A few years ago one of my students came to school every morning talking about his elf Oliver's escapades. Before we left for the holiday break I asked his mom about Oliver and she told me the story of Elf on a Shelf. I loved it so much that I considered scooping up one for my classroom but before I could that sweet Mom surprised me with my very own Elf!
I love doing the elf with my class! If all I have to do to keep their behavior in check is move an elf around the classroom I'm all for it! I wanted to share pictures of our elf adventures this year!
Ozzy arrived via hot air balloon/solo cup attached to a paper globe the day we returned from Thanksgiving break!
We were just starting persuasive writing so I had my students write letters to Ozzy "convincing" him to ask Santa to put them on the nice list. They asked if they could read their letters to him when they were done. How could I say no :).
For the next three weeks leading up to break Ozzy explored every nook and cranny of our classroom.
He brought tootsie rolls...I might call them elf poop next year :)
Ozzy napped it out in the Kleenex box, rode the ABC caterpillar, occupied real estate in the hundreds pocket and took an elf bath.
Everyone was being so good that Ozzy surprised them with peppermint hot chocolate one morning.
During the last week he brought them kisses from Santa, kicked it with our book buddy, had a marshmallow fight, hung out of a paper globe, and scrabbled "goodbye, be good" while he cuddled with the Grinch.
I hope you all are enjoying the holidays with your family and friends!
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