Polar Express Party

We had our holiday party at school on Friday. Each year we read the Polar Express, complete some activities with it, and then watch the movie at our party. Here are some pictures from our half day full of fun holiday activities!

Santa came to our assembly and read "Twas the Night Before Christmas." He also greeted each child and gave them a candy cane. They loved it!

My room mom got everyone a pillow with their name on it. Kids wore their PJs to school, brought a blanket, and use the pillow also to snuggle with during the movie.  

This mom is so creative! Love the Christmas tree of fruit!

Can't resist some yummy Christmas Krispy Kremes!

My class was very generous and presented me with a class gift - a wreath full of gift cards. I'm very grateful to work at a school with very generous families!

Love the Polar Express!

They loved it! They were so excited to hang out and watch the movie together!

Hope everyone else had a great last day and if you have a few more left...you're almost there!

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Elf on the Shelf - Week #3

We had our final week with Buddy our Elf.  We're all sad to see him go. The kids wished he could stay with us for 20 years.  See what he's been up to below...




Buddy decided he also wanted a chance to be Star Student, so he made his own poster.  He even positioned himself in front of a star which my students thought was pretty awesome.





Buddy reminded us today that helping and being kind is a big part of the holiday season.  He focused on us filling others buckets.




Buddy helped "decorate" again today.  The kids thought the toilet paper was hilarious. They especially liked that he was wearing the roll on his head.






Since the previous day had been rough with listening, Buddy spelled out a few reminders for them to help them throughout the last full day of school.  Semi-helped lol.




On our last day with Buddy, he helped decorate again. My room mom had put penguin decorations with each child's picture in the penguin head. Buddy decided he wanted to join in!

Hope you enjoyed checking out what our elf has been up to!


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Five for Friday - December 18

I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for Five for Friday. So glad this is our last day of school and then 2 weeks off for break!  It really felt like this week wouldn't end.  You could feel the craziness from the kids bubbling up all week and yesterday I feel like we couldn't keep a lid on it.  Half day today  - thank goodness!



So my teammate and I decided to make this cute parent gift that Rachelle from What the Teacher Wants made.  The page has turned out so cute and I love the idea of this being a keepsake or one you can change out each year.  Thank you Rachelle for this great idea!


I love, love, love Around the Room activities and this one saved me yesterday. As the crazy continued to bubble up this Holiday Solve the Room was fantastic! Thank you to Jessica Boschen for creating this. It kept things semi under control, provided math review, and movement! 



As I've mentioned many times on here, my husband is a coach for a prep basketball team at our school.  The players on the team come from all over the United States, Canada, and we have a player from Lithuania, and Senegal.  While this is a wonderful opportunity for them, these players had to make sacrifices leaving their friends and family and some are unable to go home for the holidays due to distance.  As a part of the PTA committee for the team, we asked for donations from families at the school to put together holiday bags for each player. The results were amazing! I was blown away by the generosity. Each bag on that desk is full of goodies in addition to each player getting multiple gift cards.  I'm so proud to work at a school that is so generous and caring.


Ahhh..nothing like a fresh mani-pedi to make a long week better.  Here's my holiday nails - I'm definitely ready for Christmas!



This is my teammate and I at our holiday lunch that was put on by the PTA yesterday.  We're very spoiled at my school and the PTA treats us amazing!  They had this cute little photo booth as a fun touch to the luncheon.

Hope everyone survives their last day today or the last few days next week! We can do it!

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Elf in the Classroom - Week #2

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Here's what our classroom elf, Buddy has been up during Week #2 in our classroom.  He's quite the crazy elf!



The kids were happy to see that Buddy's leg had healed from last week. Today he was taking it easy and reading a holiday book.  Note to Buddy- don't sit yourself near our small group table.  Buddy's chair got bumped a few times and while Buddy kinda fell to the side he picked himself back up when we were out of the room.



Since Buddy was too close to kids and tables he decided to be up high on Day #7 and out of the way - hanging out in one of our snowflake decorations.




The class has been rather loud - especially at transitions, unpacking in the morning, and packing up at the end of the day. Buddy decided to leave them a little visual reminder to be quiet.



Our classroom has been beautifully decorated by our room moms, but Buddy wanted to join in on the fun. He decided to add a post-it note tree to our decor!


Unfortunately since I was out some of this week, I didn't get a picture of Buddy in action. On Day #10, Buddy got a little hungry after his journey to the North Pole. He helped himself to some of our snacks in the room.

Do you do Elf on the Shelf or Elf in the Classroom?  Would love to hear what other elves have been up to!

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