All About the Groundhog

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How cute did the Groundhog Crafts come out??? Super simple way to practice fine motor and jazz up your bulletin board. You can purchase my Groundhog Craft and Activities here.

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We have been learning all about groundhogs for the past two days. How great are these vocabulary picture cards? They can be used with ANY book you want to read. The help students to visualize groundhog facts. We also created a Thinking Map and discussed what groundhogs can, have, and are. then the kids made their own thinking map based on the class anchor chart.

On Friday, we made our predictions. I shared this on Instagram. Are you following me on Instagram??? You should. Click HERE to follow me. Yes, a few kids were out on Friday. Yes, my class is small. Really small. We worked in our math vocabulary or more, less, and same.    I did not guess, but I would have said NO! I am so over snow and ready for spring. Snow is only fun for a day or two and then I am OVER it.

After we made our predictions, we made these fun flip flap books. We talked about what spring and winter look like. The kids drew pictures to show what winter and spring look like. We will be studying weather again in March, but this was a great way to introduce it. You can purchase all of the above activities here.

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Finally, we made these little pop-up groundhogs. This was inspired by Mrs. Albanese’s Kindergarten. You get download the poem and pop-up groundhog FREE HERE.    We took them outside to see if we could see the groundhogs shadow. We talked about how it was easier to see the shadow today because it was sunny. then we talked about how hard it would be to see the shadow if it was cloudy.   They didn’t get it. We went inside and turned on the document camera. I stood in front of it and we could see my shadow. Then I turned it off. It was much harder to see my shadow. Lesson Learned. I hope.

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If you are looking to expand on your Groundhog day festivities, I also have Groundhog Day Math and Literacy Centers and Worksheets. There are seven math and literacy centers and 6 printable worksheets to make your life easier.