Leprechaun. 1 st. Math Goofy Glyph. Common Core aligned Yvonne Crawford. If your answers are wrong, you might make an alien leprechaun!

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1 Leprechaun Math Goofy Glyph If your answers are wrong, you might make an alien leprechaun! 1 st grade Common Core aligned Yvonne Crawford

2 Introduction The Leprechaun Math Goofy Glyph is an activity where students can hone their abilities in mathematics while putting together a fun art project that you can showcase on your classroom wall. Whether your students answer the questions right or wrong will dictate the way their leprechauns look in this potentially silly glyph. At the back of this booklet are templates that your students can use to help design their leprechauns; otherwise, they can choose to create their own artwork. Also, at the back of a book is a graph that you can use to visually see how the students all view St. Patrick s Day. For free worksheets, lesson plans and activities visit

3 Common Core Standards Covered in This Booklet 1.OA.6 Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten; decomposing a number leading to a ten; using the relationship between addition and subtraction; and creating equivalent but easier or known sums.

4 Question #1: Are you a boy or a girl? Boy > 10-1= Girl > 8-2= What is your answer? If your answer is 9 > If your answer is 6 > If your answer is neither of those > Make a boy leprechaun Make a girl leprechaun Make an alien leprechaun

5 Question #2: How old are you right now? 5 years old? 9-6= 6 years old? 15-3= 7 years old? 8-3= A different age? 9-2= What is your answer? If your answer is 12 > If your answer is 3 > If your answer is 7 > If your answer is 5 > If your answer is a different answer > Put red hair on your leprechaun Put orange hair on your leprechaun Put white hair on your leprechaun Put blond (yellow) hair on your leprechaun Put purple hair on your leprechaun

6 Question #3: What do you think about celebrating St. Patrick s Day? I love it! 12+11= It s okay! 10+12= I don t like it 2+18= What is your answer? If your answer is 20 > Make the eyes black If your answer is 22 > Make the eyes brown If your answer is 23 > Make the eyes green If your answer is a different answer > Make the eyes hot pink

7 Question #4: What is your favorite color? blue 13+4= green 12+8= red 14+5= another color 1+17= What is your answer? If your answer is 20 > If it s a boy add a beard If your answer is 18 > If your answer is 19 > If your answer is 17 > If it s a girl add earrings Put nothing extra on your leprechaun s face Put dimples on your leprechaun s cheeks If it s a boy add a beard and a moustache If it s a girl add a necklace If your answer is a different answer > Put hair all over your leprechaun s face

8 Question #5: How many siblings do you have? (siblings means brothers or sisters) none 10-2= 1 or 2 9-3= 3 or more 12-3= What is your answer? If your answer is 9 > If your answer is 6 > If your answer is 8 > If your answer is a different answer > Put a shirt and vest on your leprechaun Put a shirt and jacket on your leprechaun Put only a shirt on your leprechaun Put a pajama top on your leprechaun

9 Question #6: What color are your eyes? blue 5+1+1= brown 6+6+1= green, or another color 5+1+3= What is your answer? If your answer is 7 > If your answer is 9 > If your answer is 13 > If your answer is a different answer > Put a dark green hat on your leprechaun Put a light green hat on your leprechaun Put a green hat of any shade you like on your leprechaun Put a purple hat on your leprechaun

10 Question #7: What letter does your first name start with? A-G 12-6= H-N 9-1= O-Z 11-4= What is your answer? If your answer is 7 > If your answer is 6 > If your answer is 8 > If your answer is a different answer > Put a skirt (girls) or a kilt (boys) on your leprechaun Put a pair of shorts on your leprechaun Put a pair of pants on your leprechaun Put pajama bottoms on your leprechaun

11 Question #8: What s your favorite sport? soccer 2+3+1= swimming 5+6+1= another sport 9+1+1= What is your answer? If your answer is 6 > If your answer is 12 > If your answer is 11 > If your answer is a different answer > Put polished black shoes on your leprechaun Put green shoes with gold buckles on your leprechaun Put brown boots with green laces on your leprechaun Put floppy yellow clown shoes with red polka-dots on your leprechaun

12 Question #9: What is your favorite dessert? ice cream 10+2= cake 10+5= candy 10+3= Something else 10+4= What is your answer? If your answer is 15-> If your answer is 12-> If your answer is 13-> If your answer is 14-> If your answer is a different answer > Put a four leaf clover on your leprechaun s hat Put a three leaf clover on your leprechaun s hat Put a lucky coin on your leprechaun s hat Put a small Irish flag (green, white and orange) on your leprechaun s hat Put orange polka-dots on your leprechaun s hat

13 Question #10: When is your birthday? winter 9-7= fall 9-0= spring or summer 4-4= What is your answer? If your answer is 9 > If your answer is 0 > If your answer is 2 > If your answer is a different answer > Put a colorful rainbow by your leprechaun Put a golden harp by your leprechaun Put a pot of gold by your leprechaun Put a pirate by your leprechaun

14 Finishing your leprechaun You are almost finished making your leprechaun. All you need to do is add a nose, mouth, hands and anything else that you would like to add. You can also make a background scene for your leprechaun or you can make a St. Patrick s Day card for a loved one and put the leprechaun on the front of it. Happy St. Patrick s Day!

15 Girl s head Boy s head

16 alien head eyes beard moustache

17 shirt vest jacket pajamas

18 hat arms shoes

19 shoes with buckles boots clown shoes

20 shorts pants skirt/kilt pajamas

21 four leaf clover three leaf clover coin irish flag

22 rainbow harp pot of gold pirate

23 Create a Classroom Graph Graphing your classroom s results Using the information that the students gave for the leprechaun glyph, you can create a bar graph on a chalkboard or whiteboard to demonstrate the preferences of the kids in your class. Use the chart on the next page as a guide, or print out the actual graph on the next page to give to the students to create their own graphs. Different types of graphs you can create Were there more boy leprechauns or girl leprechauns? Did more students love St. Patrick s day, thought it was okay or didn t like it? What are the different range of ages in the classroom? Using these graphs you can demonstrate to your students a little bit about statistics and how scientists and other professionals track data and information in the real world.

24 How we feel about St. Patrick s Day Graph Love it! It s okay. Don t like it.

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