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This happy holiday book is built around a St. Patrick s Day poem. Students will experience art, oral and written language, and math. St. Patrick s Day Book Overview............... pages 2 and 3 These pages show and tell what is in each pocket. Cover Design...................... page 4 Pocket Projects................. pages 5 28 Step-by-step directions and patterns for the activities that go in each pocket. Pocket Labels.............. pages 29 and 30 The poem can also be used for pocket chart activities throughout the month: Chant the poem Listen for rhyming words Learn new vocabulary Identify sight words Put words or lines in the correct order Picture Dictionary...................page 31 Use the picture dictionary to introduce new vocabulary and as a spelling reference. Students can add new pictures, labels, and descriptive adjectives to the page as their vocabulary increases. Writing Form.......................page 32 Use this form for story writing or as a place to record additional vocabulary words. ST. PATRICK S DAY WRITING FORM Name: ST. PATRICK S DAY PICTURE DICTIONARY cloud sun tree rainbow thatched roof cottage hat door gold path pot shamrocks mushrooms harp grass leprechaun potato field 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 32 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1204 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 31 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1204 B I B L I O G R A P H Y Clever Tom and the Leprechaun by Linda Shute; Scholastic, 1988. Fortunately by Remy Charlip; Aladdin, 1993. Jamie O Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie depaola; Scholastic, 1992. Mary McLean and the St. Patrick s Day Parade by Steven Kroll; Scholastic, 1991. Potato by Barry Watts; Silver Burdett Press (Stopwatch Books), 1987. Saint Patrick and the Peddler by Margaret Hodges; Orchard Books, 1993. Shamrocks, Harps, and Shillelaghs by Edna Barth; Clarion Books, 1977. St. Patrick s Day by Gail Gibbons; Holiday House, 1994. St. Patrick s Day in the Morning by Eve Bunting; Clarion Books, 1980. Tim O Toole and the Wee Folk by Gerald McDermott; Puffin Books, 1990. 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 1 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1204
ST. PATRICK S DAY OVERVIEW POCKET 1 Rainbow and Pot of Gold pages 5 7 Find our pot of gold at the end of this tissue paper rainbow that comes from a 3-D paper cloud. Where Is the Pot of Gold? pages 8 10 Students learn about prepositions by describing the positions of a pot of gold. Then they make a book with their own sentences that tell where the pot of gold is located. POCKET 2 Mosaic Leprechaun pages 11 and 12 All About Leprechauns pages 13 and 14 Who doesn t recognize this sprightly symbol of St. Patrick s Day? Students will make a colorful mosaic leprechaun, learn about this Irish fairy, and then write their own fanciful leprechaun tales. Name: 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 14 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1204 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 2 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1204
. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ST. PATRICK S DAY BOOK OVERVIEW POCKET 3 Music of Ireland pages 15 and 16 Read this minibook to learn about the harp, pipes, and fi ddle. Glittering Harp pages 17 and 18 Adorn this pocket with a golden harp made from construction paper. ST. PATRICK S DAY POCKET 3 Name: 1999 Evan-Moor Corp. Making Books with Pockets March EMC 586 Materials potato pictures on page 23 individual graph on page 24 2½" x 4" (75 x 120 cm) piece of butcher paper marking pens scissors crayons yard/meter stick masking tape Teacher Preparation ST. PATRICK S DAY POCKET 4 1. On the butcher paper, make a graph similar to the one on page 24. Be sure to make the sections as large as the individual pictures on page 23. Label it with colored potato pictures. 2. Reproduce and cut apart a number of sheets of potato pictures. Make a pile for each picture. Be sure there are enough for each child to choose his or her favorite. To Do the Activity 1. Have each student choose the picture that shows his or her favorite potato dish. 2. Students color their pictures and tape them on the graph. 3. When the graph is complete, ask questions about the information contained in the graph. Record student responses on a chart. How many people like french fries best? How did you decide that? What is the least popular kind of potato? Is there a way that nobody likes to eat potatoes? How many more people like than? How many people like and? 4. Have each student complete an individual graph to put in the potato pocket. They will copy the class graph information by coloring the appropriate number of boxes for each kind of potato. 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 24 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1204 1999 Evan-Moor Corp. 28 Making Books with Pockets March EMC 586 POCKET 4 Potato Pandemonium Book pages 19 21 Learn about why potatoes are associated with St. Patrick s Day and make a potato book. How Do You Like Your Potatoes? pages 22 24 What kind of potatoes do your students like to eat? Make individual and class graphs to find out. 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 22 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1204 POCKET 5 Hidden Shamrock pages 25 and 26 Create a shamrock from three hearts held together with a paper fastener. Then write a wish on the back of each leaf. Good Luck, Bad Luck Book pages 27 and 28 Students make an accordion book following a format similar to Fortunately by Remy Charlip. 2009 Evan-Moor Corp. 3 Making Books with Pockets EMC 1204