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Punxsetawney Phil

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students read books, learn about the letter g, and complete coloring pages all to learn about Groundhog Day. In this Groundhog Day lesson plan, students also sing songs, and discuss the history of Punxsetawney Phil.
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Research Project

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars research and discuss the history and traditions of Groundhog Day, facts about groundhogs, and find pictures of groundhogs using the Internet. They draw pictures and write stories about ground hogs.
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Research Project

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students, with teacher assistance, researching on the Internet and predict whether Puxatawny Phil see his shadow on Groundhog Day.
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Groundhog Draw/ Erase A Rhyme

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Groundhog Day worksheet, students fill in 8 missing words in a poem about Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow. There is a word bank.
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Groundhog Day Word Search

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this language arts instructional activity, students examine 10 words in a word bank which pertain to Groundhog Day. Students locate the words in a word search puzzle.
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Groundhog Day: Find All Words

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Groundhog Day terminology/key terms worksheet, students define, review and discuss the nine key terms associated with Groundhog Day.
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Peeping Groundhog Puppet

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Using paper and a pencil, produce a pop-up puppet of a groundhog that peers out and over it's burrow to tell us when Spring is coming. 
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Groundhog Day Compound Words

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this compound word practice worksheet, students examine the 9 listed pairs of nouns and write compound words using each pair.
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Identifying Problems and Solutions in the Story

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students explore story structure. In this Groundhog's Day story structure literacy lesson, students listen to the story Groundhog Stays Up Late by Margery Cuyler, then pause half way through the story to identify the problem and...
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Groundhog Day

For Students K - 2nd
In this literacy worksheet, students write a journal entry about the month of February. They pay special attention to certain days of the month.
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Groundhog Day

For Students Pre-K - K
In this game learning exercise, students solve a maze in order to help the groundhog find his shadow. Students begin at the opening and then draw their way to the end point.
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A Shadow of Yourself

For Teachers K - 5th
Students measure the length of their shadows three times during the day, Students determine the differences in shadow lengths after each measurement. They discuss why the length changed from one time of day to another.
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Crypto Spy

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this decrypting symbols worksheet, students answer two questions regarding Groundhog's Day by decrypting the symbols and filling in the blank boxes with the appropriate letters to answer each question.
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Groundhog Day Writing Paper

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, learners use the paper to create writing samples to work on various types of activities under the theme of Groundhog Day.
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Groundhog Day in Punsxutawney, PA

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read the history of this tradition, examine Phil's predictions for the last 100 years.
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Shadow Play

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners investigate shadows.  In this shadows and technology lesson, students listen to the book Ten Grouchy Groundhogs or Gretchen Groundhog, It's Your Day! and discuss how shadows are made.  Learners match objects to their shadow...
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Groundhog Day

For Teachers All
Students practice moving in general space and to increase listening skills.To enhance movement during this activity ask them to perform a variety of different locomotor skills as they move throughout the space.
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Internet Project - Project Groundhog

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars share weather and community information with other students across the continents. In groups, young scholars collect details, pictures, and drawings about their community, its weather patterns, and school. They predict if...
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February Acrostic Poem

For Students 1st - 4th
In this poetry worksheet, students use the letters in the word February to write an acrostic poem on a page that has a picture of a groundhog and an amethyst at the top.
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Winter Wonderland Activities

For Teachers K - 6th
Ideas to help keep the motivational fire in your classroom burning.
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Yearly Schedule of Events

For Teachers K - 12th
Keep track of events, holidays, and deadlines on one colorful and easy-to-edit calendar. The page includes two main columns, one for a color-coded calendar for each month and one for typing in events. Instructions are included on the...
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Graphing Groundhog Predictions

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students create a bulletin board graph illustrating Punxsutawney Phil's past predictions. Students also perform research about past predictions. The learners also graph the predictions and answer questions about the data.
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Groundhog Alphabet Activity

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this groundhog vocabulary skills worksheet, students examine the 12 listed groundhog-related words and put them into alphabetical order.
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Poetry Coffeehouse

For Teachers K - 1st
This resource contains a vague plan for a poetry unit conducted at an elementary school during the month of February. Although this plan does not included detailed instructional strategies, this does outline a basic unit, some creative...

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