As an Irish person working abroad, I am of course far more excited for St Patrick’s Day than I ever was when I lived in Ireland. St Patrick’s Day falls on the 17th of March, which is a Saturday, but in the lead up to the day I plan on doing a themed lesson to celebrate with my kids.
I will read them a story about Ireland, play some flashcard games with them (I plan on doing a post about different games you can play with flashcards soon!), sing this song, and do a crossword that I created using Discovery Education’s puzzlemaker.
As my students are still quite young (6 years old), I plan on doing this corssword as a group activity, and working through it together on the whiteboard, to ensure that everyone understands the task and can follow along. I also find that occassionaly doing activities that are intended to be solitary as a group activity works well, especially if the idea of the activity is a new one for my class. Done as a group activity, this corssword will help the children develop their speaking skills and language recall, as well as their ability to read English (I will have them read each clue out loud).
You can find the crossword that I generated here:
Same Same But Teaching 