Groundhog Day Pre-K & K Unit

Printable unit · Grades Pre-K–K · PDF, 19 pages · $4

Groundhog Day becomes a full week of learning for pre-K and kindergarten. Students learn groundhog facts, sort animals by their body coverings (fur, feathers, scales or shell), and decide which animals hibernate.

They graph whether their class's animals hibernate, predict if the groundhog will see his shadow, trace their own shadows, then build compound words with a word mat, picture cards and a cut-and-staple mini book. Everything is black and white and ready to print.

What's included

• Groundhog Facts anchor page
• Animal Coverings sorting mat + 12 animal cards ✂
• Animal Coverings recording page
• Does It Hibernate? sort ✂
• Class graph: Does Your Animal Hibernate?
• Shadow or No Shadow? prediction graph
• My Shadow trace-and-draw page
• Compound Word Mat + 16 picture cards ✂
• My Compound Word Book (cut and staple)
• Compound Word Match ✂
• Count the Groundhogs
• If I Were a Groundhog writing page
• Teacher notes with how-to-use tips

How teachers use it

• The week of February 2
• Science and literacy centers (laminate the mat and cards)
• Whole-class graphing on the board