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The Yukon Quest is a 1 600 km dog sled race between Whitehorse, in the Yukon Territory to Fairbanks, Alaska and will last 10 to 16 days.

yukon quest mapYou can follow the race standings live HERE

 

The organizers of the Yukon Quest take great care to make sure the mushers are ready for the trip.  You can read about how they prepare for the race HERE.

We will be learning all about this race and different types of breeds of dogs who pull these sleds for the next 3 weeks in class.  Come by the school and check out the bulletin board outside our classroom for updated information.

 

Students will be accessing Matt Gomez's Blog to learn about various sports.  Hopefully we will they share our writing on an app of each student's choice. Thank you to Matt for compiling a great research of videos for my students to use!

 

This week we will be concentrating on the various Winter Sports in the Olympics. The learning outcomes we will address this week are to read fluently and demonstrate comprehension of grade appropriate information texts, such as

  • -non‐fiction books
  • -materials that contain simple diagrams, charts or maps
  • -web sites designed for children
  • -instructions and procedures

We will also be focussing on retelling and summarizing

  • -using ‘text features’ to locate information
  • -using graphic organizers to record information

and we will create a variety of clear personal writing and representations that express connections to personal experiences, ideas, and opinions,featuring

  • -ideas supported by related details
  • -sentence fluency using a variety of sentence lengths and patterns
  • -experimentation with word choice by using new and different words
  • -an emerging voice demonstrating a developing writing style
  • -an organization that is meaningful and logical

The Yukon Quest has been completed by all the teams.  It has been a great race this year and I am already look forward to next year.  This is a beautiful movie made about the race this year.  Enjoy!

 

This coming week we will be concentrating on the Olympics!

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They are almost to Whitehorse. There has been a give and go for the lead between Brent Sass and Allen Moore. You will have to check the final results at home. We wish all the mushers and dogs well!

You can also read about the exciting events, look at some beautiful pictures and watch some amazing video on the Official Yukon Quest Facebook Page.

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