BENNY - STUDENT OF THE WEEK

SOIL CONSERVATION POSTER CONTEST

The National Poster Contest theme "Local Heroes – Your Hardworking Pollinators” with or without the hyphen.
Poster category by grade: K-1; 2-3; 4-6; 7-9; 10-12
The contest is open to public, private or home school students.
Posters are due Thursday, December 18.
Click here to find out more about the contest.
http://www.nacdnet.org/education/contests/poster/2015-poster-contest/2015

CHAT WITH SANTA

Chat with Santa online! You can ask him questions and he will reply back. A great way to practice writing sentences and using ending marks. Ho-Ho-Ho...find out what is happening at the North Pole!
http://www.santabot.com/

CHRISTMAS MUSIC PROGRAM

The Elementary Christmas Program will be presented Monday evening, December 8. Parents will need to be seated in the new gym. The children should be in their classrooms by 6:50 p.m. The mini-musical is titled, "A Place in the Christmas Choir." The Kindergarten class will sing and the 5th grade band will play several selections. The First Grade girls dress as birds. Boys dress like reindeer. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the program!

NAUGHTY OR NICE LIST

The children may check Santa's List to find out what list they are on. Santa will leave a report that is updated daily. Ho-Ho-Ho.....Santa is making his list and checking it twice!

Click on this web address to go to Santa's Workshop:
http://www.claus.com/naughtyornice/index.php

TECHNOLOGY TUESDAY

The children are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our class elf named Twinkle Toes. Here is a video of how the elves are trained at the North Pole.

Learn how Santa trains the elves at the Christmas Training Camp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvmOKx5-wDw

Welcome to the North Pole....Games with the Elves
http://www.elfontheshelf.com/north-pole-games?from=hp_card

THE ELF ON THE SHELF

http://www.elfontheshelf.com/content/christmas-tradition

Have you ever wondered how Santa knows who is naughty and who is nice? The Elf on the Shelf®: A Christmas Tradition is the very special tool that helps Santa know who to put on the Naughty and Nice list. This interactive holiday hide-and-seek tradition is perfect for children and families of all ages.

The tradition begins when Santa sends his scout elves out to Elf Adoption Centers. Waiting for their families to bring them home, these patient elves hibernate until their family reads The Elf on the Shelf, gives their elf a very special name, and registers their adoption online. Once named, each scout elf will receive its Christmas magic and become a part of the family’s Christmas each and every year.

Excellent listeners and even better observers, these scout elves are the eyes and ears of Santa Claus. Although they cannot be touched, or else they may lose their magic, the elf will always listen and relay messages back to Santa. Taking in all the day-to-day activities around the house, no good deed goes unnoticed; these scout elves take their job seriously.

Each night, after the family goes to bed, the scout elf uses his magical Christmas powers to fly back to the North Pole. Once there, the elf will make his or her daily report to Santa and visit with elf friends where they will tell stories about their beloved families, play with the reindeer, and of course, sneak some of Mrs. Claus’ cookies!

Before the family awakes each morning, their special scout elf will fly back to their home from the North Pole. However, since these elves like to play games, don’t expect to find them in the same spot! While some like to hide in the freezer (probably because it reminds them of the North Pole) and others prefer to sit on the fireplace mantle or hang from the chandelier, these elves love to play hide-and-seek with their families.

On Christmas Eve, the scout elf will listen for Santa’s bell and then fly back to the North Pole until the next season, wishing every girl and each boy a Christmas of peace and a year full of joy. Join the tradition and adopt your own Elf on the Shelf now!

CLASS CHRISTMAS PARTY

Our class party will be on Friday, December 19. We will begin around 1:30. The children will have a gift exchange. Boys bring a gift for a boy. Girls bring a gift for a girl. Price range is around $3.00. The children will need to place a tag on their gift saying who it is from. If your child is not able to bring a gift, please send me a note. Santa wants to make sure every child will receive a gift so that there are not hurt feelings. The children may begin bringing gifts anytime.
Ho-Ho-Ho….Merry Christmas!