I have probably said this several times before, but I love using holidays in the classroom. I especially love using them as a theme. I use books and videos to make sure students understand the holiday, but to make the holiday fun I use games and other activities.
St. Patrick's Day is one of those holidays I use. I spend the week focused on activities using the St. Patrick's Day theme. On the actual day that we celebrate St. Patrick's Day, I love setting my classroom desks in the shape of a shamrock, adding green construction paper, and providing students with a fun gift bag.
During the week, I use several games. One of the games I like to use is my St. Patrick's Roll and Cover Addition Boards game. Every time I use this game, my students have so much fun with it, which is the reason I decided to share this game with you.
This game is an interactive game in which students focus on addition. I place a huge emphasis on using doubles, so it is really exciting to see my students adding two and even three numbers using doubles and other addition strategies.
This game is so easy to prep that I am able to have my whole class play at the same time. I have them play as partners giving everyone a game board and a page of shamrocks. I cut up a pot of gold page for each group to share. As I mentioned, it is a fun game that my class always enjoys playing.
If you are interested, you can check out this St. Patrick's Day Roll and Cover Addition game in my TPT Store.
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