Learn about St. Patrick’s Day with this activity pack that is full of fun activities that your students will LOVE! St. Patrick’s Day is such a fun and colorful holiday to enjoy with elementary students.
This St. Patrick’s Day unit includes many interactive activities and learning opportunities for students with reading passages about:
✔ Saint Patrick
✔ Symbols of Ireland
✔ St. Patrick’s Day Traditions
✔ Comprehension Questions
✔ Map and Flag of Ireland
✔ It’s Your Holiday! Writing Activity
✔ St. Patrick’s Day Mystery Flaps
✔ St. Patrick’s Day Organizers (2)
✔ St. Patrick’s Day Flip Book
✔ Vocabulary Posters
✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary
✔ Give a Good Luck Charm
There are 3 main activities:
Vocabulary:
Introduce the vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to match up and define the words in their flip flaps or use as a center activity. These posters are excellent for a bulletin board display too.
Reading:
Next, have students read the informational articles about St. Patrick, Symbols of Ireland, and St. Patrick’s Day Traditions. Have students complete the comprehension and connection questions, St. Patrick’s Day mystery flaps, and St. Patrick’s Day and Saint Patrick organizers. Students could work with a partner, in small groups, or even as a center/station activity to read and complete the activities.
Activities:
Have students complete the St. Patrick’s Day Flip Book. Students can build the flip book page by page. I usually have them do one page at each center or station. They can use the articles as a reference source to help them complete the pages of the flip-up. Lastly, they cut, color, and assemble the booklet. Flipbooks can be glued or stapled inside their interactive notebooks, file folder, or a 12×18 piece of construction paper folded like a book cover.
Happy St. Patricks Day!