Getting Ready for Groundhog Day in the Classroom

For many of us in the Upper Grades, Grounhog Day is just another day in the classroom. Who says it has to be? Oh yea... our curriculum pacing guides. Well, below you will find a compilation of resources for you to use in your classroom that might just fit right in! 

Groundhog Day Informational Power Point and Activities by Sweet Integrations is filled with an informational slide show that would be great to get your student's started on their own research. It also includes a prediction and graphing piece to enforce some math skills.

Groundhog Day Legend Writing not only gives you a mini lesson to teach about legends and sharing the legend of Groundhog Day, it then allows students to create their own legend with an their own animal. Included are graphic organizers for modeling as well as for students to use in their writing. There are also THIRTEEN animal writing templates for students to use in the process as well.

Groundhog Graphing Task Cards are not only an easy (and FREE) activity for sorting and matching but they allow your students to practice ordered pairs and graphing across a one quadrant graph as well as a four quadrant graph. 

Groundhog Day Number Order is another great FREEBIE to use for differentiated uses in your classroom. Not only can students sort the cards in number order (Least to Greatest or Greatest to Least) but this game is also set up for students to play a fun game of WAR.

The History of Groundhog Day Mini Unit is filled with activities for you to quickly PRINT and GO! This packet includes a reading passage, vocabulary and comprehension work, word study and word search, predictions graphing and website activity.

Don't let just another day go by where you don't get to celebrate in a little way. We hope that you can find a resource her to add to your plans for Groundhog Day.