Dear Parents and Families,
Each day we have checked the location and position of our chosen mushers. Almost all of them had finished the race by today. Here they are in the order in which they finished the race.
Musher's Name: Position Student's Names
Lance Mackey 1st Andrew and Corey
Hans Gatt 2nd Ryan and Isiah
Jeff King 3rd Rohyn and Aria
Ramey Smyth 6th Haiden and Jacob
Dallas Seavey 8th Haley and Izabella
Mitch Seavey 10th Molly and Rosel
Martin Buser 14th Lillian and Jason
Jessie Royer 15th Nadia and Ashley
Ailey Zirkle 16th Mrs. Bluhm and Mrs. Taylor
Paul Gephardt 19th Sean and Angus
Dee Dee Jonrowe 22nd Gabriella and Katy
Cim Smyth 23rd Nolan and Petra
Jasson Baron 32nd Nicholas and Autumn
Quinn Iten Ed and Hayley
The race began with over 70 mushers. Thus far, 10 of them have dropped out for various reasons. The students were impressed that the ones we chose to follow were in the top half of those that stayed in the race. Our last musher, Quinn Iten, is a rookie which means this is his first time to race in the Iditarod. He is only 18 years old. We are all cheering for him to finish by tomorrow. Ask about him. Next week, we will go back to our read aloud time with a chapter book set in Alaska with a story about the Iditarod. The book is called Black Star, Bright Dawn. Stay tuned for more.
PORTFOLIOS AND REPORT CARDS: NEXT FRIDAY, MARCH 26TH
We will be organizing and filling our portfolios next week. Your child will bring them home on Friday. This time I will not be sending home workbooks that we are currently using. Any workbook that is completed may be kept at home. All artwork and projects about the Arctic, the Iditarod, and China may be kept at home. Any work samples from Mrs. Colby or Mrs. Sutton may be kept as well. Spelling and Math folders will contain weekly and unit tests for your perusal. Please return both of these folders with all the math and spelling tests. A science folder will also be sent home. You may take all of the papers out of this folder, but we need the folder back at school. The big portfolio itself should also be returned. At the end of the school year, you may keep the big portfolios, all folders and tests.
The report card will be in a white envelope inside your child's Friday Take-Home folder. If you feel the need for a conference, please call or send in a note requesting one. I am available to meet with you from 8:30 - 9:00 AM, or after school from 3:15 - 3:45 any day of the week.
Thanks again for all of your support.
Welcome to our blog. We are a second grade classroom at Antrim Elementary School in Antrim, New Hampshire, USA. There are currently 16 of us in our class. Our teacher is Mrs. Bluhm. We hope you enjoy sharing in our learning. Please be sure to leave us a comment.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Go Dogs Go!
Hello Families and friends,
The children are excited about the Iditarod which starts this Saturday morning. If you start checking the website late Saturday afternoon and through Sunday, you can find out how your child's musher is doing. The children read about the musher's lives, and have chosen one to follow with a partner from our class. Your child should be able to tell you the name of his/her musher by Friday. So if you want to check on their progress in the race, go the Official Site of the Iditarod and click on :View Full Current Standings. This will tell you the position and the location of each musher. We have read two stories this week about two famous sled dogs: Togo and Akiak. Ask your child to tell you what happened with these dogs, and why they are famous. The children are learning about the rules of the race, the training of the dogs, and the mapping of the trail. We are also learning how life has changed in Alaska over the last 100 years, and about the differences and similarities of our lives as compared to life there.
Thanks for all of your support with their homework in spelling and math. They are making great progress.
Also, be sure to check out the photos on our blog site. The photos are about our study on China in which the children learned how to write Chinese characters and were introduced to Sumi brush painting.
The children are excited about the Iditarod which starts this Saturday morning. If you start checking the website late Saturday afternoon and through Sunday, you can find out how your child's musher is doing. The children read about the musher's lives, and have chosen one to follow with a partner from our class. Your child should be able to tell you the name of his/her musher by Friday. So if you want to check on their progress in the race, go the Official Site of the Iditarod and click on :View Full Current Standings. This will tell you the position and the location of each musher. We have read two stories this week about two famous sled dogs: Togo and Akiak. Ask your child to tell you what happened with these dogs, and why they are famous. The children are learning about the rules of the race, the training of the dogs, and the mapping of the trail. We are also learning how life has changed in Alaska over the last 100 years, and about the differences and similarities of our lives as compared to life there.
Thanks for all of your support with their homework in spelling and math. They are making great progress.
Also, be sure to check out the photos on our blog site. The photos are about our study on China in which the children learned how to write Chinese characters and were introduced to Sumi brush painting.
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