Mustang Milers Registration

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Mustang Milers is an awesome after-school running program here at Woodbury Elementary that promotes healthy living, eating, and fitness. The children train to run the equivalent of a 26.2 mile marathon (broken up into weekly miles). They run their last mile at the Orange County Marathon- Kids Run to earn their marathon medal.

Mark your calendars! Sign your child up starting December 2nd at 7 AM. Registration will close December 16th (or when all slots are taken). Don't wait or slots will fill up! In previous years, Mrs. Dyer had over two-thirds of her class signed up! In fact, the featured photo above are all of Mrs. Dyer's alumni (I miss you Jason, Andrew, Grace, Emily, Anabelle, Michael, and Gabriel. I hope you're all doing well in college)! Visit the Mustang Milers Facebook page and the program's Mustang Milers home page page for more information.

All TK, K, and 1st grade participants MUST have an adult accompany them at practices. TK and Kindergarten practices are 3:10 pm - 4:00 pm. Grades 1-3 and 4-6 have separate practice times. Again, DO NOT WAIT to register. Every year the program completely fills up to capacity, and I don't want your kids to miss out!

Please register through the ACE website.

Additionally, with over 300 participants, Mustang Milers relies on dedicated volunteers to help our practices run smoothly and efficiently. If you are interested in volunteering each Friday at our practices, please contact your child’s teacher.

For more information and the latest updates please go towww.mustangmilers.com, follow Mustang Milers on Instagram, Facebook and join the Mustang Milers Canvas Page. 

Once you are registered, please be sure to check the following: 

1. Update your child's ACE profile

     -Child's current grade

     -Child's current teacher

     -Update your child's shirt size

2. Sign up for our Canvas course by clicking HERE.

3. Follow and Like us on Instagram  and Facebook

 

Thanksgiving Turkey Bags

Our class made Thanksgiving turkey bags. Each turkey is stuffed with notes about what each child is thankful for this year. The kids loved making them , and they are excited to be able to take them home to surprise their families during Thanksgiving.

Gobble! Gobble!

Tongva Journal Notes

Tongva Journals are due Thursday, November 14th.

  • The cover should be fully outlined and have petroglyph symbols added.

  • All areas are completed (see pictures below if notes or pages are missing or unfinished
    *Note: Photos may have variations of notes depending on small group rotations.

  • All illustrations should be fully colored and outlined
    *Note: Handwritten penciled notes do not need to be outlined.

Veterans Day

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Veterans Day is a day to honor people who have bravely served in our United States armed services. Be sure to give thanks for all the men and women who have fought to protect each of us in our homeland.

Check out this really neat and extremely special Veterans Memorial in Anthem, Arizona. The five pillars, which represent the five branches of the military, are strategically designed and constructed to allow the sunlight to pass through at precisely 11:11 am on November 11th every year to shine a spotlight over a mosaic of the Great Seal of the United States. How incredible is that!

 

Disguise a Turkey Narratives and Crafts

The students are starting a new narrative writing assignment called Disguise a Turkey. We read the story, “‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving” and "Turkey Trouble." Turkey Trouble is about a turkey who is trying to avoid getting cooked for Thanksgiving dinner. He disguises himself as a cow, a rooster, a horse, a pig, and other animals. But unfortunately, the other farm animals are still able to identify who he is. 

For our narratives, we will be pretending to have a pet turkey that we have to help disguise and hide so that it doesn't get cooked for Thanksgiving. The students can use their imagination and "dress" their turkey as anything or anyone.

There is also a paper craft to complete with the narrative (templates will be sent home Tuesday, 11/5). Students can use any materials to color and decorate their paper turkey (please keep any decorations about the same size as the paper turkey and to not extend it past 8.5"x11"). 

The writing and paper craft project is due Tuesday, 11/19.

Save the Date: History of Orange County Play

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Please mark your calendars for Tuesday, December 17th, from about 1:15 - 1:45 PM We will be having our third grade play about the History of Orange County that day, and you are invited! Each third grade class performs their own show, and so the more parents in the audience to support the children, the better! Grandparents, aunties, and uncles are welcomed to attend as well.

More information will be provided when all the details are ironed out, but please plan on attending the play to watch your child perform! It is sure to be one of the most memorable events of third grade!

Barista of the Week

Each week, a student is selected to be our Barista of the Week. Baristas have special responsibilities throughout the week, and have opportunities to share their All About Me Google Slides, decorate a mini-poster, bring share items in, and invite (or record) a guest reader for our class! Click through the slides above to view directions when it is your child’s turn to share. New Baristas are selected on Friday afternoons.

Below are pictures of our parent and family guest readers who have visited the classroom!

Creature Cafe

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With Halloween around the corner, our class practiced math skills in our Creature Cafe. Students collaborated to make a slideshow filled with spooky Halloween themed food. They searched for images, made creative meal titles, and decided the cost. Then in class, students pretended to order food and practiced adding and subtracting the cost of their meals in our Creature Cafe math booklet.

Fall Fun Day 2024

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.

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)

Haunted High Rises/Fall Fun Day Project: Due 10/28

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Update: 10/31/24: Each the dioramas looked amazing this year! Take a look at the pictures below.

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 15th- 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 18th.

  • Have an adult/parent at home read your rough draft. The adult can offer suggestions on how to edit. Complete by Monday, October 21st.

  • Have a writing conference with Mrs. Dyer by Thursday, October 24th. 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 28th- Turn in your final draft with your completed diorama.

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The entire project (story and diorama) is due on Monday, October 28th. 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.