This St. Patrick's Day Skip Counting Graph Worksheet has 2nd Grade students count tally marks by fives, write each total, and color the bar graph. Answer key included, so checking takes seconds.
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.
This St. Patrick's Day words worksheet lets 2nd grade students unscramble six words made from the holiday's letters. A handy word box and an answer key are included for easy checking.
Using Plenty O' Pennies Counting Pennies Activity, students practice counting pennies to build their coin counting skills.
Using Lucky Charms Before and After Activity, studentsplay this fun game to practice identifying before and after.
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.
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.
St. Patrick's Day flash cards for preschool to 2nd grade: 12 fold-over picture word cards plus a practice page, answer key included, to build holiday vocabulary for reading and writing.
Using St Patrick's Day Compound Words Activity, students match pictures cards to compound word cards to build their reading fluency.
This writing a st patrick's day letter worksheet lets 2nd grade students write a friendly letter about the holiday, practicing a greeting, body, closing, and signature to grow confident writers.
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.
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.
A St. Patrick’s Day Alphabetical Order Worksheet where 2nd graders put eight holiday words in ABC order, using second letters for the tricky pairs. Answer key included for fast, no-prep March practice.
Using this St. Patrick's Day Mini Pack, students learn about St. Patrick's Day through ten fun worksheets and three activities.
This St. Patrick's Day Easy Alphabetical Order Activity will teach your students how to put sight words in alphabetical order and build recognition.
Lucky learning, pot of gold optional
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17. It honors Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, and today it is a big celebration of Irish culture with parades, shamrocks and lots of green. In 2nd grade it makes a great theme for real skills: kids count coins like 2 quarters + 3 dimes = 80¢, show three-digit numbers in hundreds, tens and ones, compare numbers with < and >, build compound words like rain + bow, and write friendly letters. The click moment is when a sneaky "leprechaun" leaves a math mess in the classroom and kids rush to solve it.
Second graders go wild for leprechauns. These moves channel that energy into math and writing.
Give kids "gold coins" labeled 100, 10 and 1, and have them build a number you call out, like 347. Then they write it in expanded form. Swap roles so a partner calls the number next.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withSt. Patrick's Day Place Values ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Fill a pot with real or paper coins and have small groups count it, grouping by value first. Ask each group to show two different ways to make the same amount. Money and skip counting in one lucky game.
Why it works: in a well-known study, a few short sessions of a simple number board game measurably boosted young children's number skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).
Try it withPlenty O' Pennies Counting Pennies ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Post St. Patrick's Day picture cards and words like shamrock, rainbow and leprechaun. Kids use them to write a story about catching a leprechaun. Pictures help them spell the tricky holiday words.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withSt. Patrick's Day Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Green, gold and full of practice.
WorksheetsSkip count by 2s, 5s and 10s to fill in a lucky St. Patrick's Day graph.
Open St. Patrick's Day Skip Counting Graph Worksheet →
ActivitiesMatch two small words to build a compound word on each band of the rainbow.
Open St. Patrick's Day Compound Words Activity →
WorksheetsKids write a friendly letter asking the leprechaun where he hid his gold.
Open Writing a St Patrick's Day Letter Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: St. Patrick's Day Skip Counting Graph Worksheet, St. Patrick's Day Writing Activity and Rainbow Place Value Activity.
St. Patrick's Day is on March 17 every year. It honors Saint Patrick and celebrates Irish culture.
Green is connected to Ireland, which is called the Emerald Isle, and to the shamrock. Wearing green is a fun way to join the celebration.
Coin counting with gold coins, place value games, leprechaun trap building, compound word rainbows and leprechaun letters are classroom favorites.
A leprechaun is a little fairy from Irish folklore, said to be a shoemaker who hides a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Kids love stories about trying to catch one.
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