BOOK EXTENSION ACTIVITY - LESSON PLAN

Your Name: Renata Couyette Genre of the Book: Fiction

Book Title: How to catch a Leprechaun Author: Adam Wallace

Publisher: Source Books Date: February 2,2016

1. Pre-K/ CCSD K-2nd Grade/Nevada Core Standards:

2.PK.2 Ask questions or make comments pertinent to the story being read.

4.PK.5b Respond to or ask questions about an event text or picture.

6.PK4 Experiment with writing tools and materials to respond to literature.

2. Objectives:
SWBAT + Bloom’s verb

-Students will be able to create a picture of what their trap would look like.

-Students will be able to explain their ideas.

-Students will be able to recall the traps the children made in the story.

-Students will be able to draw ideas and connections to the story.

3. Materials/Equipment:

-Paper
-Crayons
-Markers
-Pencils

4. Teaching:
A. Plan for reading the book

Today we will be reading how to catch a leprechaun. It’s a story about St. Patrick’s Day. St
Patrick’s Day is a holiday that comes from Ireland. Ireland is a country that celebrates St.
Patrick’s Day. They love to talk about Leprechauns, Gold at the end of the rainbows and you get
lucky when you find a Four-Leaf Clover.

-Read Story

-How would you describe the leprechaun?

-How do you think children felt when leprechaun was too fast, and they were unable to catch the
Leprechaun?

-What are some of the ways the children tried to trap the Leprechaun?

B. Plan for extension activity:

-Pass out paper, Pencils, Crayons, Markers and Ask the students to draw a picture of what their
trap would look like to catch the leprechaun.

-Allow children 20 minutes to draw what their trap would look like.

5. Closure:

-Have children show their drawings of their Trap and explain their ideas.

-Ask students what they learned about the traps in the story did they work?

-Ask the children what you think will happen next year on St. Patrick’s Day?

-Give Feedback

-Tomorrow we will talk about how we can make a trap we drew to catch the Leprechaun and
what material we will need to make the trap.