Liam the Leprechaun

Oh my goodness, did Liam visit your classroom on St. Patrick's Day this year?  Well, he sure visited us!!!

We spent the day doing a variety of St. Patrick Day activities in reading, writing and math but the class favorite was when they created a leprechaun trap. 
I read The Leprechaun Trap: A Family Tradition to the class.  This story is about a naughty Leprechaun that comes to visit a family every year on St. Patrick's Day and the damage he causes when the children try to trap him and get his gold.  I decided not to finish reading the last few pages because I wanted students to predict if Liam got caught.  After sharing predictions with their partner, students created their own trap, either by themselves or with a buddy.   Before leaving for the day, traps were set and the anticipation as to whether or not their trap was going to work was building.  

Well, Liam DID visit our class and boy did he make a MESS!  Chairs turned on their side, crayons and pencils all over the place, crepe paper hanging from the ceiling, headphones on lampshades,  gold glitter sprinkled all around...just a MESS!

Unfortunately, Liam didn't get trapped but the students sure had great stories to write about their trap and the mess he left!!  Oh, I did finish reading the story and those children didn't catch him either.  Well, maybe next year!