Students wore green, tapped into their imaginations and got a little smarter as they celebrated St. Patrick’s Day at Fairfield Elementary School in the Massapequa School District. The holiday was filled with learning activities that were both engaging and festive.
Kindergartners in Christina Tomaselli’s class read “How to Trap a Leprechaun.” Inspired by the story, they teamed up with their fifth-grade buddies to creatively design and build their very own leprechaun traps. They used supplies such as cardboard boxes, construction paper and wooden sticks.
Anne Goode’s first graders got a taste of higher-level math skills as they graphed marshmallows. She gave each student a handful of marshmallows from Lucky Charms cereal, which then had to be sorted. Children then made graphs based on how many they had of each piece, such as moons, rainbows, shamrocks and unicorns.
St. Patrick’s Day multiplication madness took place in Alexa Brindisi’s fourth-grade classroom. Students split into two teams and competed to get all of the factors for different numbers. The goal was to be the first team to fill out a chart on the electronic display board.
Third graders in Danielle McCaffery’s class used Canva for St. Patrick’s Day writing assignments. They wrote why they are lucky and decorated the letters in “lucky” with images. Additionally, her students used the digital platform to make wanted posters for leprechauns.
