I Am Lucky St. Patrick’s Day Craftivity

A fun St. Patrick’s Day I Am Lucky Craftivity that helps students reflect on what makes them lucky.  The St. Patrick’s Day Craftivity includes the clover base and a prewriting graphic organizer for students to brainstorm why they are “lucky.”

Like my other craftivities and flap books, I love building students’ ability to consider the world in new ways, especially around holidays.  Each of my craftivities allows students to turn inward for some time.  They make great growth mindset activities.

What Makes You “Lucky” – The Power of Reflection on St. Patrick’s Day

I love this I am Lucky St. Patrick’s Day Craftivity because, like my Valentine’s Day and Spring Craftivities, it helps students reflect on who they are and value what they have around them. So often, our kiddos don’t think about what makes them a good person and appreciate the good things in their life.  This craftivity helps them do just that.

In this activity, students create a four-leaf clover.  On each leaf, students write something that makes them lucky. You could also come at it from the perspective of something they’re thankful for or appreciate.

Here is an anchor chart that I made with my own kids at home.  This is the same anchor chart I make with students in the classroom. Through a classroom discussion, we discuss what makes us “lucky”.  It is generally easy for students to generate ideas for “can” and “have”. 

It is more difficult for students to develop ideas for what they “are.”  Those ideas are more personal and sometimes higher-level adjectives than what we use routinely.

I take all ideas from students but amend them to be more generic.  For instance, my son said he was lucky to have a Lego AT-AT Walker.  I made it more generic and just wrote “Legos.”

St. Patrick’s Day Craftivity Graphic Organizer & Prewriting Chart

The I am Lucky Craftivity includes your learners’ prewriting chart or recording sheet.

Students then take the graphic organizer back to their seats and create their own list of reasons they are lucky.   After completing the graphic organizer, I give students the clover base, which is the stem and leaves without the flaps.  Once students have written their sentences and colored their bases, I give them the leaves to color, cut, and glue on.

Younger kiddos will find it helpful to have some of the sentence structure in place when writing how they are lucky.

Sharing Our Ideas

In the video below, I discuss a classroom routine I use to have students share their ideas. You can have students sit in a circle and each share one idea on their paper. That works, but each student only talks once and for about five seconds. The rest of the time, they are listening. It’s a very passive activity.

Instead, I have students participate in a routine called Hands Up, Pair Up, or High Five Pair Up (there are many names and variations of this activity). To help facilitate the activity, print the graphic organizer on two different colored pieces of paper. You can see that I have printed them in green and yellow.

When students find a partner, they must find someone of the opposite color.  Students find a partner and share one idea from their paper.  Then, upon your signal, switch partners and share another idea.

I made the activity much more structured by using music and asking students with a certain color to share first.  I also do three rounds, one for each box on the graphic organizer.  This way, students are sharing and listening to three unique ideas.  Plus, with all of the movement, students are much more active.

Here is a video of my kids sharing their ideas about why they are lucky.

I love using this craftivity in March when I need an afternoon of downtime for the kiddos.  It works perfectly to keep their attention and provides enough engagement without overwhelming it.

This craft activity makes a great bulletin board; parents love it, too!

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