Saint Patrick's Day Reading Activities!

 Do you have time to stop teaching the curriculum and play Saint Patrick's games and have fun on March 17th? I sure don't.  There is a way to keep teaching the curriculum and not lose a day of instruction, especially during March when state testing is upon you! Here are some ways to incorporate the fun of Saint Patrick's Day while still hitting those standards that need to be taught and reviewed before testing day.

1. Learn about the history of Saint Patrick's Day.

Learning about Saint Patrick's Day offers your students practice with reading nonfiction and answer questions about non fiction texts.  Whether your students are in first grade or third grade there are standards on reading non fiction that your students need to master.  

Here is a free reading comprehension activity that you can use with your class! Click the image below.

2. Watch a video and write about facts you learned.

BrainPop and Discovery Education have plenty of videos you can watch with your students and write about what you learned.  You could even do a fact and opinion lesson talking about the video.  What are facts you learned in the video?  What is your opinion about the topic?  Write your ideas on green post it notes and place them on an anchor chart.  The students can work in groups or you can use Kagan strategies to have students share what they wrote down.

3. Practice word work skills with themed activities.

If you are getting ready for testing in the Spring I have created some great digital and print activities to cover some of those word work skills the students will see on the test.  My district uses a curriculum that doesn't leave a lot of room to practice these during normal lesson times so it is nice to have activities for mini lessons, smalls groups or independent work.  This resource covers multiple meaning words, homophones, synonyms, antonyms,  and more! >>>CLICK HERE<<< to check these activities out here if interested!

Hopefully some of these ideas are something you could use for reading in your classroom this Saint Patrick's Day!

Deb Wray @ Ms. Avrick's Owlets