The Night Before St. Patrick's Day is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
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SUMMARY
"The Night Before St. Patrick's Day" by Natasha Wing is a lively children's book that captures the excitement and traditions of St. Patrick's Day. The story follows two siblings, Tim and Maureen, as they prepare for the festive holiday. They wear green, make leprechaun traps, and set out on a search for a pot of gold. Throughout their adventure, they encounter mischievous leprechauns and discover clues leading them to the treasure. With its rhyming text and colorful illustrations, the book immerses young readers in the joy and magic of St. Patrick's Day. The story highlights the importance of teamwork, imagination, and embracing the spirit of fun and luck. "The Night Before St. Patrick's Day" is a delightful read that celebrates Irish culture and the sense of wonder that accompanies this special holiday.
 USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Teach a lesson on making connections to enhance comprehension.
- Practice making predictions throughout the book. Encourage students to check and see if their predictions were correct.
- Discuss the author’s use of rhyme and rhythm in this book.
- Have students sequence the important events in the story. This is an important skill when it comes to retelling a story.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Introduce the purpose of adverbs and practice using them.
- Use this book to discuss a variety of emotions with students and how to manage them.
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
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
- Fiona’s Luck by Teresa Bateman
- Clever Tom and the Leprechaun by Linda Shute
- The Gingerbread Man and The Leprechaun Loose in the School by Laura Murray
- How to Catch a Leprechaun by Adam Wallace
- That’s What Leprechauns Do by Eve Bunting
- The Luckiest Leprechaun by Justine Korma
- Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato by Tomie DepaolaÂ
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