Making Predictions:
Have students predict the outcome of Groundhog Day. Will spring arrive early or late? By placing two visual markers on the board, students can vote on their prediction. Several activities can take place after doing this. Students can tally their votes, create double bar graphs based on other classes' votes, work on decimals and percentages as well as fractions. Using some fun clip art images will help with the visual display.
Math Stations:
Groundhog Day Math Stations are a fun way to celebrate February 2nd. A Groundhog Day package of games includes 3 games. The first game involves drawing a groundhog based on products (for a multiplication game) or sums (for an addition game). The second game is called Race to 2. Students will use addition or subtraction to move their way back to the number 2 on a hundred chart. The first person to land on 2 is declared the winner. The final game is a race to spring. Whoever reaches the finish line first after dividing numbers is declared the winner. Quotients and outcomes are based on both whole and decimal numbers.
For the younger students, Ten Frame Groundhog Day Clip Art images have been created. They can easily be placed on card stock and enlarged for a fun math talk.
Fun Writing Activities:
Roll a Story prompts students to tell or write story with a Groundhog Day theme. This unit includes a story prompt sheet, graphic organizers, word lists (Groundhog Day & transition words), rubric and specialty writing paper with full and half lined pages. All you need is a 1 to 6 number cube. If students want to continue writing, Groundhog Day themed writing paper is a fun way to display their creative work.
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