All About Groundhog's Day: Three Informative Reader's Theaters

Want a great way to help your students fully understand the history behind Groundhog's Day, as well as the life cycle and behavior of groundhogs? Then this is the product for you! Three fabulous Reader's Theaters provide a chance for students to be actively involved in their learning, while improving their vocabularies, as well as fluency, and comprehension skills A great way to integrate social studies and science with reading for teachers because kids are learning about the history behind this day, as well as the life cycle of these amazing creatures. Students will also learn about other creatures that scientists and farmers have used in the past to predict changes in the weather or seasons. This product contains the following:

The History of Groundhog's Day (16 roles)

Weather Forecasting Creatures (Getting Real with Phil): (15 parts)

Groundhog Life Cycle: (6 roles)

Each Reader's Theater has a set of higher level vocabulary cards to post in your classroom or on a bulletin board, in addition to some fun and exciting activities to develop their knowledge of the vocabulary words.

- Anchor Charts: -Groundhogs: Built for Survival (Poster of body parts and how

                     they help groundhogs to survive)

- Life Cycle Chart (illustrates all stages of the groundhog life
                      cycle)

- Ten Terrific Facts About Groundhogs (Some unusual facts about these creatures to share with your students!)

- A cut, color, and assemble life cycle activity for students to complete.

- Great colorful photographs of REAL groundhogs in action!

Your students will learn SO much and be SO motivated by these activities!