MARCH MADDNESS

 It's almost time for BASKETBALL!! Are you ready for all the games? Chances are your students will be seeing a lot of games at home, too. So, why not get in on the action at school!?!?! We have a 17 page FREEBIE that you'll need to  download today.  

Check it out here!

 

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ENJOY!

Book Extension - Green Shamrocks

We are so in love with the book Green Shamrocks by Eve Bunting. Rabbit is growing green shamrocks in a yellow pot.  He wants to wear them to the St. Patrick's Day parade. He plants, waters, and waits.  Finally they start growing and just in time! On the morning of the parade, he wakes up to find his shamrocks missing.  Will he find them in time for the parade? You'll have to read this book to find out. The kids love listening to the St. Patrick's day tales so much that you can barely put it down before they are fighting over it. We made some fun things to do with this book. Check them out below. 

We created a book extension, full of activities that we use with our students when reading this book. We are sure that your students will fall in love with this story, just like we did. 

Click here to get the extension.

MARCH SEVENTEEN

Here are a few ways to have fun with 17. We love St. Patrick's Day! It's actually an anniversary for one of us, and both of us LOVE to see spring and summer coming since we are both sun addicts. We also love any excuse to add something to our lessons that gets our kids MOTIVATED!!! You know how hard that can be. Soooooo, here you will find  a few things you can do with the number 17.  Your kids will be learning, but they will also be having fun doing it.  Everything in the pack is about the number seventeen.  Perfect for March 17th when those sneaky little leprechauns are wreaking havoc on your classroom. 

Click here to get this packet and get ready for the March 17th!

Jamie O'Rourke and The Big Potato

You have got to read Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato to your students in March.  This old Irish folktale is an all time favorite of mine.  It's illustrated by Tomie dePaola who happens to be a favorite of ours as well!  Jamie O'Rourke is the laziest man in all of Ireland, He is far too lazy to help his wife on their farm. When his wife became ill, he had to do all of her work. Luckily, he found a leprechaun. Instead of gold he gets a seed and grows the biggest potato in the world. 

We have all kinds of fun learning about and with potatoes after reading this book.  We do lots of measuring, writing, and experimenting with potatoes.   We included many of our potato activities in our book extension.  It is available on Teachers Pay Teachers and is full of activities to do with this book.  

Click here to get the extension.

Another great book to read at this time is The Hungry Leprechaun by Mary Calhoun.  Patrick O'Michael O'Callahan finds the hungriest leprechaun in all of Ireland!  The two of them will eat lots of potatoes in this story too!