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Principal's Message

Principal's Message

Happy November

 

Academics

School Wide Focus

Kindergarten:

Language Arts: Reading and writing letters b, l, r, o, k, f, M, D, G, I, S, H, B

Writing: Writing sentences with high frequency words, writing an opinion.

Math: Explore 2D (flat) and 3D (solid) shapes. Compare objects by length and height. Use words like longer, shorter, taller, and smaller. Prepositions such as above, below, next to, and behind to describe where objects are located.

Science: Make observations to explore how sunlight warms the Earth’s surface.

 

1st grade:

Language Arts: initial and final s, r, l, blends and r controlled vowels

Math: Adding three addends, make a 10 strategy to add to make teen numbers

Science: Moon and stars

 

2nd grade:

Math- addition and subtraction with regrouping

ELA- fables, narrative non-fictions, and poetry

Science- states of matter

Phonics- vowel teams, reading fluency

 

3rd Grade: 

Writing: Persuasive writing

Science: Force and motion

Social Studies: Cultural geography

ELA: Informational texts: main idea and details

Math: Multiplication and division strategies of numbers 6-9.  

 

4th Grade: 

Language Arts: Central Ideas, captions, headings, prefixes, figurative language, hyperboles, dramas, theme, antonyms, opinion writing

Math: Long Division and 2 digit by 2 digit multiplication

Science: Energy Transfers, collisions, and gravitational energy using rube goldberg machines

Social Studies: Five Tribes of Utah

 

5th grade:

Math: multiplying and dividing decimals, multi-digit multiplication and division

Science: earth hydrosphere, biosphere, agriculture

Language arts: argumentative writing, compare and contrast two characters and/or setting in a text as well as comparing similar texts in the same genre

 

6th grade:

  LA - context clues, text structure, argumentative writing

 Math - division, dividing fractions, dividing with decimals, DIVISION 🙂 

 Science - energy transfer, mass, density, phase changes, elements, states of matter

Announcements

 

PTA will be supporting Whittier with National Kindness day which is: Thursday, November 13

Upcoming Events

 

Please be in the look out for information about Culture Night in December. We will send out a sign up this month!

Big Thank YOU!

Thank you for all of the support with the Fall Festival and support during the Halloween Parade. Students had a blast.

 

 

 

 

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Questions?

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us. You can reach out via the following links:

 

Whittier Elementary School

Office: 801.481.4846 

Whittier Website

 

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Vanessa Jordan

Titles: Principal Elementary School

Email: vanessa.jordan@slcschools.org