Leprechaun - First Grade

Leprechaun
Math Goofy Glyph
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If your answers are wrong,
grade
you might make an alien leprechaun!
Common Core aligned
Yvonne Crawford
© Yvonne Crawford, 2012
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.
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© Yvonne Crawford, 2012
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.
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Question #1: Are you a boy or a girl?
Boy —>
10-1=
Girl —>
8-2=
What is your answer?
If your answer is 9 —>
Make a boy leprechaun
If your answer is 6 —>
Make a girl leprechaun
If your answer is neither Make an alien leprechaun
of those —>
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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—>
Put red hair on your leprechaun
If your answer is 3 —>
Put orange hair on your
leprechaun
If your answer is 7 —>
Put white hair on your
leprechaun
If your answer is 5 —>
Put blond (yellow) hair
on your leprechaun
If your answer is a differ- Put purple hair on your
ent answer —>
leprechaun
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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 differ- Make the eyes hot pink
ent answer—>
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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 it’s a girl—add earrings
If your answer is 18 —> Put nothing extra on your
leprechaun’s face
If your answer is 19—>
Put dimples on your leprechaun’s cheeks
If your answer is 17 —> If it’s a boy—add a beard
and a moustache
If it’s a girl—add a necklace
If your answer is a differ- Put hair all over your leprechaun’s face
ent answer—>
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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—>
Put a shirt and vest on
your leprechaun
If your answer is 6—>
Put a shirt and jacket on
your leprechaun
If your answer is 8—>
Put only a shirt on your
leprechaun
If your answer is a differ- Put a pajama top on your
ent answer—>
leprechaun
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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—>
Put a dark green hat on
your leprechaun
If your answer is 9—>
Put a light green hat on
your leprechaun
If your answer is 13—>
Put a green hat of any
shade you like on your leprechaun
If your answer is a differ- Put a purple hat on your
leprechaun
ent answer—>
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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—>
Put a skirt (girls) or a kilt
(boys) on your leprechaun
If your answer is 6—>
Put a pair of shorts on your
leprechaun
If your answer is 8 —>
Put a pair of pants on your
leprechaun
If your answer is a differ- Put pajama bottoms on
your leprechaun
ent answer—>
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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—>
Put polished black shoes on
your leprechaun
If your answer is 12—>
Put green shoes with gold
buckles on your leprechaun
If your answer is 11—>
Put brown boots with green
laces on your leprechaun
If your answer is a differ- Put floppy yellow clown
shoes with red polka-dots
ent answer—>
on your leprechaun
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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->
Put a four leaf clover on
your leprechaun’s hat
If your answer is 12->
Put a three leaf clover on
your leprechaun’s hat
If your answer is 13->
Put a lucky coin on your
leprechaun’s hat
If your answer is 14->
Put a small Irish flag (green,
white and orange) on your
leprechaun’s hat
If your answer is a differ- Put orange polka-dots on
your leprechaun’s hat
ent answer—>
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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—>
Put a colorful rainbow by
your leprechaun
If your answer is 0—>
Put a golden harp by your
leprechaun
If your answer is 2—>
Put a pot of gold by your
leprechaun
If your answer is a differ- Put a pirate by your lepent answer—>
rechaun
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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!
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Girl’s head
Boy’s head
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alien head
eyes
beard
moustache
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shirt
jacket
vest
pajamas
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hat
arms
shoes
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shoes with buckles
boots
clown shoes
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shorts
skirt/kilt
pants
pajamas
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four leaf clover
coin
three leaf clover
irish flag
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rainbow
pot of gold
harp
pirate
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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.
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How we feel about
St. Patrick’s Day
Graph
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Love it!
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It’s okay.
Don’t like it.
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