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It's Groundhog Day Grade 3 Curriculum Map

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                                                  It’s Groundhog Day Grade 3 Curriculum Map

                                              28 Fun, Skill‑Building Activities for Grade 3 🦫✨

Students will explore groundhogs, legends, shadows, and traditions while strengthening phonics, reading comprehension, word study, research skills, and creative writing. The included Teacher Guide provides rich background information on the origins of Groundhog Day, making it easy to introduce the history, folklore, and North American celebrations behind this delightful occasion.

Whether you're teaching about mammals, exploring superstitions, or diving into creative storytelling, these activities stretch imaginations and support a wide range of learning styles. 🌟

🎯 Learning Objectives

Students will:

  • 🦫 Study the mammal groundhog and its characteristics
  • đź“š Explore legends and understand their meanings
  • đź”® Learn about superstitions and how they are passed down
  • 🌗 Investigate shadows through hands‑on experimentation
  • 🎉 Discover how Groundhog Day (Candlemas Day) is celebrated across North America

 Introduction & Teacher Guide

 Teacher Notes:

  • Objectives
  • List of Resources
  • List of Vocabulary

Teacher Information:

  • Information on Groundhogs
  • Information on the Legend of Groundhog Day
  • Information on the Legend of Wiarton Willie
  • Information on Wiarton’s Groundhog Day Festival
  • Information on Punxsutawney Phil (A United States Groundhog)

Information on Shadows & Science Ideas

Teacher Input Suggestions

Poetry and Song

List of Skills

Student Activity Tracking Sheet

Answer Key

🧠 Skills Covered

🔤 Phonics

  • “Sh” sound
  • Blend digraph review
  • Double vowel review
  • Vowel review
  • Syllabication

 📝 Word Study

  • Homonyms
  • Antonyms
  • Synonyms
  • Spelling practice
  • Word search
  • Alphabetical order
  • Crossword puzzle

đź“– Reading

Reading Tips for the Teacher

Stories & Worksheet Follow-up

  • Who’s snoring?
    • Completing sentences
    • Illustrate the story
  • The Adventures of Willie Groundhog
    • Sequencing of events
  • The Legend of Groundhog Day
    • Matching the beginning of the sentence with the ending
  • Wiarton Willie
    • Fill in the blanks with the words in the word box
  • The Groundhog 
    • Complete the sentences with the words from the word box to tell a story.
    • Read the story and answer true of false
  • Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
    • Recalling details

đź’ˇ Brainstorming

  • Animal vegetarians
  • Animal pests
  • Animal homes

🔎 Research

  • Using a calendar
  • Locating animal legends
  • Using the internet

✍️ Creative Writing

  • Five picture‑based story prompts to inspire imagination and narrative skills

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