St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Upper Elementary

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St. Patrick’s Day is such a fun holiday! There are so many great read alouds, games, and activities that are perfect for celebrating in your 3rd grade, 4th grade, or 5th grade classroom! Keep reading to find out 3 of my favorite St. Patrick’s day activities that I used in my classroom each year.

St. Patrick’s Day Math Riddles

Math riddles are such a simple way to add a little St. Patrick’s Day fun into your classroom! They are an easy way to add some extra fun to any assignment, without having to give a ton of extra directions or worrying about your classroom getting out of control!

An added bonus is that riddles easily make an assignment self-checking! If students are unable to answer the riddle correctly, they can tell that they had a mistake somewhere and need to go back and fix it.

Some easy ways to use math riddles in the classroom are:

  • Morning work
  • Early finisher work
  • Math centers

Need some St. Patrick’s Day division riddles to get you started? I’ve got you covered! Click the links below to check out each set of riddles:

St. Patrick’s Day Escape Rooms

If you want to REALLY celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in your classroom, an escape room is the way to go! Escape rooms not only give students an opportunity to practice a skill, but there is a ton of buy-in!

Along with the buy-in, there are also so many ways you can use an escape room in the classroom:

  • Whole group review activity
  • Collaborative group activity
  • Small group practice

Want to get your hands on an escape room that is perfect for St. Patrick’s Day? Click the links below to grab each escape room:

Community Building

When it comes to community building in my upper elementary classroom, I like to get creative! That means doing different types of activities throughout the year, so students recognize the importance, but don’t get bored with it.

Everyone loves to receive a compliment! We are in that “spring fever” part of 5th grade in my classroom. This means meanness can run rampant if we’re not careful!

To create this poster, all I did was use the die-cut machine at my school to cut out shamrocks. Then, I wrote each student’s name on a shamrock.

For morning work one morning, students had instructions to pick a classmate’s shamrock and write a compliment. Students were not allowed to write about appearance. Then they gave our compliments to their recipient and it was smiles all around!

There you have it! Three activities that will give your St. Patrick’s Day a little boost! Do you do anything fun for St. Patrick’s Day? Let me know in the comments below!