There's an Elf on OUR Shelf!

What a day today was! Our class received a special delivery... straight from the North Pole! In fact, when the package got delivered to our classroom it was STILL cold! Here is what our special package looked like:

And what was inside??? An Elf on the Shelf of our very own! I forgot to take a picture of what it looked like when we first opened the package but this is what we saw:

And weren't we excited! There was even a letter to our class from the big man in red himself!

After reading the letter we read the story, which explained how our new classroom friend works. There is one big rule with the Elf on the Shelf - Don't touch the elf! We made sure everyone could follow this rule before moving on.

Next we named our Elf, just as Santa asked. We made a giant list of names, then narrowed it down to two favorites - Snowy and Melody.

Meet Melody: 

It turns out a LOT of kiddos in my class have an Elf on the Shelf at home, but none of them have a girl elf! We can't wait to see what excitement Melody brings to our classroom!

Well, that's all for today! But be sure to check back in because Melody is going to be helping us with a very special task come next week... stop by to see how I use the elf on the shelf to incorporate geography, holidays around the world, and more!