It's the Season... for Elf on the Classroom Shelf!

My Teachers Pay Teachers, Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook accounts are overflowing with "Elf on the Shelf" (Click here to visit the official website) ideas for teachers to use in their classrooms. 

I decided to be brave and give it a try this year. If you have not joined in on the Elf fun just yet, my advice is this:

Tip #1 - Try not to get overwhelmed! There are simple and easy ways to implement an Elf into your classroom world and your students will love it. 

Today, our elf, Rosie, decided to write her name of every student's math paper. She even did one of the problems for them! 

Please notice: it happened to be a fraction problem that she made look like an Elf hat.

Tip #2 - Be creative! I like to keep the students guessing. After all, the true excitement of an Elf is that you can never predict what it's going to do next! 

To help share all of our unique ideas:

 "Seusstastic" & "Apples & ABCs" are hosting 

an Elf in the Classroom Linky Party! See below:

Also, thanks to Briana @The Price of Teaching you can also check out Instagram #elfonourclassroomshelf 

So, to get you started, or to help keep you going on your Elf adventures, here are some curriculum resources worth checking out!


Follow my Pinterest Board: 

Classroom - Elf on the Shelf


Read these Blog Posts:

Apples & ABCs - Elf in the Classroom Activities

Seusstastic - Classroom Mischief Ideas 

A Cupcake for the Teacher - Elf Magic 

The Price of Teaching - Elf on the Shelf



Additionally, here are a few materials that I enjoyed enough to use in my own classroom & now I'm sharing with you! 

Classroom Elf Sign FREEBIE 
(By: Mel @Seusstastic)

Elf Magic Craftivity & Printables 
(By: Teri @A Cupcake for the Teacher) - $4 on TpT

Elf Hat FREEBIE 
(By: Laura @Over the First Grade Rainbow)


I have many more adventures planned for us within the next few weeks! My lessons include an Elf Journal, filling out an Elf Application to see if we'd make good elves ourselves, making Elf hats, writing about "If I was an Elf..." and more!

I will be posting pictures of our classroom fun as the days go by, so keep an eye on my Instagram & Facebook.

The 1950's

Today we celebrated the 50th day of school in 1950's style! For starters, the elementary students & staff dressed-up. You should know, they all looked amazing! 

Personally, I was really into the idea... see for yourself:

 

While prepping for the day, I did the first thing I always do to get my ideas flowing, I visited Pinterest (of course).

Follow my Pinterest Board for the 50's Day 

I also made a Pandora station using "The Chords (1950's)" 

We listened and danced along to it all day.

The students loved it!

I loved it more.

Check out the links below to access some amazing FREEBIES that I used to create a day of 1950's classroom fun.

50th Day of School Activities, by: Flying into First Grade

50th Day of School Coloring-Counting-Puzzles, 

by: Teaching Resource Resort