St. Patrick's Day NO HOMEWORK PASS

I hope you can use this freebie today!

Any Leprechaun Shrinking Hat Fans Out There? I Made Something For YOU!

Although St. Patrick's Day is fun and there are lots of fun activities we can do with our kiddos, I know that teachers don't have tons of time to be gathering different materials for this and that, finding files, etc.....sooooooo..... I know there are 1000s out there (data gathered from my Lucky Leprechaun stats!) and I wanted to make this week of planning EASIER for you.  I put ALL of my Lucky Leprechaun freebies into one file for you to quickly save, download and print to your heart's desire.  Included in the freebie kit are: Guided Drawing Shamrock with handwriting practice OR constructed response practice about Lucky, a skip counting puzzle with a message from Lucky, a before and after scientific sheet about the shrinking hats, AND an organizational list with links and directions for implementing all the fun into St. Patrick's Day. PLUS a new freebie that is a cartoon picture of Lucky with a Styrofoam cup and message for students to record what their cup looks like and color Lucky. 

Also included in the post is a link to an old post with FREE step by step directions on how to bring the magic of shrinking the cups to your classroom!  Enjoy and let me know about your experiences with Lucky! I can only hope that your students love it as much as mine!

 

Swing on into Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business and see what's going on!

St. Patrick's Day Eraser Graph

Using erasers to construct a graph is a tried and true center time activity every student loves.

The class can compare numbers, add, subtract, represent data in a fun way, 

and BE KIDS. 

Because every child I know loves colorful erasers.

Be sure to grab this freebie graph so you can easily and 

quickly prep a St. Patrick's Day Graph today!

 And here are some student examples in action.

St. Patrick's Day FREEBIE Potato Project

Need a freebie science activity for March?

Try this FREEBIE download for a St. Patrick's Day Potato Project.

We grow a potato in our classroom so we can see what happens to their roots.

And we make a Potato journal to document the changes.

Click here to read more.
And to grab your freebie download.

Follow Up Freebie to Shrunken Leprechaun Hats-It's Not Too Late to Do It Either!

Did you shrink your students' leprechaun hats yet?? If so, you can swing on into MMMB to grab a freebie to get them thinking and writing!  They will draw their hats before and after, then write how they think it happened!  You will get the GREATEST ideas from them (albeit not necessarily to scientific!). It is so fun...then it is your choice if you choose to bring science into and explain how it was "likely" done. I opt to let them imagine and figure it out later in life....but it is entirely up to you, as well as the age of your students! Enjoy!

 

March Themed Sentence Type, Expansion and Making Sense FREEBIE

Hi Peeps! It's Traci from Dragonflies in First!

I'm popping in real quick to let you know about the March-themed sentence type skill builders FREEBIE resource I am listing in my latest blog post. It's a great resource to attack declarative and interrogative sentence building and expanding skills.

Hop on over to learn more about it and grab your copy!

Ready to Go Lists for You to EASILY Prep a Magical St. Patrick's Day

I've been sharing the Legend of Lucky's Shrunken Hat for years now so it has become automatic for me to pick up the things I need throughout the weeks before when I am out doing errands and, of course, its easy for me to quickly print and prep the things I need for this project....BUT this year, I've decided to add some additional magic to our day and it had my head spinning...

What do I need to buy for these projects?

What do I need to prepare?

As teachers, we are ALL busy.  It is so easy to let fun days like this pass by because the planning and gathering materials becomes tricky and time consuming.  I knew I needed to write out my plans for the activities....so I decided I would do it for you, too

 (of course, the one for me was just on a wrinkled post it note). 

 I even separated out the buying, copying and prepping for each of the three activities in case you only want to have Lucky do one or two of the magic happenings on St. Patrick's Day!

If you have followed me at all over the years, you know I am all about EASY, PEASY, you know, working SMARTER, not harder!

 

So swing on into Mrs. Miner's Monkey Business to grab your FREE St. Patrick's Day planning guide for shrinking leprechaun hats, making rocks turn to gold, and turning magic dust into a yummy edible green treat!

 

 

The ULITMATE St. Patrick's Day Post

Need some help planning for  

St. Patrick's Day?

Look no further...

I have created the 

ULTIMATE

 St. Patrick's Day Post that you will love.

It This post is full of activities, 

learning experiences, 

art projects, 

COOKING, 

and more.

Your little learners hanging on your every words and wanting more.

Oh... did I mention the tons of ideas and FREEBIES included in the post?

Click on the picture above or here to head to this post. 

Wishing you all the Luck of the Irish, 

 

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FREEBIE Eraser Graph

 St. Patrick's Day is coming and we all love to get simple learnign ideas for our students.

And the more FUN we have, the more they seem to try.

I found some 

seasonal erasers 

for super cheap

and I had to make them into a graph.

I always encourage my students to make their graphs with different colors.

This small step makes them take a little more time 

and also allows them to see the results in their graph a little better.

Here is the work my kinders did this past week.

You can read all about my math centers here 

and grab this FREEBIE eraser graph printables too!

 

Keep learning fun!

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10 More Days Until Lucky the Leprechaun Arrives-Prepare Your Classroom!

St. Patrick's Day

is almost here!  A few years ago, I got tired of all the mischief the leprechauns caused and the traps all over the classroom (not to mention the chaos that was created first thing when students arrived), so I came up with the fictitious character that every child grows to love (although they never actually see him): Lucky the Leprechaun!  Lucky is more about creating magic than mischief!

This is Lucky! Isn't he cute?  He prefers magic to mischief!

 

I drew up a legend (from a long time ago.....he he) that he comes on St. Patrick's Day eve to classrooms to grab cups (Styrofoam cups) and turns them into hats that fit his head (of course the poem and his plea all makes perfect sense to the children!).

Sounds crazy and silly, but the kids love the legend and love to create a hat that they hope that Lucky will love when he arrives.

So many of my students wanted to draw lucky clovers on their hats, so I came up with a directed drawing and set it up just like the others that my students have been doing all year! 

 They loved it and guess what??? They are all drawing shamrocks everywhere AND they were so happy to be able to give Lucky a piece of luck especially from them on his hat....click the picture below to find out more about Lucky's adventures AND grab your freebie, too!

 

 



Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Today is my last day of March Break....{insert sad face here}....but I am excited to be going back to work on St. Patrick's Day!

I can't wait to see the look on my students' faces when they see all that I have planned for them!

Here is a little freebie to explain some meanings about the symbols related to St. Patrick's Day you might be able to use tomorrow.

Come by my blog to see what else I have planned for tomorrow...



Classroom Leprechaun Sign Freebie!

Are you planning on having those naughty little leprechaun's visit your classroom???? Here is a few signs for your classroom door! I made several different styles! I hope you can use it! 

Feel free to stop by my blog to say hi! Peace, Mel D