Following Iditarod and the Declaration of Independence

We started following the Iditarod this week and spent some time each morning catching up on where our mushers were at in the race and which checkpoints they had come to.  You can read a lot of information daily at www.adn.com (Alaska Dispatch News).  We definitely enjoyed reading some of these articles each morning.   Most interesting is Brent Sass getting disqualified for having an iPod Touch with him on the race.  Check out the website to learn why he was DQ’ed for it!  We were excited to make it in the Holland Sentinel last week as well!

This week we will be reading about the Declaration of Independence and continue learning about all the events that led to war with Great Britain and ultimately American Independence.  We will continue to work on a Patriot and Loyalist role play that is quite fun and humorous.  I’ll pass along some photos when we finish! 

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Describe the Declaration of Independence in kid language

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