St. Patrick's Day Resources

St. Patrick's Day is coming up, and I have created some resources for St. Patrick's Day that you might enjoy using in your library/media center.

If you need center ideas for St. Patrick's Day, this St. Patrick's Day call number sorting center may fit your needs.  Students practice sorting call numbers into their correct section: Easy (or Everyboday, Everyone), Fiction, or Nonfiction.  Click HERE to view this resource in my TpT store.

Or try this St. Patrick's Day themed shelf order center where students practice putting call number cards in correct shelf order.  This center pack includes cards for Easy (or Everybody/Everyone), Fiction, and Nonfiction.  You can view this resource HERE in my TpT store.

Both of these centers are available in a bundle at a reduced price. You can check them out HERE.

And if you're looking for a fun way to promote books during March, check out these fun St. Patrick's Day signs for your Library or Media Center.  You can view them HERE in my TpT store.

If you're looking for bookmarks, check out these free St. Patrick's Day bookmarks.  This product includes 2 different bookmarks- four to a page; one page is full color and one page is black and white for your students to color.  Click HERE to download this freebie from my TpT store.

If you want more bookmarks to choose from,  this product includes 32 bookmarks,  16 colored bookmarks and 16 black and white bookmarks for your students to color.  Click HERE to view this resource in my TpT store.

And I also have recently created a super bundle which includes the St. Patrick's Day themed display signs, bookmarks, and both the call number and shelf order centers. Check it out HERE.

I also have a story element freebie that goes with this book.  It is a Google doc freebie.  Click HERE to download it.  Once you have opened the Google doc, click on the white download arrow in the right hand corner to save and download the file.

If you'd like to try something a little different, this free story starter is a great writing activity for your littles.  It helps them organize their thoughts and then put their sentences in order to make an interesting story about catching a leprechaun.  You can download this freebie HERE in my TpT store.

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This story starter pairs well with the book Twas the Night Before St. Patrick's Day by Natasha Wing.  It's one of my favorite stories to read for St. Patrick's Day.  I have made some auras with Aurasma to go with this book to make it even more exciting to read.  If you'd like to use the auras I've created, just follow the Aurasma channel I used to create the auras.  To do that, after downloading the Aurasma app on your mobile device, click on or type in this link in a browser on your DEVICE and you will be able to follow the channel:  http://auras.ma/s/jDB4n

And if you are looking for St. Patrick's Day websites, check out these websites I saved in a Sqworl, one of my favorite bookmarking sites.  Click HERE to view the Sqworl.

One of my favorite websites on this Sqworl is the Leprechaun cam which is a live webcam feed in a field in Ireland.  I usually keep this website up on our ActivBoard the entire St. Patrick's Day so that students can keep watch for leprechauns.  Click HERE to go to the website.

Hope you find something fun you can use with your little leprechauns.

St. Patrick's Day Fun

St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner. I have several St. Patrick's Day products that might help make your St. Patrick's Day sparkle.

These St. Patrick's Day signs can make your book displays golden.  You can get them in my TpT store HERE.

This St. Patrick's Day themed call number sorting center is a fun way to review reading call numbers.  You can get this center HERE in my TpT store.

I also have a St. Patrick's Day themed shelf order center.  This is a great review for shelf order.  I have used this center before as a "Minute to Win It" type activity, giving students one minute to put the cards in the correct order.  They love it!  You can get this center HERE in my TpT store.

Students also enjoy these St. Patrick's Day bookmarks, especially the black and white ones they can color.  You can download this freebie HERE in my TpT store.

This full set of St. Patrick's Day bookmarks make an easy prize for the centers above if playing them as a game.  You can purchase this pack HERE in my TpT store.

If you'd like to try something a little different, this free story starter is a great writing activity for your littles.  It helps them organize their thoughts and then put their sentences in order to make an interesting story about catching a leprechaun.  You can download this freebie HERE in my TpT store.

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This story starter pairs well with the book Twas the Night Before St. Patrick's Day by Natasha Wing.  It's one of my favorite stories to read for St. Patrick's Day.  I have made some auras with Aurasma to go with this book to make it even more exciting to read.  If you'd like to use the auras I've created, just follow the Aurasma channel I used to create the auras.  To do that, after downloading the Aurasma app on your mobile device, click on or type in this link in a browser on your DEVICE and you will be able to follow the channel:  http://auras.ma/s/jDB4n

I also have a story element freebie that goes with this book.  It is a Google doc freebie.  Click HERE to download it.  Once you have opened the Google doc, click on the white download arrow in the right hand corner to save and download the file.

And if you are looking for St. Patrick's Day websites, check out these websites I saved in a Sqworl, one of my favorite bookmarking sites.  Click HERE to view the Sqworl.

One of my favorite websites on this Sqworl is the Leprechaun cam which is a live webcam feed in a field in Ireland.  I usually keep this website up on our ActivBoard the entire St. Patrick's Day so that students can keep watch for leprechauns.  Click HERE to go to the website.

Hope you find something fun you can use with your little leprechauns.

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The Luck of the Librarians to Ya

I had so much fun at the Children's Literature Conference in Athens.  I picked up some great ideas to use in the Media Center and hope to blog about about it soon.  In the meantime, since St. Patrick's Day is coming up, I thought I would look up some fun St. Patrick's Day websites. I created a Sqworl of what I found.

St. Patrick's Day Resources Sqworl

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On a side note: I haven't utilized Sqworl as much as I used to, but it really is a great way to bookmark websites.  And it will bookmark websites that Pinterest won't pin, so it comes in handy.  I really like how visual it is.  It is a great way to bookmark websites you want kids to visit.

And here are some fun St. Patrick's day items I've made.

Leprechaun Story Starter

Try out my free St. Patrick's Day story starter (about a leprechaun) to help get your kiddos writing.  Click here or on the picture above to download your copy.

And to inspire them for this story, you could have your younger classes make a fun leprechaun trap out of ordinary household items. Display the traps around your library.

Above is a letter I sent home to parents about making the "traps".  I used this letter when I taught first grade.  I always made the assignment optional, but never had a student not participate.  I used this with first grade, but I think even upper elementary students would enjoy this project if you connect it up to creative writing.  In the picture above you can see one of the traps that my former students made.  To download your free parent letter about the leprechaun trap, just click here or on the picture above.

I also have St. Patrick's Day bookmarks available.

Click HERE for four free bookmarks on my TpT store.

Click HERE to view this pack of 32 St. Patrick's Day bookmarks (16 color and 16 black and white for your students to color)...only $3.00 on my TpT store.

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One of my favorite books to read for St. Patrick's Day is The Night Before St. Patrick's Day by Natasha Wing.

I made this story element freebie to go with the book.  Click HERE to download this freebie.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

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St. Patrick's Day Bookmarks

It's time for some fun St. Patrick's Day bookmarks!

You can get a set of 4 free St. Patrick's Day bookmarks HERE on my TpT store. This includes 2 color bookmarks and 2 black and white bookmarks for your students to color.

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You can get a set of 32 St. Patrick's Day bookmarks HERE on my TpT store. This includes 16 color bookmarks and 16 black and white bookmarks for your students to color.

Enjoy and may the luck o' the Irish be with you!