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Shelley's Book Covers
Shelley Gill
	Puppy Day	Puppy Day Students bring pictures of their dogs. Research breeds of sled dogs @ Everything Husky. Bottineau Iditarod racer, Brad Pozarnsky Dog Team Video Introducing the Husky sleddogs.notebook	Hebrews 12:1 A huge cloud of witnesses is all around us. So let us throw off everything that stands in our way. Let us throw off any sin that holds on to us so tightly. Let us keep on running the race marked out for us.
	A.R & Dr. Seuss Day	Sign Up for READ the MOST/Break the A.R. Record Dr. Seuss Resources The Foot Book Dr.Seuss.notebook Dr. Seuss.notebook	Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.
	Ice Day	Build an ice block wall. Each student will be given a template for their ice block. The title and image of their favorite Shelley Gill book will be displayed on the block. The blocks will be displayed as a huge wall of ice in the cafeteria. Mrs. Hiltner has the template. Make ice sculptures. Simple ice molds and water balloons. Drink icy treats. glaciers.notebook ice.notebook	Hebrews 11:30 Because of faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encompassed for seven days [by the Israelites].Walls of Jericho Illustration
	Sled Day	Sled Day Everyone bring your sled to school and pictures of themselves sledding.Make mini-sled with popsicle sticks.There are sledding resources @ abcteach.com. Dog Sled Videos/Facts	Genesis 1:21
	Alaska Day	Alaska Activities Alaska Printables Enchanted Learning Resources Alaska's Photography Alaska Movies State of Alaska Map of Alaska Alaska Kids Alaska Learning Games Alaska Goverment Alaska Puzzle Alaska Travel State Resources Coloring Pages Alaska Online Videos Alaska.Notebook	Psalm 147:16-18 God spreads snow like it was wool; God scatters frost like it was ashes; God throws his hail down like crumbs— who can endure God’s freezing cold? Then God issues his word and melts it all away! God makes his winds blow; the water flows again.
	Snow Day Dress in White	Make a snowman online. Snowman Art Projects All Things Snowman snow.notebook	Isaiah 55:10-13 “The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. It is the same with my word.
	Iditarod Day	Shelley has written books about the Iditarod. Kiana's Race Iditarod http://www.iditarod.com/learn/trivia.html We will have a real sled team racing around our school. Students will be creating sled dog trails on the playground.Activities for Classrooms The Smiths Iditarod Page Games Iditarod.Notebook	Philippians 3:14 Run toward the goal, so that I can win the prize of being called to heaven.
	Whale Day Dress in Blue	Mrs. Bata and the 8th Graders making Alaska displays in the lunchroom. Whale activites @ Enchanted Learning. Ask Mrs. Rogers for the password. Whale Banner Sing Along/Baby Beluga Baby Beluga Book VIDEO/Whale ~ Sitka, Alaska Video/Alaska Whales Video/Doing What They Do Best whale.notebook	Matthew 12:40 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
	Woolly Mammoth Day	Woolly Mammoth Facts Alaska's State Fossil, the Woolly Mamoth Give students a picture of an elephant and have them redesign the image into a Woolly Mammoth. Woolly Mammoth Woolly Mammoth Notebook	Isaiah 41:10 ‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
	Dinosaur Day	Read Shelley's book Thunderfeet. Alaska's Dinsoaurs Dinosaur Jokes Zoom Dinosaurs Video/Dinosaur Alphabet Video/Dinosaur Song Video/Dinosaurus4Kids dinosaur.notebook
	Track Day	Research Alaskan animal tracks. Alaska's Animal Tracks Images Alaska in Pictures	John 13:1-17 Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet
	Bear Day	Bring your Teddy Bear to school. Read about Alaska's bears. GO ON A BEAR HUNT :Students find pictures, facts, articles, books and any information they can find on a specific Alaskan bear. Allow time for them to hunt/ research and at the end of the day each child shares which bear they CAPTURED with a camera. They also share all their facts about their chosen bear. Bear Activities Bear Puzzles brownbear.notebook	We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:9
	Northern Lights Day	View the Northern Light Slideshow Aurora's Painting in the Sky Painting the Sky northernlights.notebook	Psalm 8:3-5 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angels and crowned them with glory and honor.
	Plant research	Research Alaska's Plants, Berries, Flowers Alaska's State Flower is the Forget-Me-Not Forget-Me-Not Plants	Genesis 1:11 God said, "I command the earth to produce all kinds of plants, including fruit trees and grain." And that's what happened.
	Fish Day	Draw Alaskan fish with water colors. Draw Salmon and Rainbow Trout swimming in a stream. Draw the fish image that represents Christians. Ichthys Clip Art Images History of the Christian fish symbol Salmon Curriculum Salmon.Notebook fish.notebook	Matthew 4:19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
	Mountain & Volcano Day	Research Alaska's mountains. Write about going on a mountain climb. Alaska's Volcanoes volcano.notebook	Matthew 17:20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
	Musher Day	Make sled dog booties. Musher Journals Mushing in Alaska musher.notebook
	Inuit Day	Inuit.Notebook Learn about Alaska's Native people. Alaska Natives Inuit Links Inuit Art Activities
	Guest Appearance	Bottineau Iditarod racer, Brad Pozarnsky will be @ St. A's. Ask someone to be a guest reader in your classroom.
	Shelley Gill Day	Author Visit With Shelley Gill Mailing Address:PO Box 2364 Homer AK 99603
		Cool Text	Arctic Library

Ptarmigan	whales	Northern Lights	Icebergs
fish Roe	Lemmings	Muskoxen	Tundra
Sled Dogs			Alaska Vocabulary Blog
Mushing Terms Musher	Woolly Mammoth	Iditarod	snow
Glaciers Arctic Vocabulary	Salmon Rainbow Trout	Caribou Whales	Walrus Arctic Ocean