March Activities for K-2

Hi y'all,
If your kids are anything like mine, they're already looking forward to the next holiday.  For us, it's St. Patrick's Day!  It's time for some fun and rainbow-y centers.

Here are a few of my favorites:

Center 1 - Color by Comprehension - St. Patrick's Day Stories

Sure enough.  You read that correctly.  Color by COMPREHENSION!!!  What is that, you ask?  Well, since my kids love color by code activities for math, I had to come up with a way to incorporate literacy into it.  So...I invented Color by Comprehension.  Woohoo!!! This is better for my lower readers that may not have the vocabulary and language skills to write out the answers to comprehension questions by themselves.  The students will read a short passage, then they'll read the questions listed along with the color code at the bottom of the page.  The students get to interact with the text as they correctly color the evidence in the text, and then they find the answer to the comprehension question and correctly color it in the picture.  This is definitely another one of my kids' favorites!  This packet has so many different fun sheets included that I have more than enough for the whole month of March.  I often lay this out as early finisher work, morning work, and sometimes as optional homework. Click here or on the picture above to learn more!

Center 2 - Color by Comprehension - Spring Stories

This center is almost the same as above.  The difference is that these color by comprehension stories are "spring" related.  Click here or on the picture above to learn more!

Center 3 - March Reading Comprehension Passages with "WH" Questions

This is a more traditional reading comprehension center.  The kids grab a quick sheet, read the short story, and then answer the WH questions listed on the bottom.  Sometimes I put this in a buddy reading center and the kids can read the passage together, then they can ASK EACH OTHER "WH" questions related to the passage.  Let me tell you...the kids get very creative with their WH questions.  They often times answer the pre-written WH questions and then even write new WH questions on the back of the paper - then they exchange the papers with their buddies and the buddies have to answer the new WH questions.  This way, the students are able to both ASK & ANSWER WH questions!
Click here or on the picture above to learn more!

Center 4 - St. Patrick's Day Sight Word Bingo

Any excuse to use colorful and yummy cereal is a plus for me! Yep, I'm talking about Lucky Charms cereal.  I'm pretty cheap (yep, teacher salary, ya know?), so I usually opt to buy the generic store brand.  Besides, it's not really meant to be eaten at this center anyway since I re-use the cereal every day for this center. I definitely have some high flyer readers, but this center is ideal for my lower level readers.  My high flyers are still able to play as they call out the words.  Sometimes they even like to buddy up with a friend so they can help them.  They use the cereal as bingo chips.  The kids love this center, and they're practicing their reading at the same time.  It's a WIN-WIN!  Did I mention it's editable?!  Click here or on the picture above to learn more!

Center 5 - St. Patrick's Day - 2 Digit Addition & Subtraction Within 100 Color By Code

Most of my kiddos are experts at single digit addition and subtraction by now, so I've made them a packet for double digit addition and subtraction.  And...did I mention...it's a "Color by Code" activity?!  My kids absolutely LOVE these!  Not only do they look forward to completing these for centers, they even ask to do them for homework! Yep, you read that right.  They ask for homework!  Can we all say YES?!  They are also differentiated, so you can have your whole entire class working on the same picture at the same time, and they're all differentiated!  Yep, there are 6 different pictures included.  Each picture has 4 differentiated sheets, so really it's 24 sheets.  This packet will seriously last you long enough for the whole month of March!  For each of the 6 pictures, the following sheets are included:

• addition without regrouping to 100
• addition with regrouping to 100
• subtraction without regrouping within 100
• subtraction with regrouping within 100

Click here or on the picture above to learn more!

Another fun activity: 
Do you do Elf on the Shelf in your classroom during Christmas?  If you do, then you're going to LOVE this next activity.  Instead of hiding an elf in the classroom, hide a leprechaun!  Yep, those pesky little leprechauns are super sneaky, and they definitely don't want to get caught.  Your kiddos are sure to love "finding" him in different places throughout the month of March.  Once they locate him in the classroom, they can write in their writing journal about where they found the leprechaun, what he might have been doing there, and make/write a prediction about where he'll be tomorrow.

That's all I have for you today. I hope I was able to help in some way!
Bye for now😃