Because of snow days, "Groundhog Day" lesson plans didn't begin until Tuesday, January 29, 2013. So, "Day 5 and Day 6" happened after February 2nd. There was so much to read and do for Groundhog Day, it was hard to choose what to do. I found the cutest groundhog headbands online and I made these headbands for Pre-K, K, and 1st. I was going to do them for 2nd grade, but the first 2nd grade class was on the fence about whether these were too "baby-ish" for them.
| groundhog headbands for the lower grades |
| 3rd grade - we colored and cut out these groundhogs with a "shadow" in black construction paper and used a rivet so that you could make him see his shadow or not see hsi shadow. |
| Puxatawney Phil and his caregiver - the one interviewed on the DVD |
I found the cutest groundhog bookmarks. We copied them on card stock and the students had the option of coloring them or leaving them "cream colored". After cutting out their front legs, the groundhogs would sit over the pages of a book and it looked just like a ground popping up out of its burrow.
In addition to the Groundhog Day activities, we watched segments of a dvd I found in the library's dvd collection on Groundhog Day. It explained where Groundhog Day came from and, best of all, it showed Puxatawney Phil and his caregiver and explained that celebration. I did not know that Puxatawney Phil lived in the library and I was amazed at the crowds of people who showed up in Puxatawney for the 7:45 AM viewing of Phil.
