How to Catch a Leprechaun Book Activities

Bring How to Catch a Leprechaun to life in your classroom with this engaging storybook companion pack. Students will love following along as traps are built and clever tricks are tried, discovering just how hard it is to catch a leprechaun.

It’s a fun way to build literacy skills while encouraging creative thinking.

Inside, you’ll find hands-on activities for sequencing, retelling, vocabulary, and writing, along with meaningful cross-curricular extensions in math, science, and STEM to keep students engaged across multiple days.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

• Anchor posters (book, author, illustrator, story elements)
• Teacher comprehension question cards
• Comprehension worksheet + answer key
• Vocabulary word wall, support cards, and practice pages
• Story elements and sequencing activities (multiple formats)
• Reading skill worksheets (main idea, predictions, author’s purpose, cause & effect, character traits…etc.)
• Opinion and writing response pages
• Emergent readers (3 included)
• Cut-and-paste and interactive literacy activities
• Leprechaun crafts (2 options)
• Popsicle stick puppets for retelling
• Flip book activity and St. Patrick’s Day hats
• “Wanted” posters and labeling activity
• STEM challenges (Trap Building + Catapult)
• Math extensions (graphing, coin counting, add & subtract mats, money activities, counting clovers)
• -AP word family phonics pages… & more!

This is a companion resource designed to pair with How to Catch a Leprechaun by Adam Wallace. The book itself is not included. This resource was created by A Dab of Glue Will Do and is not endorsed or affiliated with the author or publisher in any way.

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