St. Patrick's Day Lesson Plans

1. BOOKS O' THE IRISH: St. Patrick's Day Titles- Provides a reading list for Saint Patick's Day.
2. Catch The Leprechaun- Set cones out to designate the playing area. Students need to stay in this area while playing this tag game. Depending on class size, designate 2-3 students as taggers (they can wear a belt, pinnie, for identification).
3. Graphing With Lucky Charms- Use your favorite cereal.
4. Green Survey- Read a short story about a leprechaun and about things that are green.
5. Green, Green, Green- This lesson travels around the world celebrating St. Patty's Day and all things green! First, we start of in Ireland and travel our way down to Mexico for some green guacamole. Students will learn dances from the two places.
6. If I had a pot of gold...- "This creative writing activity is great for door decorations or bulletin boards."

1. Ire Land- In this lesson, students imagine themselves as 'witnesses' to historical events in different time periods in the Irish conflict.
2. Irish Crossword Puzzle- A rather long puzzle. A good tie into St. Patrick's Day.
3. Irish Literature Alive- Literature of Ireland comes alive with an introduction to the writings of Mc Court, Heaney and Yeats.
4. Irish Literature Scavenger Hunt- Students locate and evaluate various books, journals, anthologies, and Internet sources that contain information that may be used in answering the scavenger hunt questions related to Ireland and Irish literature.
5. It's St. Patrick's Day!- This lesson can be used with a St. Patrick's Day theme or unit. In this lesson, students create a caterpillar out of shamrocks, listen to a story about St. Patrick's Day, and play a game called, "Leprechaun, Leprechaun, Where’s your shamrock?"
6. Lucky Charms- Here's a St. Patrick's Day idea involving a "Green Survey" and graph.
7. Making a Leprechaun Trap- Students will use their knowledge of force and motion to make working leprechaun traps.
8. Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade- This is a lesson plan for grade 4 based on a book called Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade.
9. My Wild Irish Prose- In this lesson, students explore how Irish folk songwriters express their feelings about Ireland through song.
10. Painting Without Paint- "The children will practice fine motor proficiency by picking up, placing, and peeling pieces of tissue paper and by manipulating a paint brush."
11. Paper Marbling- "These ideas on Paper Modeling were shared by Mike Moore, Kindergarten Teacher, at the California Kindergarten Association Conference in San Francisco, 1997. Mike offered a one hour workshop where the teachers were able to experience paper marbling first hand."
12. Perpetual Preschool St. Patrick’s Day- A number of teaching ideas to incorporate this theme in the classroom.
13. Pot of Gold Hunter- Students must know about St Patrick's day and leprechauns and the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
14. Saint Patrick's Day- To gain a little knowledge about why St. Patrick's Day is celebrated all over the world. To distinguish between fact and fiction.
15. Saint Patrick’s Day Activities- A list of some great activities.
16. St. Patrick's Day Circuit- For students to practice previously presented skills in a holiday-theme context.
17. Saint Patrick's Day Foods
18. Saint Patrick's Day Ideas- A list of classroom ideas for this day.
19. St. Patrick's Lesson Ideas- Some ideas to get you started.
20. St. Patrick's Day Sing-A-Long- "The students will identify recordings which include songs indigenous to Ireland."
21. St. Patrick's Day Snack- "The students have been studying Nutrition. We have studied the five food groups. This particular activity was designed to help the students plan a well balanced snack around St. Patrick's Day. This means nearly everything they eat has to be green."
22. St. Patrick's Day Theme- This lesson is to be used on St. Patrick's Day. Students will discuss their prior knowledge of St. Patrick's Day, and then they will listen to a St. Patrick's Day story (anything related to traditions, leprechauns, rainbows, etc). Students will then learn a finger play called, "Do Your Ears Point Up?" Finally, students make their own rainbows using Jell-O powder.
23. St. Patrick’s Day Songs and Poems- 5 poems that can double as songs.
24. St. Patrick’s Fun- Offers crafts, online games, printable worksheets, recipes, and stories.
25. The Lore o' the Irish- In this lesson, students examine the importance of folklore in Ireland and how that folklore reflects Irish culture. Students first interpret various Irish folk tales, focusing on what about Irish culture can be better understood from these stories.
26. The Official St. Patrick's Day Web Site- Offers information on Irish events and news.
27. Top 10 Tips for Incorporating St. Patrick Day Themes in Your Classroom- If trying to develop lesson plans to incorporate St. Patrick's Day themes into your classroom seems as elusive as catching the little green guy, here are some helpful ideas to get you started.