St. Patrick's Day: A Bit 'o Fun

St. Patrick's Day is one of my favorite units of the year!  Today I added some of my favorite St. Patrick's Day activities to my store.  There are a couple FREEBIES below for you try out.


Add enrichment to your curriculum and a wee bit of fun, too!

CENTERS CONNECTION:

ABC ORDER: Leapin' Leprechaun (answers included)
WORD WORK: Rainbow Words (example included)
SYLLABLES: Saavy Syllables (answers included)
-OLD WORD FAMILY: includes 1) word family sign 2)black pot with slide through strip of 10 letters to make and read words
LUCKY BOOKS: includes 1)list of St. Patrick Day theme books (title, author, reading level) 2)fiction response sheet 3)non-fiction response sheet

WRITING CONNECTION
++ I feel lucky when . . . (on shamrock shape paper)
++SEVEN St. Patrick's themed picture prompts
++Patrick McNugget, the Unlucky Leprechaun: includes 1)writing paper 2)characterization worksheet 3)class book cover
++Word Bank: 15 words
++Postcard: Design your own postcard and write a note about your travels to Ireland

MATH CONNECTION
Lucky facts: Addition & Subtraction math facts
Lucky facts: Multiplication & Division math facts
Lucky facts: 2 Blank forms for addition, multiplication

LITERATURE CONNECTION
Venn diagram: Compare Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato to Jamie O'Rourke and the Pooka
Spuds sheet: Write about your favorite part of Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato on this potato shaped paper (2 parts)

TECH & SOCIAL STUDIES CONNECTION
Investigate Ireland and use the information to design a tourism advertising campaign
Includes: Tour Ireland Investigation worksheet
Includes: Rubric for Tourism Advertisement project

SCIENCE CONNECTION
Potato Station: How long does it take to sprout a sweet potato in water? Included are 1)Signs for your science station 2)chart to record your students' predictions 3)observation sheet on which students write and draw their observations


Here's one of the picture prompts that you can try out:

Here's the characterization worksheet that goes along with the Patrick McNugget, the Unlucky Leprechaun, writing activity:

In the Patrick McNugget writing activity, students write a story about the trials and tribulations of Patrick's life being unlucky.  The stories can be combined into a class book.  A class book front cover is included.  It looks like this:

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Teachers Notebook

Here's some preview pictures: