Happy St. Patrick's Day

We had an exciting early St. Patrick's Day in Grade 1J.  Friday found us all wearing green to school...it was great!  We all became a little bit Irish as we listened to leprechaun stories and did our check for understanding work, toured Ireland, did leprechaun math, and learned Irish step dancing, all with our SmartBoard.  We ended the day with lime flavoured ice-cream floats, green cupcakes, dill pickle and sour cream & onion chips (because they have green flecks of flavour on them), and green candies.  The only negative part of the day...we were having so much fun learning that I forgot to capture the happenings with our camera!   The class asked me if I could post the sites we saw today.  I've added some below and to our classroom links.   You could also use these links to search further for other famous step dancers.  Enjoy and may the luck of the Irish be with you!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE1OQAoSWAU  (watch the beautiful scenes and hear the music of Ireland)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGsb199yN-k  (a six year old girl step dancing)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTq2Cew4UmI&feature=related (five and seven year old boy and girl step dancing)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWhxDD2Fy1w (watch this clip from a movie of a leprechaun that would be a good movie to rent or purchase)