Celebrate Ground Hog Day

Here are some webpages to visit to get ideas for Ground Hog Day Activities.

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Thank you to all my 6th grade friends from Flint Hill Elementary for their wonderful letters about this page. I'm so glad they enjoyed the page. I enjoyed reading the letters.

Ground Hog Day Unit
Groundhog Day is a fun holiday with lots of potential for integrated instruction in the kindergarten (and maybe first grade, too) classroom. Here are some fun ideas to explore this day with your kids! Hogtivities
From the faculty and staff of West End Elementary School, Punxsutawney, PA, this page is part of the Official Ground Hog Day Website.

Ground Hog Day Songs and Poems
Some of these songs are written to the tunes of familiar songs. Day of the Shadow
A page of activities for learning about shadows and groundhogs. There are fact sheets, coloring pages and some quizzes (3rd and 4th grade).

A Cute Poem and Picture to Color For Kids
Some of the links are listed here - but there are a few others to look at, if you need more.

Come to the Groundhog Day Party!
From Education World(This is a slow loading page, but is worth the wait.)
Learning Activities and Groundhog Games Across the Grades! Celebrate Groundhog Day with a bunch of activities, some Internet exploration, and a variety of groundhog games! Fun for all ages! Included:Three Internet teaching masters! Debbie's Unit Factory
February Units
There is a large section of annotated links with lesson plans on Ground Hog Day. Take a look for yourself.

Ground Hog Day History
MATH TEACHERS - Use the information on the bottom of the page for a morning math problem - How many more days did he see his shadow than not? What is the percentage of days he sees his shadow?

Ground Hog animated graphic "animated.gif (c) Kitty Roach."
Background from Pat's Web Graphics.com

Edited on 07-26-2007 by Rama Avadhanam
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London Towne School, Fairfax County, VA
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Ground Hog Day Unit Groundhog Day is a fun holiday with lots of potential for integrated instruction in the kindergarten (and maybe first grade, too) classroom. Here are some fun ideas to explore this day with your kids!	Hogtivities From the faculty and staff of West End Elementary School, Punxsutawney, PA, this page is part of the Official Ground Hog Day Website.
Ground Hog Day Songs and Poems Some of these songs are written to the tunes of familiar songs.	Day of the Shadow A page of activities for learning about shadows and groundhogs. There are fact sheets, coloring pages and some quizzes (3rd and 4th grade).
A Cute Poem and Picture to Color	For Kids Some of the links are listed here - but there are a few others to look at, if you need more.
Come to the Groundhog Day Party! From Education World(This is a slow loading page, but is worth the wait.) Learning Activities and Groundhog Games Across the Grades! Celebrate Groundhog Day with a bunch of activities, some Internet exploration, and a variety of groundhog games! Fun for all ages! Included:Three Internet teaching masters!	Debbie's Unit Factory February Units There is a large section of annotated links with lesson plans on Ground Hog Day. Take a look for yourself.
Ground Hog Day History MATH TEACHERS - Use the information on the bottom of the page for a morning math problem - How many more days did he see his shadow than not? What is the percentage of days he sees his shadow?