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Celebrating Groundhog Day with your Students
Celebrating Groundhog Day in your classroom is a fun-filled way to explore science, art, and literature.
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Heaven or Ground Hog Day?
Learners discover the ideas of enlightenment by reading historical poetry. In this philosophical lesson, students read poems by Sir Walter Scott and Sergeant Joyce Kilmer while discussing the themes of the writing with classmates....
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Groundhog's Day Word Scramble
In this online interactive Groundhog's Day worksheet, students examine 16 groundhog-related words and then write them in alphabetical order on the lines provided. This worksheet may also be printed for classroom use.
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Groundhog Alphabet Activity
In this groundhog vocabulary skills worksheet, students examine the 12 listed groundhog-related words and put them into alphabetical order.
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Research Project
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
Students, with teacher assistance, researching on the Internet and predict whether Puxatawny Phil see his shadow on Groundhog Day.
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A Shadow of Yourself
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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Identifying Problems and Solutions in the Story
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 Writing Paper
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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Poetry Coffeehouse
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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Starring...Bears!
Students illustrate a First Nations' legend. In this legend of bears instructional activity, students read several legends which involve bears and groups of stars or constellations. After reading, students illustrate portions of the...
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Jane Goodall
Students identify Jane Goodall as a scientist who studies the behavior of chimpanzees. They listen to a biography of Jane Goodall and review the location of Africa. Then students participate in an animal observation activity.
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Measure Mania
Students measure their own silhouette using Unifix cubes. They measure a drawing using non-standard measurement. They swap drawings and compare their measurements.