This St. Patrick's Day writing activity gives 1st to 3rd grade children prompt cards, shamrock step cards, a story map and themed writing paper so every child can plan and write. Answer key included.
This rainbow place value activity has children match pots of gold to tens and ones cards. Made for Kindergarten to 2nd Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.
Using Lucky Charms Before and After Activity, studentsplay this fun game to practice identifying before and after.
Using Plenty O' Pennies Counting Pennies Activity, students practice counting pennies to build their coin counting skills.
This St. Patrick's Day place values activity has 2nd-3rd grade students match three-digit numbers to expanded form cards. Answer key included, so checking is quick and easy.
Using St Patrick's Day Compound Words Activity, students match pictures cards to compound word cards to build their reading fluency.
This St. Patrick's Day clip art activity gives Preschool to 1st Grade children 15 fold-over picture cards, a card hunt game and a practice page, with an answer key included, to grow holiday vocabulary.
This St. Patrick's Day inequalities activity has 1st and 2nd grade students sort rainbow number cards around 50 and write greater than and less than signs. Answer key included.
The St. Patrick's Day hard alphabetical order activity helps 2nd and 3rd grade students alphabetize words that share a first letter using picture-sorted word cards. Answer key included.
This St. Patrick's Day blends activity is a memory game for 1st and 2nd grade: match rainbow word cards that start with the same blend. Practice page and answer key included.
This St. Patrick's Day Easy Alphabetical Order Activity will teach your students how to put sight words in alphabetical order and build recognition.
A pot of gold full of learning!
St. Patrick's Day falls on March 17, and it's the perfect excuse to sprinkle a little green into every subject. Kids read about the holiday's Irish roots and traditions, then dive into themed practice: counting gold coins, skip counting shamrocks, writing a plan to catch a leprechaun, and building compound words like rain + bow = rainbow. The magic is that kids practice real skills while thinking it's all a party. The click moment is when the leprechaun "visits" and leaves a math problem behind.
These moves keep the holiday fun and the learning real.
Fill a little pot with pennies and have kids count them by ones, then group them into tens. "How much gold did the leprechaun leave?" Real coins make counting and money skills hands-on.
Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withPlenty O' Pennies Counting Pennies ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Model a how-to plan on the board: "First, I'll build a ramp. Next, I'll add shiny coins." Then kids write their own leprechaun trap steps. It's a festive way to practice sequence words.
Why it works: handing over the work step by step, from teacher to student, is one of the most widely used teaching frameworks (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withSt. Patrick's Day How to Catch a Leprechaun WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Flash holiday word cards like shamrock, rainbow and gold. Kids read them fast and use one in a sentence. A quick round builds vocabulary for writing time.
Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withSt. Patrick's Day Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →A little green goes a long way. These are kid favorites.
ActivitiesKids build numbers with color-coded place value pieces. Follow the rainbow to the pot of gold!
Open Rainbow Place Value Activity →
WorksheetsKids write a silly five-line limerick about a leprechaun and read it aloud with an accent.
Open St. Patrick's Day Limerick Worksheet →
ActivitiesKids find the numbers before and after on a lucky charms number line.
Open Lucky Charms Before and After Activity →Teacher favorites right now: St. Patrick's Day Writing Activity, Rainbow Place Value Activity and Lucky Charms Before and After Activity.
St. Patrick's Day is on March 17 every year. It celebrates Irish culture and is known for wearing green, shamrocks and leprechaun stories.
Tell them it's a holiday that started in Ireland to honor Saint Patrick. Today people celebrate with green clothes, parades, shamrocks and fun stories about leprechauns.
Try a leprechaun trap writing project, counting gold coins, rainbow place value, shamrock skip counting or a holiday reading passage. They're festive and still practice real skills.
Green is linked to Ireland, which is called the Emerald Isle for its green fields. The shamrock, a green clover, is also a symbol of the day.
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