It's Time for Elf Week!
Thanksgiving is said and done, and my husband and I had a wonderful time celebrating our first big holiday as a married couple in our new house. Pheasant pot pie and homemade blackberry pie were on the menu... I've been living off of leftovers for the past two days!
Now that December is soon upon us and it's socially acceptable to begin winter celebrations, I've been gearing up for Elf Week in my first grade classroom. I'm taking our Classroom Elf festivities to a new level this year! This cutie was a steal on Amazon. He'll make his debut on Monday to kick off our week!
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| Our Classroom Elf |
Day 1
Our classroom elf with appear with an original poem to get students excited about choosing his name. We'll make our selection with this fun graphing activity!
Students will get to describe our classroom elf with this graphic organizer:
And we'll start a lapbook activity. We'll add a little to the lapbook each day until it's all finished on Friday! I'm going to let students get creative with this. I figure that at least a few students will be bummed that their names weren't picked for our elf, so I'm going to have them create their own elves for this activity!
Day 2
On Tuesday, the elf fun continues. We'll start the day by reading "How to Catch an Elf" and completing a response page.
We'll also start writing letters to our elf by working on this graphic organizer.
We'll add "All About My Elf" to our lapbooks:
During math, I'll introduce the game "Cookies from the North Pole." It's a hands-on activity that helps students practice ways to make 10! It will become part of our center rotation throughout the rest of December.
Day 3
On Wednesday, we'll start the day by reading Memoirs of an Elf and making Elfie Selfies. I think I'm most excited for this story :) (Tip: I ordered it from the Scholastic Book Club!).
We'll continue to work on letters to our elf. I'll model using the graphic organizer to write a letter, and students will complete a rough draft.
For the lapbook, students will add pictures and questions for their elves.
In math, students will practice ways to make 10 again with another "Cookies from the North Pole" activity. This activity has students use 10 frames to find the ways to make 10.
Day 4
On Thursday, we'll read Pig the Elf and complete a story map.
Students will complete the letters to their elves and if we have time, they'll share them in Author's Chair.
They'll add their elves' "favorite foods" to their lapbooks.
During math, I'll introduce "The Hungry Elf" subtraction game. This game will also become part of our center rotation throughout the rest of December.
Day 5
Friday- our last day of Elf Week! We'll read The Littlest Elf in the morning and complete a sequencing activity.
Anyone who didn't finish their letters yesterday will finish today, and the class will learn how to address envelopes. They're going to "mail" their letters in our elf's special mailbox, and throughout the rest of the month I will our elf will return their letters :)
It's time to finish the lapbooks! They will write about their elves' favorite movies, sports, and animals.
During math, I'll introduce "Ernie's Cookies," another subtraction activity. This game will also become part of our center rotation next week.
That's a wrap! I can't wait to see my students' faces when they meet our elf on Monday!
You can also find some of these activities separately here:
