"I heard the coolest thing on the radio this morning and only you are crazy enough to do it with me!" Mrs. Rizzuto told Mrs. Reiter as she burst through the classroom door one morning. And thus, the idea was born!
The coolest thing that Mrs. Rizzuto had heard about was a lodge in Minnesota where they taught the guests how to dog sled. Mrs. Reiter suggested that they pair the trip to the dog sled lodge with a trip to Alaska to attend the Iditarod Teachers' Workshop and watch the beginning of the race.
Add in a change to the third grade math curriculum to incorporate the race and a polar regions unit in fourth and fifth grade science....
and they were off and racing down the trail!
Love,
Mrs. Reiter
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