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5 Little Leprechauns Five little leprechauns
scurrying by my door, One jumped away, then there were 4.
Four little leprechauns climbing in my tree, One hid in the
green leaves, then there were 3. Three little leprechauns, just
a busy few, One went for a pot of gold, then there were 2.
Two little leprechauns, having lots of fun, One hopped over the
rainbow, then there was 1. One little leprechaun, with all his
work done. He slipped off for a nap, then there were none.
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Five Green Shamrocks Place 5 paper shamrocks, with a child's
name printed on each one in the middle of the circle. As you recite
following verse, children find their names and take the shamrock.
Continue until everyone has a turn. 5 little shamrocks
growing outside my door, (child's name) picked one, and then
there were 4. 4 little shamrocks, green as green could be,
(child's name) picked one, and then there were 3. 3 little
shamrocks, sitting by my shoe, (child's name) picked one, and
then there were 2. 2 little shamrocks, nodding in the sun,
(child's name) picked one and that left 1. 1 little shamrock
for Saint Patrick's Day fun, (child's name) picked it, and that
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"Pot of Gold" Shape Game: Place different laminated paper
shapes in a black plastic cauldron type pot … as in “pot of gold.”
The pot is passed around the circle to each child, who pulls out a
shape and says, "Do you know what I've been told? A (name shape) is
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Saint Patrick's Day (tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low) Do
your ears point up? (pull on top of ears) Do you have a lot of
luck? (cross fingers on both hands) Can you dance an Irish jig?
(dance) For a pot of gold you'd dig. (pretend to dig) Can
you toss gold over your shoulder (pretend to toss over shoulder)
Like a giant throws a boulder? (pretend to throw heavy object)
Do your ears point up? (pull on top of ears) Author Unknown
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Shamrock Sequencing: Divide a piece of white construction paper into 6 equal size boxes (any excess can be cut off later). Copy or draw a shamrock inside each box. The shamrock should be close to the size of the box. Photocopy onto green construction paper. Program the shamrocks with numbers 1 – 10 or however many you’d like for your students to sequence. Whenever I make activities of this sort, I always make at least 2 sets; one for the classroom and one to send home in a Homework Tote. Laminate; cut out cards on the lines (not around the shamrocks). The students will sequence the numbers in the correct order. They can sequence them in a pocketchart, on a clothesline, on the floor, or on a countertop.
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Alphabetical Order: The shamrock cards would also work great for practicing putting alphabetical order. Program each card with a word, then the students can alphabetize the words in a pocketchart (up to 10 words vertically) or elsewhere. You could also use theme based words for alphabetizing: elf, shamrock, gold, pot, rainbow, green, tiny, magic, etc.
This is a great activity for practicing alphabetizing because the students can physically maneuver the words until they get them in alphabetical order. It cuts out a lot of the frustration of having to write and erase the words repeatedly.
*Note: The Mailbox or The Mailbox Companion.com are both good places to find clip art to use when making these types of activities. To make the next activity I used an enlarged copy of a “cauldron/pot” from The Mailbox Companion.com
and removed the “gold” before enlarging it. (And when I say
“I”, I mean I come with the ideas for these activities, but my TA
usually does all the work. :) )
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Math Mats: Photocopy large pots onto black construction paper; cut out and mount onto green construction paper. Program the pots with numbers using a white paint pen or white/yellow numbers from die-cuts. Laminate. The students count out pieces of “gold” onto each mat to match the number on the pot. I’m using Mardi Gras doubloons for gold. You could use gold painted rocks/beans as gold “nuggets”, or use chocolate gold coins if you can find them.
You could change the look of this whole activity by mounting pots of gold onto green construction paper and programming them with numbers. Instead of counting out gold to match the numbers, the students could add mini-eraser shamrocks to the Math Mats.
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Saint Patrick's Day Song (tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb)
I'm looking for a leprechaun, leprechaun, leprechaun, I'm looking for a leprechaun Do you know where's he gone? He wears a suit that's made of green, Made of green, made of green, He wears a suit that's made of green, Do you know where he is? He lives by a rainbow and hides his gold, Hides his gold, hides his gold. He lives by a rainbow and hides his gold, Do you know where he's gone? If you see a leprechaun, leprechaun, leprechaun, If you see a leprechaun, Please tell me where he's gone. Author Unknown |
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I'm a Little Leprechaun (tune: I'm a Little Teapot) I'm a little leprechaun Dressed in green The tiniest man that you have ever seen. If you ever catch me, So it's told, I'll give to you my pot of gold. Author Unknown |
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I Saw a Leprechaun (tune: If You're Happy and You Know it) I saw a leprechaun yesterday I saw a leprechaun yesterday Yes, I saw him yesterday Going on his merry way With a twinkle in his eye, He said, "Good Day." Author Unknown
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Paddy is His Name-O (tune: Bingo) I know a tiny little man who dresses all in green clothes. He is a leprechaun; He is a leprechaun; He is a leprechaun; And Paddy is his name-o. He lives across the ocean wide; He's rarely ever seen so... He is a leprechaun; He is a leprechaun; He is a leprechaun; And Paddy is his name-o. Author Unknown |
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Use Ellison die-cut shamrocks to make matching games. You can program the shamrocks for many different activities: matching capital to lowercase letters, matching numbers to dots, matching rhyming words, matching opposites, matching synonyms, matching words to form compound words, matching contractions to words that make up the contractions, matching addition/subtraction facts to the correct answer, etc. |
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Saint Patrick's Day (tune: If You're Happy and You Know It). On Saint Patrick's Day, you might see a leprechaun. (x2) If you close your eyes and wish, and pretend you are Irish, On Saint Patrick's Day, you might see a leprechaun. On Saint Patrick's Day you might see a rainbow bright (x2) If you close your eyes and wish, and pretend you are Irish, On Saint Patrick's Day you might see a rainbow bright. On Saint Patrick's Day you might see a pot of gold (x2) If you close your eyes and wish, and pretend you are Irish, On Saint Patrick's Day you might see a pot of gold. On Saint Patrick's Day you might see a shamrock green (x2) If you close your eyes and wish and pretend you are Irish, On Saint Patrick's Day you might see a shamrock green. Author Unknown
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The marshmallows in Lucky Charms cereal (or something similar) can be used for graphing. Check out the following websites for printable graphs; however, make sure the graph you choose meets the cereal that you use. Some of the marshmallow pieces have changed over the years and your graph may not match up to your cereal.
www.boxtops4education.com/collateral/worksheets/math/math_k1_
3.pdf
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Shamrock Glass Cookies
1pg. pre-made sugar cookie dough
Green hard candy (lifesavers or jolly ranchers)
Zip lock baggies
Rolling Pin
1 lg. shamrock cookie cutter
1 sm. shamrock cookie cutter
Roll out cookie dough and cut out cookies using the lg. cookie
cutter.. Using the sm. cookie cutter, cut a hole in the center of
each cookie.
Place cookies on a foil covered cookie sheet. Put hard candies
in a plastic zip lock baggie and crush them using the rolling pin.
Use the crushed candy to fill the holes in the center of the
cookies. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes until lightly
brown. Cool completely and peel off foil. |
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Magic Good Luck
Powder: Watch the surprise on your students' faces as you add
milk to the magic, good luck powder left by your friendly, local
leprechaun. Don't forget to read this poem to them that the
leprechaun left for them as well:
Leprechauns,
leprechauns,
Never seen...
Magic powder,
Green, green, green!
~Author Unknown
The magic powder
left by the leprechaun is really pistachio pudding. It's white
before adding milk .. then it turns green. :) |
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Quilt: Inspired
by a quilt square at
TLC.
The hearts and tiny shamrocks for the corners were cut using the
Ellison machine and the students created their own stem.

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Symmetry: One of
our benchmarks is to explore symmetry through real world art.
I created a half of a shamrock template and traced it onto the fold
of a green sheet of paper folded in half vertically for each
student. I modeled for the students how to hold on the fold
and cut on the line. When they're finished cutting, they open
up their paper to see the shamrock which is symmetrical.

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Websites:
St. Patrick's
Day
http://www.gigglepotz.com/isaintpat.htm
Happy St.
Patrick's Day Related Websites
http://123greetings.com/links/events/saint_patricks_day/wishes/
St. Patty's
Children Section
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7134/Green/grchild.htm
KD Craft
Exchange - Pot of Gold game
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/potgoldgame.html
Hodge Podge of
Ideas
http://www.geocities.com/athens/thebes/9893/compiledstpatty.html
St. Patrick's
Day Crafts
http://www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/stpatricksdaycrafts.cfm
Luck o' the
Irish Shamrock Cap
http://family.go.com/crafts/sew/craft/famf_craft_shamcap/
Readers Theatre
Script: St. Patrick's Day
http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/march/script.htm
Leprechaun Poop
http://holidayorganizer.com/gifts/stuffers/leprpoop.html
St. Patrick's
Rainbow Mobile
http://www.zoomschool.com/crafts/stpatrick/Rainbow.shtml
Leprechaun
Erase-A-Rhyme (scroll down)
http://www.jmeacham.com/lessons.htm
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Mar 2001
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