Welcome Families!

Celebrations

Thank you so much for ALL the help and wonderful turn out for STEM Night. We had so much fun!

📣 Whittier Attendance March Madness is Here! 🏀🐺 

Whittier Elementary is kicking off Attendance March Madness, a fun schoolwide competition that celebrates the importance of coming to school every day! 

Starting March 9, classes will compete to see which class can have the highest attendance and move forward in the tournament bracket. 

Right now our “First Four” classes are warming up and getting ready to compete, and soon the rest of the school will be joining the bracket as the tournament continues. 

The most important thing to know: 

⭐ Every day counts. 

⭐ Every student matters. 

⭐ Attendance starting March 9 helps your class move forward. 

When students come to school every day, they build strong learning habits, stay connected with their teachers and friends, and help their class succeed in the competition. 

We encourage families to help their students arrive at school every day, on time, and ready to learn so their class can stay strong in the March Madness bracket! 

Let’s make this a great month of showing up, learning, and cheering on our Whittier Wolves! 🐺 

Kindergarten: Language Arts: Read and write silent e words. Segment words with 4 sounds. Learn about informational text features.  

Writing: Write an opinion. 

Math: Patterns with adding 0 and 1. Represent and write teen numbers 

Science: Explore how animals need things to eat and a safe place to live, and also how animals can change their environments to meet those needs. 

First Grade: Language Arts: Silent e 

Writing: Opinion Writing 

Math: Place Value 

Science: Light & Sound 

Second Grade: ELA-Cause and Effect/Opinion Writing/Theme/ 

Math- Adding and subtracting within 1,000 

Science- Animal biodiversity and habitats 

Third Grade: Language Arts: Poetry and figurative language. 

Writing: Opinion Writing and Informational 

Science: How animals and plans inherit traits from one generation to the next that may help them thrive/survive in their habitat. 

Social Studies: Government 

Math: Fractions and then graphing. 

Fourth Grade: Language Arts: Central Idea, headings, hyperbole, text structures in a drama, Poetry: Assonance and imagery 

Writing: Informative and Narrative 

Math: Decimals, Geometry: types of line and angles, measuring angles 

Science: Structures and Functions of Living things 

Social Studies: Fur Trappers and Early Explorers of Utah 

Fifth Grade: Science: ecosystems and food web 

Math: addition and multiplication for volume and area 

Language arts: informational text, main idea, vocab, writing, graphic organizers 

Sixth Grade:Language Arts: Informational text, and informational writing 

Math: Expressions and inequalities 

Science: Global weather 

Social Studies: Industrial Revolution 

After-School Activities Beginning Next Week 

Soccer (Tuesdays): March 10 – May 5 

Chess (Wednesdays): March 11 – May 13 

Girls on the Run (Mondays and Wednesdays): March 23 – May 30 (5K) 

Academic Reminder 

Term 3 ends March 13, 2026. 

Literacy Week 

March 30 – April 4 

Bike Utah Events: 

Monday, March 30 

Bike safety assemblies 

K–3: 8:30–9:00 a.m. 

4–6: 9:00–9:45 a.m. 

Tuesday, March 31 

After-school bike repair clinic for students

Upcoming Event 

Art Night 

May 7 

5:30–7:30 p.m.