Christmas Celebrations!

Ahhhh!  Say it with me; a collective sigh!  Christmas break is here finally!  As a teacher I look forward to this time of year as soon as we go back to school after Thanksgiving!  Don't you? Christmas at school is so exciting though.  

Last year I was fortunate enough to win an Elf on the Shelf from the company in their Teacher Giveaway!  I was so excited.  I look forward to getting him out now and making him do lots of non-naughty things. I don't know about you guys but mine is used for "crown control" therefore he does not do naughty things.  He is teaching rules and manners.  :-)  However, I have a confession to make.  I didn't want some silly name for the elf.  My OCD wouldn't allow it.  I also don't want it to change every year.  So I named him (he came with his certificate already) and this year he kept his name.  His name is Kevin Clark (named for Kevin from Home Alone and Clark from Christmas Vacation...my two most favorite holiday movies).  Here are a few things Kevin Clark, or KC as we call him, did during school.

Something my team and I do every year is "Christmas Around The World".  We love it just as much or more than the students do.  It's so fun to learn about other countries!  This year we purchased SEVERAL kits from TpT to assist us in the journey.  Here is a look at one of the student books they all made.

  

  

  

 

These are some of the kits we used...

Christmas Around The World Scrapbook and Kit by First Grade Garden

Christmas Around The World Scrapbook by Sarah Cooley

Christmas Around the World by Bonnie Kathryn - Kinders and Beyond

Christmas Around The World by Jessica Rosace

No Christmas celebration in first grade would be complete without Polar Express and Hot Chocolate and then of course a Christmas Party!!

Have a wonderful holiday!!

My team this year!

I "Mustache" For Your Help!

So I have been busy creating and working this summer in preparation for next year. Let's get real, we never really "take a break"!  One of my favorite things I have created thus summer is my new job chart.  I have mine all printed and ready to go.  Just waiting to get into my room to hang it up!

There are more jobs included in the kit which you can see listed in my TpT store here!  It's free until Thursday!  We all love free stuff right?!

I also created something to use on open house Saturday.  I will attach these cute little sign to a bag of microwave popcorn and give them out to the parents and students that come to meet me!

These are not available yet in the store but will be when I figure out which way I want to go with it (pdf or publisher file).

One of my other favorite creations this summer are these cute little desk nameplates for the primary grades.  They will be in the shop by the end of the day!

The name is just there for show.  ;-)

And lastly for now, this is the new alphabet line that will hang in my room this year.  It is the color scheme I am mostly going for this year.  I like these pastels and am still in love with chevron so I will be using quite a bit of that too.  This one is available at TpT too! 

Thanks for taking a peek!