My sweet, hilarious (best one-liners of ANYone. Hands down.), creative and lovely colleague Shelley (of Indoor Recess Bag fame) shared the Fraction Leprechaun a few years ago.
It was a hit!
But now, it's a copy of a copy of a copy. Blech.
So, I re-did it using the uber-talented Ashley Hughes' St. Patrick's Day clip art. Love her clip art. AND her. She's fab-dorable. And so's her work.
At any rate...every kiddo colors their leprechaun however they'd like.
Then they cut it vertically in half along the line going up the middle (it's kind of hard to see, but it's there).
They each KEEP their left half and swap their right half (the half with their smile) with a classmate.
Assemble it onto 9x12 construction paper.
Name their little Leprechaun & add their own names to the label.
You can also do it with fourths...
If you're so inclined, add a little glitter.
Glitter with first graders has been known to make me break out in hives so I probably won't. (Sorry, Greg!)
Maybe you'd like your sweethearts to do some writing about their leprechaun's adventures, too...
Three types of writing paper:
Plain, dashed & HWT-type lines.
