The Desk Fairy

This week the desk fairy came to our classroom for the first time. The desk fairy comes every once in awhile and rewards students who have kept their desk clean. In order to receive a prize from the desk fairy, the kids' desks have to be in a very neat and orderly condition. I think it's important to start teaching kids how to stay organized and be responsible for your own things and this is a great way to go about it.  We had a mini lesson on how to organize your desk and what to do to keep it clean all the time. After a few days, the desk fairy made her first appearance.

Students who had a clean desk arrived in our room to find a small trinket and this note from the desk fairy:

You never know when the desk fairy will be back. Everyone has been working really hard to keep those desks clean in anticipation of her return!

And I can't leave this post without sharing the cutest quote ever.  Upon seeing the note from the desk fairy, I overheard one student say, "wow, I can't believe there is a desk fairy. First the tooth fairy, now the desk fairy. Who knew there were so many fairies?!?"

I love first graders; everything is always so new and exciting to them.