Groundhog Day Activities! Groundhog Writing Worksheets

It’s almost that time of year! Punxsutawney Phil is busy sleeping, but his yearly adventure into the sun to make a weather prediction is coming up fast!  Why not celebrate it in your classroom as well?  We’ve put together a group of fun writing prompts for elementary-age students that will drive them to become narrative writing superstars!

The Perfect Writing Prompts for Groundhog Day Fun!

Each worksheet in this resource gives the student a thought-provoking Groundhog Day-themed story starter to begin their creative writing piece. Students will read each writing prompt and continue the story using the writing page. These are the perfect groundhog-themed writing prompts! They’ll also prove fun and exciting for upper elementary learners. The resource includes four story ideas for kids:

• If I Could Choose the Groundhog’s Prediction…
• Goodbye, Groundhog! Mr. Groundhog Quits his Job
• If Groundhogs could talk…

The resource includes three worksheets featuring writing prompts for second graders and big kids alike! They are designed to hook your young writers and help them generate exciting and funny plot ideas to include in their writing samples. Simply print the sheet you need, and you’re off on the journey to amazing writing samples. 

Tips for Differentiation + Scaffolding 

In addition to independent student work time, use this worksheet as an activity for:

• Guided writing groups 
• Formative Assessment
• Homework assignment
• Flash Fiction Prompts
• Fun Journal Prompts

For struggling writers, provide sentence frames for students to build their sentences off of. They could also benefit from talking about their writing before beginning and generating a bank of words or details that they could include.

No Need for Groundhog Day Decorations…Display Student Writing Instead!

When displayed in the hall, student writings are the easiest and most eye-catching Groundhog Day decorations you can find. Print, complete, and staple them to the bulletin board…it’s that easy!

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