WorksSquirrel's New Year's Resolution
The ebullient squirrel from Substitute Groundhog is back with many of her friends from the Hidey Hole Diner. Squirrel is on a quest to find out how to make her own resolution for the New Year. From Mole to Porcupine, all the animals seem to have resolutions but her. Children will enjoy the humor and the surprise ending. Celebrate the New Year with Student Resolutions (124.5KB)
This activity from Cara Carroll, first grade teacher at Boon Elementary in Allen ISD, TX, will have kids wearing party hats and using horns to celebrate their resolutions. Make a Resolution
This lesson from Lakeshore Learning is designed for grades 1 and 2. Substitute Groundhog
Groundhog develops flu just before Groundhog Day and holds try-outs. Mole can’t see his shadow. Eagle’s wingspread won’t fit underground. Bear falls asleep, and hyperactive Squirrel can’t stop popping up and down. Groundhog loses hope until a strange visitor from Texas steps up. Can she do the job? Stick Puppet Pictures for Substitute Groundhog (54.0KB)
Here is a bookmark template to print for students with instructions for making the animals in this book. You or your students can print the animal pictures, color, and cut them out. Attach to construction paper and glue to a popsicle or craft stick. Gather students and have a play! Or use them for sequencing activities, or to create a new story. Many of these characters are also in Squirrel's New Year's Resolution. Click here for 25-page teaching guide for Substitute Groundhog (4.7MB)
This unit was developed by Suzy Red, www.suzyred.com, and includes activities for multiple intelligences. Substitute Groundhog Readers Theater Script for Primary Grades (270.0KB)
This script for Suzy Red is a fun introduction to Substitute Groundhog and can be read with students in late K - second. Readers' Theater Script for Substitute Groundhog for intermediate grades (31.0KB)
This script is suitable for strong second readers through fifth grade. Have your older students perform for the little ones. Advertising for a Groundhog
Mrs. Wood, a dual language kindergarten teacher at Mike Moseley Elementary in Grand Prairie, TX, has created a higher-level thinking activity that also makes a great bulletin board. Follow-up Activities for Substitute Groundhog (425.0KB)
Mary Pitner of Learning Way Elementary in Shelbyville, TN has created nine pages of interactive activities for sequencing, alphabetical order, and parts of speech based on Substitute Groundhog. We're Going on a Book Hunt
This book uses endearing animals, an action chorus with hand motions, and bouncy rhymes to show readers how to use the library. Ms. Bear teaches her cub students how to select a “just right” book, use shelf markers, turn pages, and other library procedures. Ms. Duncan and her first grade teaching team at Winslow Elementary, Henrietta, NY, incorporated We're Going on a Book Hunt into a chant and Voicethread lesson on "I-Pick", how to choose a just right book. Check out the second slide to see some cute first graders chant the chorus to the book. Library Monkeys
Library Monkeys is published on large 11 x 17 inch cards with the illustration facing the group, and the text on the back (with a thumbnail picture). The bouncy chant is similar to the traditional "Five Little Monkeys" and makes for a fun and active introduction to caring for books. |
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