Feb. 1, 2012: Celebrity for a Day

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Activities:

1. Divide a piece of paper into two columns. On one side, paste newspaper pictures or words of items you would use if there were six more weeks of winter. On the other side, paste pictures/words of things you would use if spring came.

2. In the newspaper, circle words or pictures of animals that hibernate.

3. Ask family members and friends for stories they have heard about predicting weather. Make a list of their ideas.

4. Why are these important to the groundhog: (a) burrows, (b) claws, (c) berries and (d) Punxsutawney?

5. Create a new weather legend. Write a story about how an animal predicts a weather event.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students understand the characteristics of animals. (Life Science)