Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Groundhog Day Throw Back

This is a post that I did about Groundhog's Day last year. I was a little late on writing this post last year, so, I wanted to post it again in case you missed some good stuff :) Here goes....

Last week we learned all about groundhogs! Who knew they were such interesting little creatures?!?
Here is a little prediction craft that we made. They turned out pretty cute~right?



If you like these little guys-you can pick up the craft by clicking on the picture below. (Pin it?) This download comes with the patterns for the craft, 2 different writing options and everything you need to make a class graph....which I didn't get pics of-Dang it! ;(


We learned sooooo much about groundhogs!! Need some free resources on groundhog facts??? Kathleen at Growing Kinders has a FREE non-fiction book on groundhogs for you to download!!!! You will LOVE it!!!! Go grab a copy!!!!

I also got this link from on of her older posts! Such a GREAT youtube video about groundhog facts! Thanks for the links, Kathleen!!!



After learning so many facts about groundhogs-we made this can/have/are chart.

Then, we wrote some of our facts in our groundhog facts book;)


Have you seen this AWESOME little game about how shadows are made by bbc?!?! I stumbled across it last year when I was looking for things to do in the computer lab for groundhog week. If not, you MUST check it out!!!!!!!! The kiddos learned soooooo much from it about how shadows are made! We did it as a class through the projector so everyone could see it and I explained what was happening and why. FAB!

After we learned about how shadows were made-we experimented with groundhogs (on a stick) and flashlights to see if we could make shadows for them. See what happens when you move the light farther away?!? ;)



We also started poetry journals this week-which I'm really excited about! I got Deedee's February Poetry Pack and this Cute, cute little groundhog poem was in it! Perfect!!! Be sure to check out these poetry packs!! They're GREAT!!!


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I also wanted to share the centers that we did last year for Groundhog's day:
(You can Check them out HERE)
Literacy Centers:

 Math Centers:

One more thing....
I found this cute little anchor chart on Pinterest that will go nicely with the light/shadows website and experiment!




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