I L-O-V-E St. Patrick's Day! This year my little nuggets are creating leprechaun traps to set in the classroom. We read and discussed the book, Leprechaun on the Loose {the perfect book to start the creativity flowing!} Each day this week, something "odd" has happened. For instance, on Tuesday the green pen was missing from our SMARTBoard. On Wednesday, the green pen was returned, but all of the other pens were missing. Then today, all of our green markers were missing. All of my kiddos have been very determined to find the missing pens and markers, even going so far to create detective teams during recess. {Seriously, they are using their recess time to "look" for our missing items.} You should hear the discussions, and I just keep giggling to myself! Anyway, here are a few examples of my kiddos' leprechaun traps.
{See that red button? If you push it, it lights the box up inside...very appealing to a leprechaun!}
{This trap is very sneaky, those green shamrocks are hiding a hole...look out!}
Your firsties' traps look great! I'm planning on doing something similar with my classroom's green markers tomorrow! I hope my students are as excited as yours are!
ReplyDeleteCan I ask a question? My principal has told us we cannot do leprechaun traps next year because "it isn't in the common core". Could you help me and help me defend this project. I think it is... did you tie it to standards? I love your idea and regardless, I am getting that book next year!
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