St. Patrick's Week!

What a week filled with rainbows, leprechauns and fun! As it was St. Patricks week most of our classroom work focused around leprechauns and clovers. Even our math was clover related! Students absolutely loved it and it really helped them get excited for the big event! Here are a few fun projects that we did over the course of this week:

Torn Paper Rainbow

Incorporating art and fine motor practice we made torn paper rainbows. Students had to tear the paper themselves, make sure they glued it in the right spot and try to make as little white show as possible. A harder task than it may sound! It was a wonderful activity requiring them to focus on the task at hand. Here are a few of the finished products:

Wishing Rainbows

In an art and writing activity I had students think of 6 things they would wish for if they were granted these wishes from a leprechaun. Students copied my prompt on their cloud and then worked on their own or with a partner to write out what they would wish for! It was a great reflection activity as well as working on their writing abilities, including sounding out words. They also make our classroom look so cheerful as I hung them at the back of the room!

Leprechaun Guided Drawing

With this week leading up to spring break students had difficulty focusing. Thus we worked on this ability by doing a project that was focused on following directions and focusing on the task at hand. During this guided drawing students had to stay with me as I drew in front of them and follow my directions exactly. This was hard for some students but most of them turned out great! I also gave them some free reign when it came to coloring their drawings after they finished. I am very excited to hang them out on our art wall!

Leprechaun Traps!!

Perhaps the most anticipated and exciting activity of the week was the building of our leprechaun traps! Students had to make a drawing of their plan for their trap first, then once it was approved they could begin their construction. Students were so creative and came up with great ideas of how we could catch those mischievous leprechauns when they come out the night before St. Patrick's Day! After they built their traps they painted them and set them out in the room to try and catch a leprechaun. Unfortunately they didn't catch any but the leprechauns left clues that they were there! They knocked over chairs, took our books off their shelves and left footprints behind! The kids were pretty excited to discover that the leprechauns also left a chocolate coin for them :) FINALLY we were able to also catch those leprechauns on camera. Check out the video below to see what happened! Students watched it at least 4 times over the last 2 days!!

The leprechauns left footprints behind too!

They even knocked over chairs!

They spilled our white boards and markers! They left a note saying better luck next time!

Wow! What a fun week to end on! Please note that I put progress reports in your child's Friday Folder so if you have any questions please let me know! Enjoy your spring break!

Smiles,

Miss Adams