Book Title: Groundhog Goes Outside Dates: February 3-7

Day/Focus Before Reading During Reading After Reading

Day 1: Book Intro Warm Up: Valentine’s Day
and MSV Poem
Book Introduction:
This book shares the story of
Groundhog Day-- from the
groundhog’s perspective. Gus
the groundhog can’t
remember the last time he saw
his shadow, and he is getting
worried.
Read cover to cover Think about fiction and
nonfiction. What makes
this story fiction?
Invite students to join
in.
What do you know about
groundhogs? Why was
It’s okay if it’s mostly Gus’s shadow missing?
you reading. On
some pages you
can choose to
reread, inviting
students to reread
with you.

Sneak Peek
-Today, when we read, there
When you come to
are going to be covered up
covered up words:
words on the first page. It’s
really going to feel like a brand ● What could
new book with words we don’t this word be?
know. Will you work together ● Give other
with me to solve them? options
“could it
be….”
● Would that
make sense?

If the word is ____

what letters would
we expect to see at
the (BME)

Day 2: Making Warm Up: Valentine’s Day ● As you read, What was Gus’s problem
Meaning – Poem stop and look in this story?
rereading to at each
learn more Set Up: picture and
say as much What did he do to solve
 Book Title: Groundhog Goes Outside Dates: February 3-7

“Today when we read, we are as you can. it?

going to focus on using the
picture and the words together
to say as much as we can Start at the beginning
about the topic. I wonder if we and retell the story.
can learn some new
vocabulary by paying close
attention to what’s happening
in the story.

Day 3: Word Play Warm Up: ● Use the New vocabulary: Burrow,
& Vocabulary questions on gathered, grinned,
Valentine’s Day Poem
each slide to worried.
Set Up: dive deeper
in vocabulary.
When we get to the questions
-Give the class a few
today, remember what we
scenarios that connect
know… we need to think about
with being worried.
all of the options, and then also
think about the story to find
which one makes the most -Have them try to think of
sense and fits best with a time they were worried,
Groundhog Goes Outside. like Gus.

Day 4: Warm Up: Valentine’s Day

Fluency Poem
Revisit slide 8 to practice
reading fluently and act
Set Up:
it out – either whole class
“We have read this book three or with a partner.
times now. We are becoming
experts. When we read today,
our voices should be smooth as
we read each page. Listen to
me first, and then try and sound
just like that…”

Day 5: Warm Up: Valentine’s Day Lower your voice so Looking closely at an
Comprehension Poem the students read illustration to extend the
 Book Title: Groundhog Goes Outside
& Extension
Set Up:
“Today is our last day with this
book. We know it very well. I am
going to be listening to you
read and call up expert readers
to hold the pointer.”
Dates: February 3-7
without you. text:
Call individual Let’s look at the picture
students up to point on the last page. Do you
on each page. think Gus cared about
finding his shadow
anymore? How did his
family feel? How do you
know?