Hibernation Activities plus Groundhog Day & Shadows Activities Bundle

Easily plan and prepare your hibernation and Groundhog Day lessons with these ready-made, classroom-tested materials. This money-saving bundle has fun, hands-on activities for your hibernation & Groundhog Day units that will keep your young students engaged and eager to learn!

Hibernation Activities Resource

This resource includes:
hibernation animal sorting activities for your pocket chart and centers
a hibernating bear craft
a variety of writing prompts
bulletin board idea with printable bulletin board letters
a printable page that is great for individual assessment

Sorting activities are a great way to enhance students’ learning of hibernation. Sorting the animals into sets helps teach young children about relationships and attributes, helps them to compare and better recognize differences, and shows them that things can be categorized. The sorting activities will also help to train their brains to create organized thoughts and ways of retrieving the hibernation information.

The cute hibernating bear craft and writing craftivity create a meaningful classroom display. Hanging student-created displays in your classroom conveys to students that their work is valued and makes the message of the display more meaningful to them because they had a hand in designing it.

You receive the following:
Pocket chart headers in both color and b/w
Clip art animal picture cards in both color and b/w
Real-world animal picture cards
Sorting mat in both color and b/w
Which Animals Hibernate? printable page
Writing Prompt Page – Bears hibernate during the winter. During the winter I like to…
Blank Writing Prompt Page that can be used for any hibernation writing activity of your choice
Hibernating Bear Craft & Patterns (additional materials required such as paper plates, cotton balls, paint or crayons, glue)
Writing Pages (full page and half page) – I would like to hibernate because… and I would not like to hibernate because…
Blank Writing Pages (full page and half page) that can be used for your own writing prompts or activities
Bulletin Board Title Letters in both color and b/w
Bonus: Hibernation Game Ideas and Hibernation Song

Groundhog Day & Shadows Resource

Includes:

♦ an interactive PowerPoint presentation with information on groundhogs, Groundhog Day, and shadows (40 slides)

♦ interactive quiz slides at the end of the PowerPoint presentation to check student understanding (groundhog will come up out of his burrow and applause will sound when correct responses are clicked)

♦ printable pages

♦ activities about groundhogs and shadows

♦ book list

The PowerPoint presentation uses simple terms and real, full-color photographs to explain groundhogs, Groundhog Day, and shadows.

It includes an interactive quiz at the end to check student understanding. When a correct answer is clicked, the groundhog comes up out of his burrow and applause is heard. When an incorrect answer is clicked, an unhappy face with an “Oops try again” message is displayed.

The interactive quiz is divided into 3 sections (Show What You Know About Groundhogs, Show What You Know About Groundhog Day, Show What You Know About Shadows). They can be completed all at once or completed a section at a time.

Printable pages that coordinate with the interactive quiz are also included. Students can follow along and mark their answers as you go through the questions or complete the page as they go through the questions on their own.

A brief description of each slide is below:

1 – cover
2 – terms of use
3 – teacher directions
4 – brief description of a groundhog
5 – other names for groundhogs
6 – what groundhogs eat
7 – size and color of a groundhog
8 – how they use their claws
9 – about their burrows
10 – information about groundhog babies
11 – how groundhogs prepare for hibernation
12 – When do groundhogs wake up?
13 – the history of Groundhog Day
14 – how the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club got its name
15 – Punxsutawney Phil
16 – history of the Groundhog Day ceremony
17 – Groundhog Day prediction information
18 – What is a shadow?
19 – shadows and light
20 – What happens if an object is close or far away from a light source?
21 – shadows move with you
22 – 23 – how the time of day affects shadow length
24 – sundials
25-43 – interactive quiz questions
44-47 – printable pages
48 – credits page

You also receive additional printables and activities in a separate PDF file. You receive:

★ Punxsutawney Phil cut and paste
★ Wake Up Groundhog! emergent reader
★ Groundhog Day prediction craftivity
★ Punxsutawney Phil rhyme/poem
★ Weather tracking activity to test Phil’s prediction
★ Ideas for using the free app – ChatterPix Kids
★ Directions and patterns for a shadow demonstration
★ Shadow watching experiment
★ Role play/dramatic play activity
★ Book List

Easily plan and prepare your hibernation and Groundhog Day lessons with these ready-made, classroom-tested materials. This money-saving bundle has fun, hands-on activities for your hibernation & Groundhog Day units that will keep your young students engaged and eager to learn!

Hibernation Activities Resource

This resource includes:
hibernation animal sorting activities for your pocket chart and centers
a hibernating bear craft
a variety of writing prompts
bulletin board idea with printable bulletin board letters
a printable page that is great for individual assessment

Sorting activities are a great way to enhance students’ learning of hibernation. Sorting the animals into sets helps teach young children about relationships and attributes, helps them to compare and better recognize differences, and shows them that things can be categorized. The sorting activities will also help to train their brains to create organized thoughts and ways of retrieving the hibernation information.

The cute hibernating bear craft and writing craftivity create a meaningful classroom display. Hanging student-created displays in your classroom conveys to students that their work is valued and makes the message of the display more meaningful to them because they had a hand in designing it.

You receive the following:
Pocket chart headers in both color and b/w
Clip art animal picture cards in both color and b/w
Real-world animal picture cards
Sorting mat in both color and b/w
Which Animals Hibernate? printable page
Writing Prompt Page – Bears hibernate during the winter. During the winter I like to…
Blank Writing Prompt Page that can be used for any hibernation writing activity of your choice
Hibernating Bear Craft & Patterns (additional materials required such as paper plates, cotton balls, paint or crayons, glue)
Writing Pages (full page and half page) – I would like to hibernate because… and I would not like to hibernate because…
Blank Writing Pages (full page and half page) that can be used for your own writing prompts or activities
Bulletin Board Title Letters in both color and b/w
Bonus: Hibernation Game Ideas and Hibernation Song

Groundhog Day & Shadows Resource

Includes:

♦ an interactive PowerPoint presentation with information on groundhogs, Groundhog Day, and shadows (40 slides)

♦ interactive quiz slides at the end of the PowerPoint presentation to check student understanding (groundhog will come up out of his burrow and applause will sound when correct responses are clicked)

♦ printable pages

♦ activities about groundhogs and shadows

♦ book list

The PowerPoint presentation uses simple terms and real, full-color photographs to explain groundhogs, Groundhog Day, and shadows.

It includes an interactive quiz at the end to check student understanding. When a correct answer is clicked, the groundhog comes up out of his burrow and applause is heard. When an incorrect answer is clicked, an unhappy face with an “Oops try again” message is displayed.

The interactive quiz is divided into 3 sections (Show What You Know About Groundhogs, Show What You Know About Groundhog Day, Show What You Know About Shadows). They can be completed all at once or completed a section at a time.

Printable pages that coordinate with the interactive quiz are also included. Students can follow along and mark their answers as you go through the questions or complete the page as they go through the questions on their own.

A brief description of each slide is below:

1 – cover
2 – terms of use
3 – teacher directions
4 – brief description of a groundhog
5 – other names for groundhogs
6 – what groundhogs eat
7 – size and color of a groundhog
8 – how they use their claws
9 – about their burrows
10 – information about groundhog babies
11 – how groundhogs prepare for hibernation
12 – When do groundhogs wake up?
13 – the history of Groundhog Day
14 – how the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club got its name
15 – Punxsutawney Phil
16 – history of the Groundhog Day ceremony
17 – Groundhog Day prediction information
18 – What is a shadow?
19 – shadows and light
20 – What happens if an object is close or far away from a light source?
21 – shadows move with you
22 – 23 – how the time of day affects shadow length
24 – sundials
25-43 – interactive quiz questions
44-47 – printable pages
48 – credits page

You also receive additional printables and activities in a separate PDF file. You receive:

★ Punxsutawney Phil cut and paste
★ Wake Up Groundhog! emergent reader
★ Groundhog Day prediction craftivity
★ Punxsutawney Phil rhyme/poem
★ Weather tracking activity to test Phil’s prediction
★ Ideas for using the free app – ChatterPix Kids
★ Directions and patterns for a shadow demonstration
★ Shadow watching experiment
★ Role play/dramatic play activity
★ Book List