9760 S. 3100 East
Sandy, UT 84092
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Grizzly Growl: February 6, 2026

Dear Granite Families,
As always, thank you for supporting our wonderful school community. Please reach out anytime with questions or feedback.
Warmly,
Elcena Saline

 

Reading Accuracy Matters 📖💯

One of our goals this year at Granite is that all students will improve their oral reading accuracy. Accuracy helps children understand text more clearly and build confidence as readers. When readers focus on precise word recognition and self-correction, comprehension improves and learning becomes smoother.
How you can help at home:
  • Read together daily when possible and model sounding out unfamiliar words.
  • When your child reads aloud, point out accuracy errors like dropping an ending, misreading small words, skipping small words, etc. and have them try the sentence again. Changing a small word such as in, to on, can make a difference in comprehension.
  • Encourage slow, careful reading rather than rushing through the text.
  • Ask your child to pause and think about whether a sentence makes sense; prompt them to reread if something sounds off.
  • Keep a positive, patient tone—praise effort and progress.

We appreciate your partnership in helping our Grizzlies succeed!
 

Career Day Volunteers Needed

Grown-ups – please consider signing up to volunteer for career day. Our students love to hear about different jobs and how grown-ups spend their days.
If you aren’t able to volunteer, please feel free to invite grandparents, aunts, uncles, cool neighbors, etc. to come talk to our kids.
https://forms.gle/5bKNkq8nFfnL2Dyf7Career day will be held 9:15-10:30 on Thursday, February 26th.

Help Us Recruit Kindergarteners

Kindergarten is the bedrock of a child’s K-12 education. Our kindergarten team is exemplary and consistently have over 90% of students meeting grade level early literacy expectations while making kindergarten a fun and playful place to be.
Please spread the word about how amazing our program is and help us to find kindergartners to enroll. Talk to friends and neighbors who have little ones and tell them how great Granite is!
Parents curious about 1/2 day options can call our office. Half-day declarations are due February 27th.
https://www.canyonsdistrict.org/depts/admissions/kinder/

Upcoming Events

This Week

Monday, Feb. 9 – 10 – Student Council Food Drive
Monday, Feb. 9 – SCC Meeting 4:15 library
Monday, Feb. 9 – Arts Inc Hip Hop Assembly
Thursday, Feb. 12 – Valentine’s Parties
Thursday, Feb. 12 – EARLY DISMISSAL 1:55
Friday, Feb. 13 – No School, Professional Learning Day 
 

Next Week

Monday, Feb. 16 – No School, President’s DayTuesday, Feb. 17 – 5th Grade Symphony Field Trip to Abravenal HallTuesday, Feb. 17 – Parent Teacher Sign-ups CloseWednesday, Feb. 18 – EEC Field Trip to Discovery Gateway

PTA Information

Thank you to everyone who went to Chipotle for Spirit Night this week. We appreciate your support!
We will have Books and Bagels on February 24th at 8 am. It’s a fun way to see the book fair and socialize with other Granite families.
We have the read-a-thon coming in the month of March. This is always such a fun month that gets all of us reading a little more. 

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