Candycane the Elf

December 2015

Santa sent us an Elf on December 1st.  We named him Candycane.  Each day we wrote about his adventures in a journal.  Here is a little collage of all of the fun that he was up to each day!  Candycane left us a letter each morning, and sometimes he even left us treats.  We especially liked the magic seeds that eventually turned in to candycanes!

Olaf

Olaf our Elf
On December 1st our class was lucky enough to receive an Elf from Santa.  Our Elf, which we named Olaf, watched us all day long and then reported to Santa each night.  He's a fun little guy.  Olaf is mostly nice, sometimes a little mischievous.  We loved coming in each morning to find out where he was hiding. He left many special treats for us over the few weeks in December.  Every morning we wrote in our journals about what Olaf was doing.
Here are a few of the pictures.

Christmas in 3WS

We had a great week celebrating Christmas this week!

The Polar Express

On Wednesday afternoon we read the story The Polar Express, By Chris Van Allsburg.  To add to the spirit, we dimmed the classroom lights and enjoyed hot chocolate and marshmallows while listening to the story.
Later that afternoon something truly magical happened.  Our school secretary arrived at our classroom with a package that had just arrived.  The package was addressed to our class from the North Pole, it was really cold too, so it must have come to us directly!  We were so excited to find silver bells for the whole class inside the package, just like the ones from the story! Santa really IS always watching!  The bells still rings for those who truly believe!

Click on the book cover to read a summary of the story.

Our package from the North Pole!  How exciting!

This is what we found inside the package, one for each of us!