Tooth Fairy

Today we had fun learning all about Dental Health.  We discussed how to care for our teeth, foods that make our teeth happy or sad, and had a special visit from the Tooth Fairy.  She taught the children how to properly brush and floss, sang songs, told stories, and shared her silly chimpanzee puppet.  Ask your child to tell you what the puppet did to them!  February is Dental Health month so this was a great introduction for your kids.  Soon they will all be teeth experts!

On Tuesday of next week, we will be celebrating the 100^th day of school!  This is always an exciting day and your kids will be participating in lots of special activities.  We are looking forward to it!!

We have reached the point in our school year where some of the students are ready to begin learning sight words.  Therefore, if your child has mastered all of the letter recognition, we are sending home a note and the first list in their binder.  Directions for you as parents are all in the note.  Parents of children, who are still learning the letters, don’t fear!  This does not mean your child is behind.  All children learn at different paces and levels.  Encourage your child and work with them on the level they are in currently.  Trying to push something on them they are not ready to learn will only make them frustrated.  At any point your child masters the complete alphabet; they too will begin sight words.  Please let us know if you have any questions.

Sunday is our Open House for Prospective Families.  If you have any family or friends interested in Ezell, please send them our way.  We would love to meet them!  It begins at 2pm.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend and hopefully enjoy some sunshine!!!

Instant Snow

Well, if it won't snow in Nashville, we will just make our own.  Today our Weekly Reader/STEM lesson was all about ice melting into water, so we had some fun with it.  We created our own snow using baking soda and hair conditioner.  It made the most amazing snow and we had so much fun playing with it!  We also observed as ice cubes melted throughout the day and discussed the process as that happened. 

Next week we will begin a new unit on Transportation, the letter R, begin working on making patterns, tracing the alphabet in order, and will discuss Arctic animals on Friday.

Tonight is our Coming Home basketball game against Knowledge Academy.  The game begins at 6:00.  We would love to see you there!  If you are there, come find Mrs. Williams and she will have a surprise for you. 

Don't forget that Tucker Photography is offering a 10% discount right now.  Class pictures are available for order on the website.

Enjoy your weekend!!!

Happy New Year!

Welcome back to school!  We hope you had a great holiday season spent with those you love.  This new year has brought a lot of changes for all of us with our new classes.  It's gone really well so far and everyone seems to be adjusting to their new surroundings and classmates.  We are excited to see what this last semester holds for your kids!  Some of the upcoming skills your children will be learning are: counting to 100, beginning sight words, writing 1-10, writing A-Z, and getting fully prepared for Kindergarten.

Report cards are being sent home today.  If your child was previously with Mrs. Stephens please be aware that the assessment was completed by her and the last semester will be completed by Ms. Gobble or Mrs. Williams.  Please sign the card and return it on Monday.

We will be getting back into our curriculum next week with the letter D and will be completing our unit on Neighborhoods.  We will also be busy getting our rooms and hallways decorated for the month of January and the winter season.

Have a wonderful, relaxing weekend!