Have you ever heard of a dog sled race?! We have! It is called the Iditarod. The Iditarod is held in the State of Alaska (49th state), every March. They start the race with 16 dogs and travel 1,049 miles from Anchorage to Nome. To learn about the race each student researched and tracked a different musher and their dogs throughout the 3 week race. A musher is a person who stands or sits on the sled and guides the dogs throuhout the race. If you would like information about the Iditarod go to http://www.iditarod.com
Last week we conducted research about 8 different habitats at the Brookfield Zoo. We learned all about the Rainforest, Forest, Tundra, Ocean, Ponds, Arctic, Grasslands and Desert. We are now beginning to write our 5 paragraph essay. Boy are we working hard, but having fun and learning a lot along the way!
We also finished writing our Wilsonite News newspaper. We all contribute to include a fun page with jokes, news about sports, classroom happenings, weather etc.
Our Author of the Month is Candice Fleming. She came to our school and talked about how she finds inspiration for her ideas and how she writes and edits. Like us, she always has to revise, revise, revise. Do you?
Thank you for your wonderful Austrialian kit you sent us! We are enjoying learning all about you, and hope you enjoy learning all about us!
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Thanks for telling us about the Iditarod - we found Anchoarage and Nome on our globe & looked at the website you mentioned. It certainly looked really, really cold!
Mrs Mattison is glad you reminded us about revising! It's good to hear adults need to do it too. It does sound like you are working very hard. We've been learning lots about the human body & have enjoyed trying out simple experiments, like one with a bottle, straw and water, that demonstrates how the lungs take in air. We also did a drama to show how blood cells carry oxygen around the body. It was fun, although we couldn't let our 'heart' beat too fast or we all crashed into each other!!
We're glad you're enjoying learning about Australia. We love finding out about your lifestyle too.
Talk again soon
Your Year 2 friends
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