As part of our kindergarten how-to writing unit, kindergarten students drew plans, created leprechaun traps, and wrote: "How to Catch a Leprechaun" books. Their traps were quite creative and original. Some students decided the leprechauns would climb ladders to enter the structure they built. Other students thought the leprechaun might get tangled in yarn or slip through a hole covered with green tissue paper. Students added grass, gold, and coins to entice the leprechauns into their traps. We set our traps before we left on Thursday. Our room was quite a mess when we arrived Friday morning. Unfortunately, we didn't catch any leprechauns. There were gold and green coins in our traps. We think the mischievous leprechauns might have visited our classroom when we were not there.
