Ms. Gossett's Nest: Classroom Turned Upside down by a Pesky Little Elf

After lunch today, we returned to our classroom as usual, BUT what to our wondering eyes appeared, chairs flipped upside down as if creating a trail. The flipped chairs led us to a little Elf sitting in a tree looking as innocent as can be.

How could such a cute little Elf make such a big mess? The students named him Rudolph :( I was secretly wishing "Peppermint" or "Candy Cane" would have won the "what to name the Elf" vote. Oh well, Rudolph it is.

Santa left us gifts and a letter. This student was enticed to read the letter to her classmates. Santa said the students should write him letters on the special writing paper left under the tree. The students went right to work writing their letters once I read them, "The Elf of the Shelf" story Santa left us.

I love how this student commented on the Elf before telling Santa what she wants for Chistmas. It made a great writing example to share with my students.

This morning I was digging in my school Christmas bin when I came across this microphone. I bought it at an end of the season sale last year. It was still in its original package and "Yes, the batteries still work!" I completely had forgotten about it. When you speak into it the microphone changes your voice to sound like an elf. We laughed hysterically as students shared their Elf on the Shelf at home experiences using the microphone.