5 Easy Ways to Bring St. Patrick’s Day Into Your Classroom

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Tech Teacher Pto3

This post originally appeared on the blog Foundation into First.

Have fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day in your classroom with these five fun ideas by Tech Teacher Pto3.Having lived in Ireland for over 5 years, it’s particularly close to my heart and with Irish family and connections the national celebration of St. Patrick’s Day is a special day for my family. Over the years, St. Patrick’s Day has become bigger and bolder than ever with Irish and non-Irish alike celebrating all over the world. As a celebration of diversity and immigration, St. Patrick’s Day is more important than ever before and therefore an essential celebration for your classroom.
Listed below are 5 ways I have integrated the St. Patrick’s Day celebration into my classroom.
 

Have fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day in your classroom with these five fun ideas by Tech Teacher Pto3.

1. Study Ireland’s geography and history.

Any good geography unit incorporates aspects of cultural and geographic elements. In fact, geography is no longer just the study of maps but more an exploration of places, spaces, and their use by the people who live there.

The All about Ireland Activity Pack has plenty of activities to help you explore this exciting country including spinners, maps, flags, posters, activity sheets, and word searches.

It’s an easy way to stay on track with your geography study, whilst still exploring a traditional celebration within your own community.

 

2. Learn who St. Patrick was.

Who was St. Patrick? Why is he the Patron Saint of Ireland and why do we celebrate his death? The St. Patrick’s Day Activity Pack will help your students answer these questions and more. In addition, they can explore the history concepts of a timeline of St. Patrick’s Day, writing activities, vocabulary (word wall), research sheets, and fun activities such as the craft and word search activities. This little pack is bursting with goodies and aligns to the Australian curriculum for History and Geography (HASS – click here to find out what HASS is) for Foundation – Year 3.

 
Have fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day in your classroom with these five fun ideas by Tech Teacher Pto3.

3. Introduce themed St. Patrick’s Day activities into literacy centers and math rotations.

Have fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day in your classroom with these five fun ideas by Tech Teacher Pto3.

Have fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day in your classroom with these five fun ideas by Tech Teacher Pto3.
The St Patrick’s Day Literacy Pack and the St Patrick’s Day Maths Pack are jam packed with fun activities for your literacy or math rotations. Each pack contains 10 worksheets with activities such as ordinal numbers, roll and colour, make a sentence, and many more activities suitable for Kindy/Foundation and Year 1 students. Themed packs help to keep your centers fun and fresh with something new for everybody. (Available in both UK and US spelling variations)

4. Play some themed games and do some St. Patrick’s Day crafts.

Have fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day in your classroom with these five fun ideas by Tech Teacher Pto3.

A celebration is supposed to be fun and it is possible to learn while having fun, isn’t it? I’ve used these little St. Patrick’s Day Bingo cards to bring some exploration of cultural symbols for St Patrick’s Day into the classroom. Bingo is also a great way to practice some vocabulary and listening work. At only $1, this pack is a great find!

Have fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day in your classroom with these five fun ideas by Tech Teacher Pto3.

These St Patrick’s Day Colouring Pages are a fun activity that are fantastic for fast finishers with lots of cultural symbols to select from for only $1!

Have fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day in your classroom with these five fun ideas by Tech Teacher Pto3.
 
Everybody loves a freebie and these super cute St Patrick’s Day Printable Hats are so easy to make. I made these for my students and they wouldn’t take them off! They come in colour and black and white so your students can print and craft their own hats for your very own St. Patrick’s Day celebration in the classroom!
 
You’ll also find some great St. Patrick’s Day craft ideas on the TechTeacherPto3 Pinterest page.
Have fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day in your classroom with these five fun ideas by Tech Teacher Pto3.
 

5. Read a St. Patrick’s Day story.

There are so many St. Patrick’s Day themed picture books to select from I simply couldn’t select one so listed below you will find my favourites. Click each picture to see more details of where they are available.

Have fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day in your classroom with these five fun ideas by Tech Teacher Pto3.
 
Have fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day in your classroom with these five fun ideas by Tech Teacher Pto3.
 
Have fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day in your classroom with these five fun ideas by Tech Teacher Pto3.

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TechTeacherPto3 Have fun celebrating St. Patrick's Day in your classroom with these five fun ideas by Tech Teacher Pto3.is a teacher, Teacher-Author, and mother of three who lives in Queensland, Australia and is passionate about History, Geography and Social Sciences. TechTeacherPto3 has been running a Teachers Pay Teachers store for over 5 years, making fun and engaging teaching products that your students will love. All of TechTeacherPto3‘s resources are aligned to the latest version of the Australian curriculum but are applicable to most curricula worldwide. To find out more follow TechTeacherPto3 on her TpT store, Blog, Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook and Blog Lovin’ accounts.

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