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Creative Help with St. Patrick's Day

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I like being creative. How about you? In this blog I want to discuss ways to be creative in the classroom with St. Patrick's Day. Okay...at your school, you may have a die cutter. That's great! You can cut lots of shamrocks if they have that pattern. But what if the pattern is too small. Well, if you have an overhead projector, Elmo, or Power Point projector, then you can shine the image up on the chalk board, enlarge and trace around it on a large paper you have stuck to the board. You can even use this large paper to cover your classroom door and have all the students in your class sign it. It makes a great decoration! How about using a shamrock as a writing prompt? If you don't want to make it, then you may purchase one from my Teachers Pay Teachers store. You can, however, draw a shamrock and have students write about it. They can write about the color, where they might find one, anything about St. Patrick's Day. Students will have fun and learn at the