I sort of feel like Groundhog Day is one of those “holidays” the sometimes gets overlooked, but it covers so many different teaching and learning opportunities, it’s worth taking some time to incorporate it into your lessons.
I especially love THIS informational reading mini-unit.
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Activities and Cross-Curricular Connections
- Math // Graphing
- Opinion Writing
- Creative Writing
- Comprehension
- Main Idea and Supporting Details
- Sequencing
- Social Studies and History
- Non-fiction
Free Non-Fiction Reading Passages
- ReadWorks.org (free for teachers) has non-fiction articles that are perfect to share with students about the tradition of Groundhog Day. You can sign up for an account (again, totally free), and then search “groundhog” and you’ll get a list of related articles.
- Newsela.com (also free), is similar to ReadWorks, and can be searched for specific topics, like groundhogs.
Read Aloud Books
- Double Trouble Groundhog Day
- Grumpy Groundhog (non-fiction)
- Groundhog Day
- Groundhog’s Dilemma
- Substitute Groundhog
- Groundhog Gets a Say
- Groundhog Weather School
- Groundhog Day (Gail Gibbons – non-fiction)
- Wake Up, Groundhog!
- Go to Sleep, Groundhog!
- Gregory’s Shadow
- GroundHUG Day (Groundhog Day and Valentine’s Day)
- Groundhog’s Day Off
Groundhog Day FREE Activities and Printables
- I created a few activities to go along with two of my favorite Groundhog Day books, and I went Live on Facebook to share them.
- You can grab the activities on the form below
- You can watch the Facebook Live HERE
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