The Iditarod is called The Last Great Race. It is a 1,050-mile sled dog race across Alaska. It is something that we have been focused on for the last 2 weeks. The children have been learning the history behind it, researching their veteran mushers, tracking the distances their mushers go each day, and they graph that distance every day. We've been working on writing letters to the dog K-( journalist team. There are several dogs who report out about what's happening on the trail and the kids are typing these letters so we can email it to the dogs. This has been very interesting to follow as many of the mushers the kids are following have been in the top 10. We will probably end it next week as I expect the race to have its winner Monday or Tuesday. We'll keep tracking the mushers until the race is finally finished when the last musher has crossed the finish line.
Trimester 2 is ending in 2 weeks. I will be sending home report cards Monday, March 28.
Your children have been working this triester on researching people and creating a biography report. They have been reading different fractured fairy tales and are about to create their own. We've been learning different parts of speech and grammar skills. In math, more in-depth multiplication has been our main focus. We are spending this month learning long division. In science, we learned about sound and light energy. We got to do some fun experiments.
Remember that there is an early release Tuesday 3/29. Dismissal is at 11:30.
Popcorn Days are every Thursday and are 50 cents each.
