daily 5 activities for December,

More Elf On A Classroom Shelf Activities

1-2-3 Come Do Some Elf-Themed Activities With Me

Because the Elf activities have been such a huge hit, (scroll down to see that blog & FREEBIES), I've been very busy designing a few more.

Since kiddos tend to be a bit more, shall we say "energetic" during December, I made a writing prompt that can turn into a nice behavior modification tool; I call it Santa's List.

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Launch this writing prompt by playing the Christmas carol “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.” I taught my Y5’s this song and we did some finger movements as we sang: “. . . He’s making a list and checking it twice, gonna find out who’s naughty or nice. . .

After my Y5's got the “wiggles” out, we brainstormed about good behavior and what Santa’s elves might be looking for. How does one get on the nice list? What things could we do? What things shouldn’t we do?

Write a list on the board, so children can refer to it for ideas as well as spelling help. Pass out the writing prompt page. Students write why they think they should be on Santa’s nice list and then color their page.

After they share their work with the class, collect and collate the pages to make a class book. A cover is provided. I’ve also included a Santa’s list poster. Print; mount on red and green construction paper and laminate. You can hang this on your wall or white board and add students names as you catch them behaving appropriately or completing tasks.

The packet also includes a template for students to write a note to their Elf on a Shelf or to Santa. Click on the link to view/download Santa's List Writing Prompt.

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I've included word cards for sequential-transitions, + a helpful guide to using transitions that I give to my college writing class students.

Add some pom-poms, a jingle bell, and some white glitter to make an awesome bulletin board. Click on the link for the How To Dress An Elf "craftivity."

Christmas activities, elf activities, directional writing prompts, december bulletin boards, daily 5 activities for december, list of transitions, transition cards, elf on a shelf activities, elf alphabet cards, venn diagrams, elf & gingerbread venn diagrams, elf sentence cards, elf slider For more fun writing, have students keep a journal of your Elf On A Classroom Shelf's adventures. This makes a quick and easy Daily 5 activity for the month of December.

Have students keep everything in a file folder. I've included days of the week cards; a star chart students can color when they've done a nice job on their journal; lots of prompts for both PK and older kiddo's, + "elf mail" notes.

Click on the link to view/download the Elf Journal.

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My personal "to do" list is a little long today, so it's time to hit the floor running.

“Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.” -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

Mitten Activities

1-2-3 Come Color Mittens With Me!

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Students read, trace and write the color words and then color the mitten the appropriate color.

2 graphing extensions
a writing prompt to make a class book
3 skill sheets
10 traceable color word flashcards
14 traceable word card flashcards
Use the cards for games like Memory Match & "I Have; Who Has?"
10 cards to make covers so you can turn the flashcards into Itty Bitty Booklets
10 colored mittens + a blank template for students to color their own mittens +
a certificate of praise.

Click on the link to view/download the easy reader booklet: My Many Colored Mittens

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Students enjoy solving the mitten mystery, while they work on colors, spatial directions, cutting, and gluing fine motor skills as well as listening and following directions.

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Gingerbread Man Easy Reader Counting Booklet

1-2-3 Count Gingerbread With Me!

"Run! Run; as fast as you can. Try and catch me! I'm the gingerbread man!"

In this sweet counting booklet, the gingerbread man is running past a number of Old Mac Donald's farm animals, as students count backwards from 10 to 0, making it a terrific booklet to practice "blasting off" counting.

This is also a fun way to review subtraction by taking away one and makes a nice independent math center.

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Follow up your reading block by having your students crouch down and blast off to their seats to make one of the gingerbread manipulatives in the Arts and Activities packet. If you do use this booklet for your reading block, it works well for a Daily 5 activity too.

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