Our annual Polar Express Day began with a school-wide sing-along. The students had fun shaking their jingle bells ( a gift from the teachers...

The students created their own elf out of scrapbook paper using Deanna Jump's elf pattern from her Polar Express unit. Then using a Cir...

Our Instructional Media Specialist, Ms. Hollingsworth, created an amazing lesson for the first graders about the role of Santa Claus around ...

The students were busy being little elves for Santa last week. They each created a toy shelf out of construction paper. They then sorted var...

We recently read How the Grinch Stole Christmas to discuss how the main character changed over time. The students used the pattern from Dea...

The students have been learning to identify the names of coins and their value. They are also learning to identify how many pennies are equi...

The students created a Christmas tree out of three triangles. They then added dot stickers of various colors to their tree as ornaments. The...

In reading we have been learning about character traits. We recently read Auntie Claus to discuss how the main character, Sohpie Kringle, c...

To practice creative writing, the students wrote what they would do if Santa got stuck in the chimney. Before writing, we talked about the i...

As a fun homework project, the students decorated their own Christmas stocking. Then in class they wrote sentences to describe their stockin...

In math we have been reviewing and practicing fact families and word problems. To help the students, I created this integrated art and math ...