Our Elf is Arriving Soon!

I am as excited as a kid before Christmas!  Last December my students were the most AMAZING writers and it was all because of our adventures with Jingles the Elf.  Our visit started with a cold delivery (I had put the wrapped box in the freezer) from our school principal.  On the first day we named our Elf and read the story.  Starting the next morning and each morning after he was up to quite a bit of mischief including zip-lining across the classroom, making a glitter angel, having a snowball fight ... the list goes on!

I have started a Pinterest Board where I have been pinning lots of great ideas I find.  If you are a 'pinner' like me click the picture below to follow the board, maybe you'll see something new.

I have my students record the adventures of our elf in a journal. If you'd like a copy click on the picture to download for free.

 

I also have a word search available HERE if you have some early finishers :)

If you have a great idea for my classroom elf I'd love to hear it.  If you have a link or a pin include that too because I would love to pin it to my board for others to see and maybe use in their classroom.

Here are a few of my faves from last year :)

 

There are so many great idea out there! I should have had my elf arrive months ago :)



Our Elf is Leaving :(

Our classroom elf on the classroom shelf is leaving this week :(  I don't know who will be more disappointed, the kids or me!  Each day my students wrote about his adventures and I could not have been more thrilled with their writing.  The details and million dollar words they included were A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!

I created this writing page as a way for students to write about their favorite adventure.  If you would like a copy click on the picture.

I wonder what they will choose, bath time, zip line, snowball fight ...........

I Spy 2 Sounds of /oo/

My in-laws (who I love dearly) left a few hours ago to head back home.  As much as I have enjoyed their visit the past few days in the back of my mind I have been thinking about needing to get back to my blog!  I don't know about you but we have two (yes two!) more weeks of classes before we break for Christmas.  My kiddos are just vibrating with excitement for the Christmas season and I am arriving home every night exhausted.

I've posted another I Spy activity at my TPT store.  This one has students searching for and differentiating between words that have the short and long sounds of /oo/.

 

Students use magnifying glasses to dearch for 12 teeny tiny words and then record them on a choice of 2 recording sheets.  It makes a great word work activity.

After I get my house back together (and can see my laundry room floor) I'll choose 2 followers to receive a copy of this activity.  Just leave a comment with your email on this post and later this evening I will randomly choose two people to receive a copy.

 

Our elf on the classroom shelf has been around for a week now and they are loving all of his crazy adventures. The favorites so far have to be the glitter angel and the zip line he made across the classroom. Everytime we left the room that day he was in a different place along the line!

I'm just happy for two things. First, that he cleans up after himself - there was glitter all over! Second, that my students are doing some a-m-a-z-i-n-g writing about his adventures!

Have a great week everyone!

Elf on the Classroom Shelf Linky

Is the Elf on the Classroom Shelf visiting your room this year?  Our elf is being delivered from the North Pole on Friday and I can hardly wait!!
I've created my first, ever linky as a place to gather ideas to make planning for your elf easier.  Feel free to share pictures, blog posts, activities or anything else about your classroom elf.  If you have a blog I would appreciate a link back to this post.  Feel free to grab my picture :)  If you would like to add the link to your blog I have included the code at the bottom.
I can't wait to see what kind of mischief your elves get into!!

 

How about a little freebie to add to your elf file? Click on the picture below for an Elf on the Classroom Shelf wordsearch.

 

Here is the link to the blog hop if you would like to post it on your blog: get the InLinkz code