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St Patrick's Day
Core Connections
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Leprechauns, shamrocks, wearing green, and pots of gold. These are many things that are discussed and celebrated during St. Patrick's Day but do we really know the story of St. Patrick? Before the celebration of this holiday begins why not take a few minutes to teach your students the story of St. Patrick.
March 17th, St. Patrick's Day is the holiday that celebrates St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. St. Patrick's Day is celebrated worldwide by Irish people and by many of non-Irish descent. Celebrations are generally themed around all things green and Irish, by wearing green, eating Irish food, drinking an Irish drink, and attending parades. St. Patrick was not born Irish, but has become an integral part of Irish culture because of his service to Ireland during the 5th century. It is uncertain where St. Patrick was born but it is believed to be either Scotland or Roman England. St. Patrick's first trip to Ireland was under strange circumstances. He, along with many others, were taken captive by a band of pirates who sold them into slavery in Ireland. After 6 years of captivity St. Patrick had a vision from God telling him to escape with a getaway ship. He did escape and went to Britain, and then to France where he joined a monastery. He spent 12 years in training and became a bishop before having another dream that the Irish were calling him back to Ireland to convert them to Christianity. He spent many years converting the Irish including converts from Royal families. St. Patrick was arrested many times but always managed to escape. He traveled Ireland for 20 years setting up monasteries, schools, and churches.
Union County Teacher Uses Technology Tools Daily
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Renaissance Responders, Webquests, SMART Boards, and Airliners. These may sound like science fiction episodes but they are really some of the technology tools that Union County teacher Micah Heath uses daily in his elementary classroom.
Heath has a handy technological tool for nearly every subject. English? No problem. During daily oral language, Heath uses Microsoft Word to type sentences with errors that students must fix. He projects the sentences onto the classroom whiteboard. Students then come up to the board and use proofreading marks to show how they fixed the sentences in question. The projector allows students to easily view the sentences from anywhere in the classroom and also reduces the number of copies needed for handouts.