Book Summary
Colleen and the Leprechaun is the story of an eight-year-old girl who takes a trip to Ireland to meet her grandparents for the first time. On the way to her grandparents' home, her grandfather fascinates her with stories of Celtic fairies and Irish legends, mysteriously warning her to watch for "little people." Illustrations and maps support the text.

About the Lesson

Targeted Reading Strategy

• Make, revise, and confirm predictions

Objectives

• Use the reading strategy of making, revising, and confirming predictions to understand text
• Sequence events in a story
• Understand the use of quotation marks to identify dialogue
• Recognize the difference between homophones there and their

Materials

• Book -- Colleen and the Leprechaun (copy for each student)
• Chalkboard or dry erase board
• Dictionaries
• Prediction, sequence events, quotation marks, homophones worksheets

    Indicates an opportunity for student to mark in the book. (All activities may be completed with paper and pencil if books are reusable.)

Vocabulary

• Content words: Celtic, dandelions, hedgerow, Ireland, legends, leprechaun, mysteriously, suspicion, treasure