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This 3rd & 4th grade Groundhog Day activity pack, with reading, writing, science, word search, and fun pages, is print-and-go! Engage your students for Groundhog Day with these no-prep differentiated nonfiction reading passages and activities, perfect for February learning.
Combine science and nonfiction learning with differentiated passages and activities that focus on:
- Groundhogs
- A groundhog's life cycle
- Hibernation and burrows
- History of Phil
Focus on nonfiction. The nonfiction passages include the following text features: headings, glossary, bold words, photograph, and caption. Comprehension activities and projects require students to use textual evidence and to engage in critical thinking.
Your students will love using their artistic abilities to create diagrams of a groundhog's life cycle and burrow.
Reflective writing, an opinion writing challenge, and probability activities are engaging ways to tie the holiday to age-appropriate skills.
Build classroom community and bring in SEL with the friendship writing activity.
With a variety of bonus fun pages included, you can create a fun packet for Februaryor use them as morning work, sub work, or however YOU want!
This set includes BOTH a printable and a digital Google Slides™ version.
CONTENTS:
✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™
✓ Teacher Suggestions and Book List
✓ Groundhog KWL Chart
✓ What is Groundhog Day? Info Page
✓ 4 Differentiated Nonfiction Reading Passages and Activities:
- Groundhogs (Response Questions and Venn Diagram)
- Groundhog Life Cycle (Response Questions and Life Cycle Chain)
- Hibernation or Torpor (Response Questions and Main Idea)
- Who is Phil? (Color and BW versions) (Response Questions)
✓ ELA Activities:
- Facts and Opinion Graphic Organizer
- “Me As a Reader” Nonfiction Reading Reflection
- Burrow Life Activity
- Going Further Activity: Animals that Hibernate
- Groundhog Flip Book and Suggested Directions
- Groundhog Poem and Reflection
- Winter and Spring Acrostic Poems
- Dictionary Look It Up Activity
- Cloze Reading Activity
- Groundhog Verbs
- Groundhog Personification
- Opinion Writing & Graphic Organizer & Editing Revising Checklist
- Informative Writing & Graphic Organizer & Editing Revising Checklist
- Narrative Writing & Graphic Organizer & Editing Revising Checklist
- More Winter, or Time for Spring? Opinion Writing Challenge
✓ Community Building Activity: I Dig You!
✓ Bonus Activities:
- Write a Newspaper Report: This Year Phil…
- Open-Ended Groundhog Poster
- Doodle Thinker Coloring and Writing Page
- Groundhog 3-2-1 Reflection
- Vocabulary 4 Square
- Groundhog Word Search
- Groundhog Crossword Puzzle
✓ Math Activities:
- Groundhog Multiplication & Division (Two Levels)
- Word Problems (Two Levels)
- Groundhog Probability
✓ Answer Keys
Save 20% by purchasing this set in the: Winter Holidays No Prep BUNDLE.
Teacher Approved!
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"I loved this activity and so did my students! Great way to bring some fun into the classroom while students are still learning and reinforcing crucial skills."
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"Great fun for older kids!"
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"This is a great reading comprehension activity that helps students learn more about groundhogs."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Thank you for this awesome resource! The kids loved learning so much about Groundhog's Day. Such great variety of differentiated learning. Thank you for making this."
Suggestions for Effective Classroom Use:
- Morning Work
- Centers
- Partner Work
- Independent Reading Practice
- Independent Writing Practice
- Whole Class Instruction
- Bulletin Boards-Many activities included could be used for a bulletin board display this February.
- Easy print and go sub plans
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Description
This 3rd & 4th grade Groundhog Day activity pack, with reading, writing, science, word search, and fun pages, is print-and-go! Engage your students for Groundhog Day with these no-prep differentiated nonfiction reading passages and activities, perfect for February learning.
Combine science and nonfiction learning with differentiated passages and activities that focus on:
- Groundhogs
- A groundhog's life cycle
- Hibernation and burrows
- History of Phil
Focus on nonfiction. The nonfiction passages include the following text features: headings, glossary, bold words, photograph, and caption. Comprehension activities and projects require students to use textual evidence and to engage in critical thinking.
Your students will love using their artistic abilities to create diagrams of a groundhog's life cycle and burrow.
Reflective writing, an opinion writing challenge, and probability activities are engaging ways to tie the holiday to age-appropriate skills.
Build classroom community and bring in SEL with the friendship writing activity.
With a variety of bonus fun pages included, you can create a fun packet for Februaryor use them as morning work, sub work, or however YOU want!
This set includes BOTH a printable and a digital Google Slides™ version.
CONTENTS:
✓ Link and directions to use the digital version in Google Classroom™
✓ Teacher Suggestions and Book List
✓ Groundhog KWL Chart
✓ What is Groundhog Day? Info Page
✓ 4 Differentiated Nonfiction Reading Passages and Activities:
- Groundhogs (Response Questions and Venn Diagram)
- Groundhog Life Cycle (Response Questions and Life Cycle Chain)
- Hibernation or Torpor (Response Questions and Main Idea)
- Who is Phil? (Color and BW versions) (Response Questions)
✓ ELA Activities:
- Facts and Opinion Graphic Organizer
- “Me As a Reader” Nonfiction Reading Reflection
- Burrow Life Activity
- Going Further Activity: Animals that Hibernate
- Groundhog Flip Book and Suggested Directions
- Groundhog Poem and Reflection
- Winter and Spring Acrostic Poems
- Dictionary Look It Up Activity
- Cloze Reading Activity
- Groundhog Verbs
- Groundhog Personification
- Opinion Writing & Graphic Organizer & Editing Revising Checklist
- Informative Writing & Graphic Organizer & Editing Revising Checklist
- Narrative Writing & Graphic Organizer & Editing Revising Checklist
- More Winter, or Time for Spring? Opinion Writing Challenge
✓ Community Building Activity: I Dig You!
✓ Bonus Activities:
- Write a Newspaper Report: This Year Phil…
- Open-Ended Groundhog Poster
- Doodle Thinker Coloring and Writing Page
- Groundhog 3-2-1 Reflection
- Vocabulary 4 Square
- Groundhog Word Search
- Groundhog Crossword Puzzle
✓ Math Activities:
- Groundhog Multiplication & Division (Two Levels)
- Word Problems (Two Levels)
- Groundhog Probability
✓ Answer Keys
Save 20% by purchasing this set in the: Winter Holidays No Prep BUNDLE.
Teacher Approved!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"I loved this activity and so did my students! Great way to bring some fun into the classroom while students are still learning and reinforcing crucial skills."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Great fun for older kids!"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"This is a great reading comprehension activity that helps students learn more about groundhogs."
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"Thank you for this awesome resource! The kids loved learning so much about Groundhog's Day. Such great variety of differentiated learning. Thank you for making this."
Suggestions for Effective Classroom Use:
- Morning Work
- Centers
- Partner Work
- Independent Reading Practice
- Independent Writing Practice
- Whole Class Instruction
- Bulletin Boards-Many activities included could be used for a bulletin board display this February.
- Easy print and go sub plans
You will also LOVE these:
Follow me HERE for notifications of new products and sales. Remember new products are always 50% off the first 24 hours!
Questions? Email me directly HERE.
