Where is his Shadow? This Groundhog’s Day alphabet game is great for students who are practicing letter sounds or letter recognition. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for a Preschool, Pre-k or Kindergarten classroom.

Ways to Use

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific letters for struggling students

How to Play

Where’s his Shadow? is a game for centers or whole group instruction where the groundhog’s shadow is hidden behind a groundhog. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the letter they think the shadow is behind. Once guessed, the letter is removed. If the shadow is behind the groundhog, then it must be hidden again to play further. If the shadow is not behind the groundhog, then the poem is chanted again and a new letter is guessed. This game has letters in both capital and lowercase forms.

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