Showing posts with label st. patrick's day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label st. patrick's day. Show all posts

March 15, 2011

On the Hunt for a Pot o' Gold -- St. Patty's Day Scavenger Hunt!


We are so excited for St. Patrick's Day! I'm especially excited for all of the fun things I have in store for my firsties on Thursday. 

One of my favorite things to do on St. Patrick's Day is to hold a scavenger hunt. Students will come into the classroom and see this note from a sneaky little leprechaun. 

Attached to the letter, will be a riddle with a clue. Students will be on the hunt throughout our classroom and school for the pot of gold. I made the clues rhyme, I'm kinda proud of myself! 


Inside each library pocket will be a shamrock with a letter on it. 


There are 14 total clues. A couple of the pockets will have 2 letters inside. Once they reach the library, they will have all of the letters. The letters spell out the location where the pot of gold can be found!



And each student will be able to have a few of the chocolately gold coins! That's my kind of treasure!

What are some of your favorite St. Patrick's Day activities?

March 13, 2011

Projects by Jen -- St. Patrick's Day Lucky Charms!

Have you heard of Projects by Jen? She hosts all kinds of online projects for teachers all over the world. I've participated in a couple of her projects and they are always worthwhile. The kids love it!

There is a project that you can register for RIGHT NOW! The St. Patrick's Day project is a fun one and many of you are probably already planning on doing this activity in your classroom. Take it one step further the Jen's online project! You can go to her site and register here!

Free Download -- Sh-Sh-Sh-Shamrock! Kooshball activity


This is a download for those of you with smartboard. I put this activity together for one of my centers. Students take turns tossing a beanbag and hitting shamrocks on the smartboard. They read the /sh/ word, then put a leprechaun over the shamrock that they selected. Great independent center! I have a TpT, but my smartboard lessons are free to download. I hope you can use this! You can also adapt it for other content areas as well.

Go here to download!