been my guiding light
through
sleepless nights, my
muse,
and friend, always
lending
a listening ear, and
offering
your soft, glowing
light
to ease my fears.
You
are my warm,
goodnight
moon,
Luna. Marie
Summers 2003
3. PALINDROME
Poetry (Challenging) -- Also
called Mirrored Poetry. A palindrome is a
word, phrase, sentence, or a poem that reads the
same forward and backwards. It is important
that the poem makes sense either forward or backward.
REFLECTIONS
Life –
imitates
nature,
always
moving, traveling continuously.
Falling
leaves placed delicately;
foliage
touching the echoing waters,
clarity
removed –
Reflections
distorted through waves rippling;
gracefully
dancing
mirrored
images
images
mirrored.
Dancing
gracefully,
rippling
waves through distorted reflections –
removed
clarity.
Waters
echoing the touching foliage;
delicately
placed leaves falling –
continuously
traveling, moving always,
nature
imitates
life.
Lynne
C. Fadden 2002
4. CLARITY
PYRAMID Poem (Difficult) -- A
Clarity Pyramid poem consists of two triplets and
a single line (7 lines total). This poem
should be centered when typed.
The
first triplet has 1, then 2, and then 3 syllables. The
title of the poem is the one-syllable word of the first
triplet – display in all capital letters. This
line is followed by a two-syllable line, and then the
third line is a three syllable line. These first three
lines clarify the definition of the poem or are synonyms
for the title.
The
second triplet has 5, then 6, then 7 syllables. These
lines should be about something in life which gives a
poetic view or outlook of the title.
The
last line is 8 syllables and is in quotation marks as
this line should be a quot that defines the first word,
the title.
CLARITY
Pyramid Poem example:
PAINT
Pigment
Colorings
Childhood
memory
Coated
in bright layers
With
a daisy border dream
“milky
morsels plucked from rainbows”
Marie
Summers 2002
5.Haiku
Poetry (Fun and slightly
challenging) – Haiku is a Japanese
poetry form. It is an unrhymed verse consisting
of three unrhymed lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables – 17
syllables in all. Haiku is usually written
in the present and is about nature.
Pink
cherry blossoms (5 syllables
Cast
shimmering reflections (7 syllables)
On
seas of Japan (5 syllables) ©Andrea
IDITAROD – Tracking
your musher instructions (3rd
Grade)
Starting
Monday, March 7, each child should check his/her musher’s
progress in the IDITAROD dog-sled race which started
on Saturday, March 5th.
The
children can check and record the musher’s race
progress at home or in school, whatever is easiest.
Use
this as a guide to locating the information needed
for the MUSHER RECORD SHEET.
Note
the date – start with March 7th and daily after
that.
Log
online at this address:
www.IDITAROD.com
On
the left hand side, click on RACE UPDATES
Use
the information given here under CURRENT STANDINGS
to find out the musher’s place in the race for
that day (example: 10th place, etc.) You will also
find the last checkpoint they passed. Write this down
on your RECORD SHEET.
You
may be able to find the number # of dogs still on the
team on this page.
To
find out the number of miles go back to the Iditarod
homepage and click on TRAIN INFORMATION. Then
click on “Southern Route” -- Under
the map you will find a list of all the check points
and it gives the number of miles traveled from Anchorage
as well as the number of miles still to go until they
reach Nome.
If
your musher withdraws from the race, come to the library
to get another musher to track.
MUSHER
RECORD SHEET
Musher’s
Name______________________
DATE CHECKPOINT PLACE
IN RACE # OF DOGS MILES
TRAVELED MILES REMAINING
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IDITAROD
2005
Hillcrest
Elementary School – Library Project
You
will find most of your information on the internet
from these links. There are others, but these are the
best.
http://www.iditarod.com
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/
http://www.dogsled.com/
http://www.cabelasiditarod.com/ |
