It can be hard to find quality read alouds to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. We recommend the book Clever Tom and the Leprechaun because not only is it an engaging read aloud for students, it lends itself to teaching important reading and writing skills. If you’re looking to expand your library of St. Patrick’s Day books, definitely add this one to your list! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
While out for a walk, Tom hears tapping coming from a bush. He is surprised to find a leprechaun, and wants his gold! Although the leprechaun tries to trick Tom to get away, Tom is able to catch him. The leprechaun leads Tom to a field of weeds where he buried his gold. Tom must go and get his shovel, and worries he won’t remember which bush the gold is under. He ties a ribbon around the bush and the leprechaun promises not to take it off. When Tom returns, he finds every bush in the field has a red ribbon. He spends all night digging for the gold and cannot find it.
Years later, Tom loves to tell the story of how he almost got the leprechaun’s gold. From that day on, he carried his shovel with him just in case he were to catch the leprechaun again.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Here are some different topics our lessons and activities for Clever Tom and the Leprechaun include. There are many other skills covered in our resource as well!
- Introduce students to a variety of new vocabulary words.Â
- Teach a lesson on analyzing illustrations to enhance comprehension.
- Have students sequence the important events in the story.
- Integrate poetry by having students write poems about the main character.Â
- Have students explain important events of the story through writing.Â
- Teach a lesson on time order words.
- Introduce students to homophones.Â
- Discuss how the characters in this book were problem solvers.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
We know that students are going to love reading the book Clever Tom and the Leprechaun. Thanks to these activities and worksheets teachers can teach engaging and comprehensive read alouds. There are so many choices for teachers to make regarding the lessons they teach.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will also love these similar books:
- That's what Leprechauns Do by Eve Bunting
- Fiona’s Luck by Teresa Bateman
- How to Catch a Leprechaun by Adam Wallace
- The Gingerbread Man Loose at School by Laura Marray
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