A Groundhog Celebration Grade 2 About this book: This delightful occasion can be the source of fun and excitement for your students as well as a basis for learning a wide range of critical skills in literacy, math, and science. The teacher guide will provide you with background information on the origins of this holiday to share with your students. Students are invited to explore groundhogs, shadows, and the weather. The highly visual activities are student friendly, and the original stories complete with pictures to color will delight them. Written by Ruth Solski About the author: Ruth Solski was an educator for 30 years. She has written many educational resources and is the founder of S&S Learning Materials, now On The Mark Press. As a writer, her main goal is to provide teachers with a useful tool that they can implement in their classrooms to bring the joy of learning to children. Copyright 2000 Revised February 2011 This publication may be reproduced under licence from Access Copyright, or with the express written permission of On The Mark Press / S&S Learning Materials, or as permitted by law. All rights are otherwise reserved, and no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, scanning, recording or otherwise, except as specifically authorized. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for this project. All Rights Reserved Printed in Canada Published in Canada by: On The Mark Press 15 Dairy Avenue Napanee, Ontario K7R 1M4 www.onthemarkpress.com OTM-326 ISBN: 9781770781955 1 On The Mark Press
OTHER HOLIDAY UNITS Item # Title Grade OTM-325 Groundhog Day... 1 OTM-326 A Groundhog Celebration... 2 OTM-343 It's Groundhog Day... 3 OTM-315 Be My Valentine... 1 OTM-316 Bouquet of Valentines... 2 OTM-342 Happy Valentine's Day... 3 OTM-314 Valentine's Day... 4-6 OTM-308 Halloween Happiness... 1 OTM-340 It's Trick or Treat Time... 2 OTM-309 A Haunting Halloween... 3 OTM-310 Halloween... 4-6 OTM-304 Christmas Magic... 1 OTM-305 Joy of Christmas... 2 OTM-341 It's Christmas Time... 3 OTM-339 Celebrate Christmas... 4-6 OTM-326 ISBN: 9781770781955 2 On The Mark Press
A GROUNDHOG CELEBRATION Table of Contents Objectives... 4 List of Resources... 4 List of Vocabulary... 4 Information on Groundhogs... 5 Information on the Legend of Groundhog Day... 5 Information on the Legend of Wiarton Willie (A Canadian Groundhog)... 6 Information on Wiarton s Groundhog Day Festival... 7 Information on Punxsutawney Phil (An American Groundhog)... 7 Information on Shadows... 14 Teacher Input Suggestions... 15 Poetry and Songs... 21 List of Skills... 24 Teacher Evaluation Sheet... 25 Student Activity Tracking Sheet... 26 Phonics Activities... 27 Word Study Activities... 30 Reading Activities... 34 Brainstorming Activities... 49 Creative Writing Activities... 50 Printing Activities... 52 Mathematics Activities... 53 Gloria Groundhog Cut Outs... 57 Snip Art...61 Reproducible Blank Activity Card... 62 Answer Key... 63 OTM-326 ISBN: 9781770781955 3 On The Mark Press
A GROUNDHOG CELEBRATION Objectives 1. To provide students with the opportunity to study the mammal - The Groundhog. 2. To provide students with the opportunity to explore legends and to understand their meanings. 3. To acquaint students with superstitions and how they are handed down from generation to generation. 4. To have the students study shadows and experiment with them. 5. To provide students with the opportunity to learn about Groundhog Day or Candlemas Day and how it is celebrated in North America. List of Resources 1. Ashman, Cherrie Dee. Carved in Stone, The Legend of Willie. Alea Design and Print, Mayne Island, B.C.; 1996. This book is available from the following address. It costs $8.50 plus shipping and handling. Carved in Stone - Groundhog Central, P. O. Box 310, 315 George Street, Wiarton, Ontario, Canada, NOH 2T0. 2. Wiarton Willie s Website: www.wiarton-willie.org. At this website on the internet is information pertaining to Wiarton Willie s History; Wiarton s Groundhog Day Parade and Celebrations; Weather Information and Information on the Bruce Peninsula and its many activities. Note: Websites often change. 3. Punxsutawney Phil s Story-Internet Website: http://www.punxsutawney.com. At this website is information on Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog found in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It contains information pertaining to Indian Lore; Candlemas Day; Founders of Groundhog Day Traditions. Note: Websites often change. 4. Crockett, Johnson. Will Spring Be Early or Will Spring Be Late?. Harper Publishing. List of Vocabulary albino, alfalfa, burrow, brownish, blackish, Candlemas Day, cloudy, celebrations, celebrate, den, dig, entrance, eyes, farmer, field, fur, February, garden, groundhog, Groundhog Day, hole, hibernate, legend, leaves, mammal, mouth, nose, paws, pest, parade, Punxsutawney Phil, pink, rainy, red clover, roots, sleeps, small, snowy, spring, shadow, springtime, sunny, sunshine, tail, tunnel, underground, vegetables, vegetarian, Wiarton Willie, white, wintertime, whiskers OTM-326 ISBN: 9781770781955 4 On The Mark Press
Gloria Groundhog s Sounds 1 The Gr Sound Groundhog begins with the blend gr. Circle all the words in the word puzzle that begin with gr. There are fourteen words in the puzzle. s f k j y k v q r j u r n t i r h b z b e k u x v y i j g r a p e s o c q e n c k g b g r a i n g j z w cgm y k i j pwu f n a l s h q f i u c j c t ka pq s i r z v p g i o n do h l ay f a r o s k dc obh bml h f xg r a s s f g h t x s v d h p q l d j i t k c n m n q t y o k j m i q z o y n c e l e wh g r i n o u l o m p mh l p gm i z f n x m dm uab dqx k d qw r n z pgg r e en f t w l mb xgz r ae f l v r po l j eq oh agnwagbd svs eycpbemr npsof te j bqv zuwy v r g r a n d m o t h e r o x p p y r k i o u x mk ug i t hu e r ws f q k j me hc r l g r e y v z p g r u mp y d e o k g i h i s d j o s b t d v a j qb f dwt m s l h t s j r t n qd x s g j i e a i tvbegubf eqg r oundondf h t euhf wc c u d x i v s g b s n c z u l b e n g o k w x p dxwadc f r wf ah hop r pk ygg r ow fw eg r ade t wdx d g p t y a vo i om t y a db wfw v he c g au z i y r qw f z qmg c u l vc vyb xgqub k j c f t g r i nd uqn j pn z i rgr eedyvds vy j s i x br es h j t v ku xaz x oz h y pa i k zg r a nd f a t h e r my pqy n z y s a z x o b emc n c i dm l k x z l w OTM-326 ISBN: 9781770781955 27 On The Mark Press
Gloria Groundhog s Sounds 2 Listening for Vowels Which vowel sound do you hear in each word. e.g. den - short e Beside each word below print the vowel sound that you hear in each word. 1. tail 2. dig 3. hole 4. pest 5. legend 6. spring 7. shadow 8. sun 9. whiskers 10.sleep OTM-326 ISBN: 9781770781955 28 On The Mark Press
Gloria Groundhog s Sounds 3 Can you find the sh word? The word shadow begins with the sh sound. Match the words in the groundhog s tunnel to the pictures correctly. 1. 2. 3. 5. 4. 6. shovel shark shirt shell sheep shield ship shoe 7. 8. OTM-326 ISBN: 9781770781955 29 On The Mark Press
Gloria Groundhog s Words 1 Putting Words in Order Gloria is a tidy groundhog. Help her put the groundhog words in alphabetical order. A) B) celebrate brown fur nose mouth pest C) D) paws whiskers eyes shadow clover burrow E) F) field tunnel vegetables legend garden cloudy OTM-326 ISBN: 9781770781955 30 On The Mark Press