This Week This week we got right back on track with List 3 of our sight word books and Math Fact Monday challenge. With Farmer Christian on Monday, a half day on Wednesday, 3rd grade AZ Merit practice writing test on Thursday, and a final Atlantis dress rehearsal on Friday, maintaining our traditional routines is […]

This Week This week was a bit of a doozy with the holiday on Monday and me being out Tuesday due to a family emergency, so pardon the lack of pictures and riveting news! Thankfully Ms. Berhost was there to keep things business as usual on Tuesday with List 2 of our new spelling books, […]

This Week… This week was the start of many new “units” of study in our classroom, including opinion writing, Black History, and continent research. It was also the end of our first book of Frye’s high frequency words, 10 lists equaling 100 words in all! Students will move on to their next book on Monday. […]

This Week This week we began our Spring (albeit still Winter) studies of Botany. As the students have found a renewed interest in the Cultural areas of the classroom, this was the perfect time to really capture their interest. The 1st and 2nd years began with an experiment to determine the needs of plants. Three […]

This Week… This week we decided to push forward with our spelling words, despite not having our usual Monday start. I have seen such improvement since we began this practice, and the students have, too. In fact, one of the 2nd years who missed a couple words on her pretest on Tuesday was able to […]

Welcome back, Saguaro families! With the start of the new year, we are embracing a new tool for sharing newsletters–a dedicated weekly email page. While many of you were already accustomed to using the website to read weekly emails, now you can do so by utilizing posts (what you are reading now!) instead of pdf […]