Iditaread: The Reading Race to Nome Begins!

Our class has been thrououghly enjoying learning about The Iditarod. The "Last Great Race on Earth" is a very tough and exciting Alaskan sled dog race run each year from Anchorage to Nome.  This challenging race of nearly 1,000 miles covers some of the roughest, most beautiful terrain in the world. 

 

This year, our Owl class will follow the 43rd Annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race as we compete in our own race: an IditaREAD. Each second grader has been transformed into a miniature musher and will race their sled dog team through all the race checkpoints from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska. All students will be challegenged to match their mushers' arrival at each checkpoint by reading the minute equivalent (1 mile = 1 minute!). 

Each student's goal will be measured based on ALL time spent reading. This will include reading indepentdently, buddy reading, and being read to. Students will keep track of their reading on their special yellow reading log. 

While the ceremonial start of the Iditarod is on Saturday, March 7, 2015, in Anchorage, Alaska and the official race restart is on Sunday, March 8th, our mushers got a head start and began their journey to Nome yesterday! We will continue until the last musher reaches Nome!
Check out the board as of this morning:

Good luck with the IditaREADChallenge!! 

To follow the Iditarod Race at home, check out: Iditarod-Last Great Race on Earth. 

Also, for an interactive experience of Balto, Togo and the other dogs of the Great Serum Race, students can visit: Serum Run Game