Fall Fun Day 2025

Fall Fun Day was a blast, and it was great seeing the kids dressed up. The kids also loved seeing Mrs. Snyder and Mr. Finley dressed up as well.

2025: Paint Palettes
2024: Inside Out 2
2023: Mr. Battenfield
2022: Mario Kart
2021: Flavors of La Croix
2020: Crayola crayons

In the weeks leading up to Fall Fun Day, the kids shared their Haunted High Rise stories, made a robotic zombie hand craft, spent time with our Little Buddies, and had a great Fall Fun Day party.

Thank you to our Room Parents and volunteers, and all of the families who donated food and supplies to help make our Fall Fun Day extra fun. :0)

Mighty's Medieval Town (Haunted Maze)

Our amazing Dad's Club (and by the way, if you're a dad, then you should be in the Dad's Club!), is putting together our popular Haunted Maze again! The maze will be open on Friday night, October 24th from 5:30 - 9 pm here at Woodbury Elementary.

The Dad’s Club will be hosting Mighty's Medieval Maze

  • Date: Friday, October 24th from 5:30 - 9:00 PM (MAZE DOORS OPEN AT 6:00 PM)

  • Un-Haunted Hour (Non-Scary, perfect for younger kids): 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM 

  • Haunted Hour (SCARY!): 7:15 PM - 9:00 PM

Where: Woodbury Elementary School
Cost: $12; Tickets can be purchased at WoodburyEvents.com.
Early-Bird Special $10

Please note, that strollers are not allowed inside the maze. Strollers may be parked outside the maze.

Please help make the decision for your child which maze would be appropriate for him/her to visit. 

Haunted High Rises/Fall Fun Day Project: Due 10/27

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Today your child will be bringing home a set of directions for our Haunted High Rise/Fall Fun Day project. This project includes designing a creative diorama in addition to writing a creative and/or spooky story to go along with it. On the assignment page, there will be a detailed step-by-step instruction sheet to help students with work progress and time management. We will begin the rough draft of the stories in class, but any portion unfinished will be continued as homework. The general timeline (please see the instruction sheet for further details) will be:

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  • START DATE: Tuesday, October 14th- Start a rough draft. You will be given time in class, however, if you do not use your time wisely, it will be homework. You may select one of the Sentence Starters provided, or make your own.

  • Start typing rough draft onto Google Docs by Friday, October 17th.

  • Have an adult/parent at home read your rough draft. The adult can offer suggestions on how to edit. Complete by Monday, October 20th.

  • Have a writing conference with Mrs. Dyer by Thursday, October 23rd. After your conference, you will work on your final draft. Final drafts will begin in class, however, any unfinished portion will be completed as homework.

  • FINAL DUE DATE: Monday, October 27th- Turn in your final draft with your completed diorama.

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The entire project (story and diorama) is due on Monday, October 27th. Additionally, there is a speaking portion for this project. Students will be presenting and reading their creative and spooky stories to the class and to 2nd grade students! At home, students should practice telling their stories with expression! For example, use long pauses to build up suspense… raise voice volume to show excitement…. lower voice volume to demonstrate nervousness… etcetera!

This will be a great way to kick off our Fall Fun Day festivities! See below for pictures of some excellent samples from previous years--- this will help give parents and students an idea of what the final projects will look like.

IPSF Giving Day

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On Thursday, October 16th, all of Irvine Unified will wear orange to represent IPSF Giving Day!

Why Do We Wear Orange?

IPSF Giving Day serves as the official kick-off to the Educational Excellence Fund, a parent and community fundraising effort to provide access to opportunities that have disappeared in our neighboring school districts. We wear orange to raise awareness for the incredible people – mental health professionals, instructional assistants, school nurses, and athletic trainers – and afterschool and summer enrichment programs that make a difference in students’ lives every day. None of this would be possible without the generosity of parents and supporters like you.

Great California Shake-Out

On Wednesday, October 15th, our school will participate in the CA Great Shakeout- a day to practice emergency drills statewide. All students and staff will participate in a full drill to practice safety procedures. The staff will practice search and rescue, as well as mock first aid procedures, however this is only a practice drill.

In the event of a real emergency, students will ONLY be released to parents/guardians who have checked in at one of the two Reunion Stations. You must show ID to match the student’s emergency release form. Please do not pick up your child before checking in at the Reunion Station. Staff members will not release students prior to confirming guardian ID. Thus, it is important to make sure your contact information for your child is up to date at all times.

If appropriate for your family, you may choose to have a discussion with your child regarding what to do if there were truly an emergency situation (both during school times and at home). It is important for children to know what to do and how to stay safe. Here at Woodbury, the staff’s number one priority is to keep children safe. We review and practice our safety procedures regularly so that our school is always prepared.

Science: Invisible Forces

Students have been doing a great job with their Science Forces lessons. We have discussed forces such as pushes and pulls, and discussed topics such as gravity, friction, pattern of motion and momentum.

Students loved watching Rube Goldberg machine videos that had elaborate chain reactions. For three days, students made their own Rube Goldberg machiens that demonstrated pulling, pushing, and gravity forces. All of these explorations can easily be recreated at home. Thank you to the families who sent materials in to class for the students to use in their structures!

Dodecahedron

Students carefully assembled a dodecahedron in class. A dodecahedron is a 3-dimensional figure that has 12 faces. Each face of their figure had a math problem to practice the various multiplication properties. The kids did a great job and had so much fun creating their figures.

Book Fair

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Students and families (including any out-of-town family members who may want to purchase books as gifts) will be allowed to shop online for an assortment of books. Students will have an opportunity to shop in person with their class.

Room 14 will also have a classroom wish list of books to add to our classroom.

Payment Options:

  • Send cash with your child. Place the cash in an envelope with your child’s name on it.

  • Set up an e-Wallet set up for your child to shop with.

  • Families can also choose to shop online.

Using Quotation Marks with Dialogue

Students can use this anchor chart to help them remember how to use quotation marks when they include dialogue in their narratives.

9/11

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Today marks the 24th year anniversary of September 11th. Like many Americans, I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I first heard the news report that day. Let's never forget the 2,977 individuals that lost their lives that day.