Reindeer on Parade, a funny and more elf trouble

Today was crazy!  But I wanted to share a few things with you all…we had the ‘curriculum police’ come through.  I actually like all of them so I’m not putting them down at all.  But, it is kinda intimidating when they have their clipboards and write down everything you say and all.

They came through my class and 2 others.  They stayed for a LONG time.  I mean at the end I kinda kicked them out with a little subtle hint… I looked up at the clock { even though I knew darn well what time it was } and said, “Oh my boys and girls we need to get ready to go home, school gets out in 2 minutes!”  They got the hint and left.   It was so confusing for the sweet little guys.  I had one little friend ask me all day ~ but Mrs. Moore do our parents know we are packing up early?  Do they know we are going home early?  Uh, we aren’t going home early buddy I must have said that about 5 times but he still didn’t get it.  Poor guy!  Here’s the best part – during the last 2 minutes literally I had a parent pop their head in my back door to ask me a question and the kids were getting antsy inside…finally after the bell rang and the kids are still waiting for me to walk them out a little guy ran up to me as my head was still poked out the door and said, “Mrs. Moore you need to deal with us – it’s a ZOO in here!”  LOL I laughed out loud at that comment…kids really are the best aren’t they?!!?  BTW after the observation they came back around to sit in and observe us during our PLC time.  Which is interesting when you only have 1 other team member LOL.

Now back to my elf which you will see/hear a lot about this month…she will be a busy girl.

She rigged up a swing and wanted to be added to our word wall – although she has some trouble with letter reversals, I think she needs to listen more.

This idea was not mine..it was from my sweet and talented friend Sandy over at Soaring Through Second…if you don’t already follow her you are missing out!  Snowflake is sadly stapled to the wall..shh!  And wants E to stand for ELF instead of egg.

My reindeer have been a big hit…I even heard one of the Big Wigs say how cute they were…I think the fact that I tied it into Common Core made it extra special.  We turned this craftivity into Informational Writing about real reindeer.  The kids had fun with it.

If you have an elf in your room or home, tell me what you are doing with it…I just may run out of ideas.  I will give my favorite idea my new reindeer craftivity…or if you already bought it during the big sale you can pick something else out.  Ready Go!!