The Iditarod
3/4/2018
One of the great things about our combined classroom is how easy it makes collaborations between the two classes. Recently, kindergarten and first grade paired together to plan and execute this year's PNA Iditarod. While kindergarten prepared for the race, first grade prepared the course. First grade students were all eager to be part of the event that they had such fond memories of from their own race the previous year. They studied the Iditarod trail map and made each stretch of PNA's Iditarod like the real trail. As a result, kindergarten experienced ruts and rocks, crossed over icy lakes, and through forests, fog, ground blizzards, and white outs. The process of making the trail was a wonderful experience. Not only did we cover a geography standard as we studied and created the trail map, but we had a lot of fun creating the obstacles as well. Making snow out of shaving cream, glue, and tissue was one of the biggest hits during our work time. (Stay tuned for more footage of race day... I only have video footage on my camera! :)) Comments are closed.
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Hali TuomiMs. Tuomi has over five years experience in ASD, where she taught first and fifth grade classrooms. An avid skier, Ms. Tuomi is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Alaska Pacific University’s Bachelor of Arts in K-8 Education. Archives
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