Sensory Summary - St. Patrick's Day Activity

This activity draws upon an earlier post I made about creating sensory figures for Black History Month using Google Drawings.

This activity is a little less "techy" but still a fun way to teach, or reinforce, summary skills from the perspective of the main character (in this case a leprechaun).

I used the book "How to Catch a Leprechaun" by Adam Wallace. Epic has the book, which you can read whole group...or assign to students. Epic offers a free educators account so definitely check them out! The book can also be found as a read aloud on YouTube.

There are some directed drawing videos on YouTube that I used to complete the drawing.

- How to Draw a Cartoon Leprechaun
- How to Draw a Pot of Gold

This activity can be done whole group, or assigned through Google Classroom for students to do independently.

If done whole group I would read the book twice, once for fun, and once to find the "sensory" sentences. You can have students pair up to fill in the graphic organizer or do it whole group. Once complete, have students watch and follow along with the videos to draw the characters and pot of gold. Have them put in the sensory sentences and then color last.

If assigning independently, the teacher would need to assign the book in Epic (so you must have a class set up), attach the drawing videos, and attach or print out a graphic organizer.

In getting organized for this activity I did find a couple of other good St. Patrick's Day resources:

- Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato (An Irish Folktale) Read Aloud
- St. Patrick's Day: Bet You Didn't Know (History Channel 2:34)

If you have your students make this fun leprechaun sensory figures let me know how it went in the comments or tag me on Twitter @atechcoachlife.

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