I'm Lucky Because...St. Patrick's Day Activity

I saw this activity on Julie Smith's The Techie Teacher blog and I thought it was a super cute digital St. Patrick's Day writing activity.

I created a video for students to watch walking them through how to complete the activity independently to add to Julie Smith's shamrock template. If you are a GAFE district you will need to make a copy of the video in your Drive before assigning to students. Students in our district are restricted from opening/viewing resources shared outside our domain and I am assuming others are the same.

Since our district uses Google Classroom I created a model assignment showing teacher's how I might set it up for users.

If you have your students complete one I would love to hear how it went. You can comment below or tag me on Twitter @atechcoachlife.

Comments

Ms. Fields said…

This assignment went really well with my 3rd graders. They loved it! I played the video for the whole class while I paused and gave them time to complete each step. Thank you for this gem! 😊

March 12, 2021 at 11:21 AM

Unknown said…

This worked very well with 3rd graders. I played the video for the entire class. Then, I paused it after each step. Thank you for this gem! 😊

March 12, 2021 at 11:23 AM

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