St. Patrick's Day
HANDPRINT RAINBOW:
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/holiday_pat_ideas.htm
All of your students will contribute their handprints
to create this beautiful and colorful rainbow. Have your
students sign it and date it for a great classroom memento.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY WORD SEARCH:
http://www.thefamilycorner.com/gif/stpatsws.gif
Print out copies of this fairly easy word search for your
elementary students, with all entries geared toward a
St. Patrick's Day theme.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY COUNTING WORKSHEET:
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/actpag188.html
Print out copies of this student worksheet to have your
early elementary students practice their counting; all
with a St. Patrick's Day theme.
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY NAMEPLATES:
http://www.alphabet-soup.net/ttools/nameplateseasonal/sp1.html
Download and print personalized nameplates for your stu-
dents to help celebrate Saint Patrick's Day, with a col-
orful wee leprechaun to decorate the tags.
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY IN THE CLASSROOM:
http://www.123child.com/march/
Get plenty of green paint ready... Then try your hand at
shamrock people, torn paper shamrocks, cereal rainbows,
leprechaun footprints, pistachio pudding finger paint,
kool aid art, goop, shades of green, shamrock sequencing...
the list is exhaustive here for finding "green" things to
do in the classroom.
GREEN ON GREEN:
http://www.kinderart.com/seasons/patty1.shtml
Green construction paper, green crayons or pastels, and
white tempera paints... What have you created? Read the
directions here to find out in this fun St. Patrick's
Day art project for elementary students.
LEPRECHAUN MISCHIEF:
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/325.html
Oh, those nasty leprechauns... They have been ever so
busy messing up your classroom, leaving little green
footprints, and not cleaning up after themselves. This
clever teacher has spun a marvelous story around lepre-
chaun messes, complete with classroom organization and
letter writing skills.
LUCKY HOMEWORK PASSES:
http://www.abcteach.com/MonthtoMonth/March/homepass.htm
If your students have been particularly diligent about
their school work the past couple of months and are
well established in current classroom material, consi-
der giving them a wee bit o' the green for March--in
the form of shamrock and leprechaun homework passes.

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