Groundhog's Day!

Last week we spent most of our days getting ready for the big anticipation of Groundhog's Day!  We began our adventure by first discussing what Groundhog's day is and how it relates to seasons (something we just finished learning about.)  

We started by making this Groundhog Project.  Students decided if they thought he was going to see his shadow and we would have six more weeks of Winter OR if they thought he would NOT see his shadow and we would have an early Spring!

This friend thought that he would see his shadow and go right back into his hibernation hole and we would will have six more weeks of winter.

This friend thought that he would NOT see his shadow and we would have an early Spring!  I was hoping for this outcome! :)

We created a class graph with our predictions of more Winter or an Early Spring.  We discussed the word "prediction" and how it means to make an educated guess.  14 friends thought we will have a early Spring while 6 friends thought we would have more Winter.  (Note-Next year I will expand the graph and make it bigger, so it would be so "squished.")

These are some of our favorite Groundhog books that we read!

On February 2nd we watched the National Broadcast of Groundhog's Day.  The students enjoyed the anticipation of seeing whether he would see his shadow or not.  Much to my dismay he did see his shadow ran back to his hole which means, we will be having six more weeks of Winter!  :(  

I guess we can't complain about the wonderful weather we have been having.  My students really enjoyed our 'BIG' snow last weekend!  They shared that they made snowmen, snow angels, snow forts, went sledding, and had snowball fights!  Oh the joys of being a 5/6 year old! :)

We made connections and did activities in Math, as well as, sequenced Groundhog Day pictures!  Needless to say our Groundhog's Day celebration was great fun!