We have been busy with St. Patrick’s Day math centers and art projects. I also have a little St. Patrick’s Day spiral math review FREEBIE for 2nd grade. It is great to use for morning work or homework to review math skills. This free spiral review includes counting money, place value, skip counting, and 3-digit addition & subtraction. It is a great way to review second grade math skills. Click on the picture below for your free copy of St. Patrick’s Day math.
The leprechaun has been visiting our classroom daily. He has left green footprints, sprinkled gold all over the classroom, changed the background on the computers, and made lots of messes in our room. The students wrote how they would catch a leprechaun. We also did a little art project that I purchased from First Grade Fever by Christie on TPT.
On St. Patrick’s Day the leprechaun is going to leave us a leprechaun science kit that I purchased from Steve Spangler. I can’t wait to do the experiments with my class. It has so many cool experiments in it! I will talk more about this science kit in another post. Here is a picture of my teacher T-shirt that I am going to wear for St. Patrick’s Day.
Do you do anything special with your students on St. Patrick’s Day? I would love to hear your ideas!
What markers do you use?
I used regular felt tip markers from our school supply closet.
This is great stuff for the holidays. I will look to buy clothes like your shirt, I want to give it to my mother, she was a teacher.
In my second grade classroom we build Leprechaun traps that include at least one of the six different simple machines. We build the traps the day before St. Patrick's day. It is really fun to see the building processes that the students show and also their knowledge of simple machines.
We have made "Wanted" posters to attach to their drawings of their leprechauns. (part of media literacy and writing.) The students also wrote stories about what they would do if they met a leprechaun. (First, then, next, and finally)