This mini activity can be used as a warm up, mid-lesson check in, or exit ticket on Groundhog Day. It’s aimed to focus on a student‘s ability to identify the appropriate inverse step in solving a linear equation (without having them harp on the numerical value). The cut outs provide as a scaffold for lower level students, testing their guess by matching each value over the groundhog’s face. For higher level students, a scaffold does not have to be provided and the cut out portion can be left ou