St. Patrick’s Day Poetry Freebie

Inside: Free leprechaun poem for your classroom. Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day.

Note: This is an updated post.

Every week we learn a poem that becomes part of the kids’ “just right reading“.  I often give the kids different versions of the same poem, including a fill-in-the-blank and a scramble.

For the scrambled version, I give each child a copy of the mixed-up poem (see below). Their job is to cut out the poem on the lines, put it in the correct order, and glue it onto another sheet.

Usually I send them home with this cut and paste version and the fill-in-the-blank or the regular version goes into their poetry duotangs.

The poem is called The Leprechauns are Marching. I didn’t write it and I’m unaware of the author. As far as I know it’s in the public domain. But if you happen to know who wrote the poem please let me know and I’ll give them proper credit.

Regular Version

Fill-in-the-Blank

Scramble

DOWNLOAD: ST. PATRICK’S DAY POEM

Be sure to check out the rest of my St. Patrick’s Day posts for lots more FREEBIES.

AND you might like to purchase this leprechaun puppet for your child or class. Kids love colouring them to make them their own and then engaging in creative play !

Have a good one!