Groundhog Day is Sunday, February 2nd, 2014! 

Today we will learn about Groundhog Day

in order to explain the folklore of this "holiday."

First, let's look at this National Geographic video of a wild groundhog in "action":

Next, we'll read a short nonfiction article about groundhogs, also known as woodchucks:	Let's take a look at a portion of a video explaining the Groundhog Day folklore:

NBC Learn:  

https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse?cuecard=295

 Do you think it's fact, or (fun) fiction? 

Let's examine the data.

Your turn...

GroundhogDay.flipchart