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The Elf Project

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Third graders research elves and create their own elf description which they use to write back to the first graders Santa letters.

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santa claus, christmas, Holidays, the north pole, polar regions

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christmas, elf, north pole, santa, english language arts
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3rd
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English Language Arts
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