St. Patrick's Day Centers Giveaway & Sale

Hello all you Lucky Leprechauns! Are you getting ready for St. Patrick's Day? It is just around the corner and will be here before you know it!

We are slowly creeping up to MAP testing time (sorry...you will be hearing about the MAP test a lot since we are nearing the start dates) and I have started reviewing a lot of Communication Arts concepts to help prepare my students to do their best on the test. What better way to review than to complete some literacy centers! I plan on including these centers during my RTI time where students complete centers during this time. You could also use these centers around the room and have your students move after a timer goes off.

My Lucky's Literacy Centers are packed with a lot of literacy review, such as proper nouns, friendly letter, verbs, context clues, etc.

Lucky's Names

 

Within this center, your students will separate the names that are written correctly (put under the Pot of Gold) and incorrectly (put under the Fools Gold). Then they will record only the words that are written correctly.

 



 

Lucky's Nouns

 

Students determine if the nouns are singular and plural by sorting through the clover leaves. They record their findings on the recording sheet provided.

 

Lucky's Synonyms

 

Students sort through the clover leaves and match up the synonyms within the pile. Then they have to determine an antonym for the synonyms. They record their findings on the recording sheet included.

 

Lucky's Verbs

 

Students sort through and determine which verbs are past, present, and future. This skill really helps students to pay attention to the verb endings. They record the sorted verbs on the recording sheet provided.

 

Lucky's Clues

 

Using context clues, students will determine the meaning of the underlined words within the sentences. On the recording sheet provided, they will write the meaning of the words and the words that were helpful to them.

 

Lucky's Letter

 

This is a skill that I still see students struggle with, even though they have been completing friendly letters since Kindergarten. Students determine where each part of the friendly letter goes on their recording sheet. They have to rewrite the letter correctly, which helps with editing skills as well, writing complete sentences, and using the parts of a friendly letter correctly.

 

Enjoy these centers by clicking here! These centers will be 20% off from March 7-10!

 

Also, one lucky responder will receive these centers for FREE! Leave a comment, along with your email, and I will choose one lucky winner by March 7th!! You could be the one! :)

 

What do you do for St. Patrick's Day with your students? Do you have any fun activities or ideas to do within your classroom?

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

 

 



Saint Patrick's Day is almost here! I do love this Irish holiday but I am really excited because it marks the beginning of Spring break! Let's be honest fellow teachers, this is the time of year when even the sweetest student in your classroom begins to act like a nut! 



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 So, today in kindergarten, we talked about how we would catch a leprechaun. I had my students share some ideas and they were great! We began with the sentence starter: To catch a leprechaun, I would.....

Later in the day, we continued our leprechaun theme with a guest appearance by O'Malley! While my students were in P.E., he ran through our room and  made quite a mess! He left a letter next to his footprints and gold coins.



Download O'Malley's letter

The kids had a great time picking up the coins and reading the words. If they came to a word they didn't know, they asked a friend for help. I tried to upload the coins in word so you can change the words to match your sight word list but the coins were jumbled together. I made a set of yellow coins and white so you can pick which one you want to use. I used the white and copied them onto yellow paper. I am going to put the coins in a black pot and use it in a reading center. Students will pull out a coin and if they can read the word, they keep it. If they can't read the word it goes back into the pot. Take the blank coins and if they pull out a blank coin they have to put all of their coins back in the pot! Have fun!!!

 

 

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So what are you planning for St. Patty's Day?