Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye!
In Joplin, Missouri, on this magnificent Groundhoggatt Day, February 2nd, 2017,
when "the seer of seers, the prognosticator of all prognosticators"
is summoned from his burrow in the old oak stump,
will he see his shadow and proclaim six more weeks of winter,
or will he declare spring just around the corner?
when "the seer of seers, the prognosticator of all prognosticators"
is summoned from his burrow in the old oak stump,
will he see his shadow and proclaim six more weeks of winter,
or will he declare spring just around the corner?
Elsewhere...
While We're on the TopicLearn more about the holiday's main character:  | Music AppreciationEnjoy this holiday edition of Music Appreciation. |
Speaking of Groundhogs
Below are two videos that explain more about the animals observed in this holiday. Compare and contrast the two videos. Who is the target audience for each video?
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Shadows in the Arts
Did the groundhog see its shadow? It's really nothing to worry about, is it? Check out the shadow theater group in the video below. Then read the poem, My Shadow.
| Use newspapers to find the words to the poem. Cut and paste the words onto a provided piece of construction paper. If you have to find individual letters to spell out the words, that's acceptable, too, but be on the lookout for letters that are already in the right order. Each group will be responsible for a couple of lines. |  |
Shadow Math
We are prepared to make the most of the holiday, today. We're moving into "new" concepts in Math, and we're taking the groundhog along for the ride. Today, we will calculate the shaded area of a provided grid, and we will consider that the shaded area also represents a fraction of the whole grid. Can your fractions be simplified?
How are you going to handle these?
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