Whether you are a teacher, mother or not even a mother (like me) & are into the Elf on the Shelf craziness........you need to link up sista! I have been plotting all year & can't wait to introduce my students to our elf tomorrow. Raise your hand if your students are already CRA-CRA & it's not even D-E-C-E-M-B-E-R! I'm going to whip out that little elf early this year. The hubs is wrapping the package now & it will be put into the freezer tonight. I'm going to freeze his little butt! I ripped his hands apart last year to give him some more flexibility...I have some major plans for my little Mexican friend. Mexican, you ask??? Yes, when I sent my mom on a wild goose chase last year looking for an elf she bought me a Mexican elf. No biggie, Mel D is 1/2 taco so I am allowed to talk about my Mexican elf named Juan....I'm kidding we didn't even name him yet this year. I feel bad talking about my mom but she is one of those … [Read more...] about Elf on the Shelf Linky Party!
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Elf on the Shelf Classroom Ideas!
I have been counting down the days until "THE ELF" arrives in our classroom. I almost whipped him out the day before Thanksgiving break.....oh.my.word. they were A.W.F.U.L! This years little nuggets are going to be sooooooo much fun to mess with!!!! Last year I would plot the second I arrived at school, when they went to special, & then write ideas down after they left. I was entirely into it...in an OCD kinda way. This is the part that makes me sad about not having kids of my own :o( I get so into stuff like this but at least I have 24 kiddos to mess with starting December 1st..if I can hold out that long. The parents really enjoyed hearing the stories they would come home with daily. I blogged about it on my classroom blog just so they could see "Elfie" in action. Most of my students ended up with an elf of their own at home. The first thing I did was wrap up the package it came in...book & all with a letter. I put it in the … [Read more...] about Elf on the Shelf Classroom Ideas!
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I am so excited to be introducing my kids to the Elf on the Shelf this year! They are so extremely excited & my classroom behavior has drastically improved. We all know how wild & crazy the kids can be before break, am I right? The picture above is where "Elfie" was found yesterday. He actually filled someone's bucket! Finally, I found a reason to recognize one of my "perfect" students & it made her entire day! Here are some pictures of my class in action! Here is my students filling out the following sheet in "Work on Writing" in Daily 5. The kids had such a great time filling their "list" of things they wanted out BUT struggled with the 3 reasons "why" they should get the gifts. We had a very good discussion about the season of giving & what they need to do to deserve the gifts they want. My naughty little nugget had a REALLY hard time writing why he should get COAL anything. Check out #2....It's … [Read more...] about Elf on the Shelf Freebie