The Missing Piece

Iditarod - Alaska: Student Workbook UPDATED, EDITABLE (Alaskan Sled Dog Race)This is an excellent resource/activity for students who are interested in learning more about The Last Great Race in Alaska, The Iditarod, and it’s home state, Alaska. This workbook contains 16 pages of worksheets about Alaska.   Worksheets help students practice their map skills, geography and improve reading comprehension. ________________________________________________________________________________________________

Now that football is over and the playoffs and Superbowl squares are no longer a thing, why not get your faculty interested in following the Iditarod while you teach it in your classroom. Fun for the entire faculty to choose a musher and watch the Alaskan sled dog race!! DISCLAIMER: This is meant for faculty and staff only and is to be used with play money, of course :) All mention of dollars ($) are not real and are only meant to enhance the fun of the game :) _______________________________

Figurative Language: ANCHOR CHARTS (poetry)This middle school resource includes SEVEN anchor charts (alliteration, simile, metaphor, rhyme, hyperbole, personification, onomatopoeia) PLUS a link to an original interactive Nearpod activity that complements the anchor charts. The Nearpod activity takes two class periods to complete. Each anchor chart includes a fun video which further ehances the understanding of the figurative language.

Remembering 9/11 & Personal Writing Narrative (Impactful Time in Your Life)Allow students to explore and discover the events that took place on September 11th, 2001. Students will have an opportunity to watch 3 video links describing the events that took place that fateful day. Next students will have an opportunity to explore an article link and a 9/11 timeline link describing minute by minute information of the 9/11 events. My students are fascinated by this timeline and often request more