St. Patrick's Day Archives

Want a little luck on this Friday the 13th? Here is some St. Patrick’s Day FUN with lots of FREEBIES! Hop on through to grab all the freebies from some awesome upper elementary bloggers!

Since we’re talking about being lucky, I’d just like to take a minute to say I am SO LUCKY to be a part of the awesomeness that is TPT! And if it weren’t for TPT, I wouldn’t be lucky enough to have such wonderful best bloggy buddies! There are many more that aren’t even in this picture that I am just so blessed to have in my life!

Best Bloggie Buddies with Ideas by Jivey.

Why do you feel lucky? Let me know in the comments! 🙂

Here’s one reason to feel lucky! Check out this super fun freebie that your kids will love doing!

Design a leprechaun trap freebie with Ideas by Jivey.

Don’t forget to make all of us bloggers feel lucky with your fabulous feedback on the freebies you use! :o)

Now hop on over to fabulous friend Molly!

She is the next stop of the hop! 🙂

How many of you have your students do home projects?

I don’t do many because usually it turns into a parent project instead of a student project… but when I do, I always include activities that I know for sure the student did, like a writing portion where they have to explain their understanding.

Last week, my students had a home project to show their knowledge of simple machines by designing a leprechaun trap! (click the link for the freebie in my store!) They were SO excited about it! They only had to draw the designs and explain how they would work, but many of them built the traps too:

Simple Machines and Leprechaun Traps with Ideas by Jivey

Here are some of their drawn designs:

And of course, they were due on St. Patrick’s Day, so we set up our traps when we left the room, just in case… and that tricky leprechaun left footprints and confetti all over the place! Some of the confetti pieces were even shaped like little leprechauns! No one caught the leprechaun this year…

Since this really got my kids excited to show their knowledge about simple machines, I’m linking this up with my BBB, Joanne, for Sparking Student Motivation!

Have a great weekend!

Lucky You! Blog Hop

Sparking Student Motivation: Leprechaun Traps

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