According to officials with Grande Yellowhead Public School Division, Mrs. Gerspacher and the Grade 2/3 class at Evansview School in Evansburg recognized Groundhog Day by incorporating their math, art, and leadership skills while continuing to build community within their school. For those not familiar with this tradition, if the groundhogs sneak out of their burrows on February 2nd and see their shadows, we can expect six more weeks of winter.
Staff say students first created a graph and shared it centrally on a bulletin board; then these future meteorologists surveyed the school to see what people predicted would happen when the groundhog came out of his hole on Feb. 2. Once they had the predictions on the bulletin board, staff say students went back to their art classroom and built their own individual ‘groundhogs’. Students then put a picture of a groundhog on a stick and then the groundhog needed a home, so he was put into a cup that he could rise out of to see if there was a shadow.
According to staff, on Feb. 2, the Grade 2/3 class met the kindergarten and junior kindergarten class outside and explained how it all worked. Staff say the early learners were very interested participants in the whole process! The groundhogs all saw their shadow so the students say it looks like everyone should expect six more weeks of winter, so don’t put away those snow boots yet!
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