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.