Today we all pretended we had a little Irish in us and celebrated St. Patrick's Day. We are taking Benchmarks this week, which are our standardized tests in First grade, so between testing, we had some fun!
First, I challenged everyone to create 16 words using the letters from the word leprechaun. Some of them came up with some great words, while others struggled to come up with 5!
Next, we read the story, That's What Leprechauns Do, by Eve Bunting. The kids enjoyed reading about the mischief the leprechauns got into on their way to put their gold at the end of the rainbow. After the last page of the story, there is a little information about leprechauns so I read it to the class. They all wanted to know if leprechauns were real (of course I didn't tell them no!)
After we read, we each got a pile of fruit loops and did various math activities with their fruit loops, including making a bar graph, making a pattern, and adding and subtracting. I think their favorite part was getting to eat their treat!
We also listened to Irish music as we worked!
Another activity we did was think all about the word LUCKY! We discussed and wrote about why we are lucky, who we are lucky to know, what our lucky charms are, and what we would do if we found a pot of gold. It was really cute to see why they think they are lucky. They shared things like I am lucky to have a nice family, have a bed, have friends, have a cool teacher, and to go to school. They drew all kinds of things for their lucky charms. Most of them said they would show their mom if they found a pot of gold. One little girl said she would throw it in the air and dance around!
I think these little ones enjoyed wearing my silly St. Patrick's Day hats!
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