Do you read the story “How To Catch a Leprechaun” by Adam Wallace for St. Patrick’s Day? It has always been a crowd favorite with my students! In the story, the kids work hard to create the perfect leprechaun trap, which is the perfect segue into procedural writing! First, I have my students devise a plan for trapping the leprechaun. We use the language “first, next, then, last.” Then, we get to work on writing the steps for how to catch the leprechaun. Of course, we turn this procedural writing