Recent class news, happenings and photos
We have so many wonderful cultures represented in our classroom. We learned about the Lunar New Year and how many asian cultures celebrate the new year in special ways.
In class, we painted beautiful ming vases and cherry blossoms. Cherry blossoms symbolize spring and new life.
Students began working on their Living Museum prep guides in class today. Completed Prep Guides are due Friday, February 7th. The document is saved onto their Google Drives (a blank template can be copied from Mrs. Dyer's Google Drive). A sample of a completed prep guide with sentence starters that can be used to help the students get started can also be found online. There are 10 interview questions and each question should have a 3–4 sentence response with full details. Truly, the more details, the better. Here is an example:
Sample Question: "When and where were you born? When did you die?
Sample response with full details: "I was born on a chilly Feb. 6 morning in 1872 in the town of Birmingham, Alabama. I've been told I was quite the small infant. Sadly, my mother passed away soon after my birth, and I lived with my father and two older siblings, Michael and Sarah. We lived in Birmingham until I was about nine years old. After a long and happy life, I died of a heart attack on Oct. 14, 1958. I was 86 years old at the time of my death."
Sample response with not enough details (too brief and leaves questions): "I was born on Feb. 6, 1872. I died on Oct. 14, 1958.
To celebrate the last bit of winter, the kids created these adorable aerial view snowmen using chalk pastels. Most people visualize snowman figures head on from the ground so that you can see the top, middle, and bottom layers of snow balls stacked on top of one another. Most people don't visualize snowmen from up above using a "bird's eye view." These art projects turned out so great! A few of the students even chose to have their snowmen looking straight up at the sky!
February 3rd is Crossing Guard Appreciation Day! If your family typically crosses the street in the mornings or afternoons before/after school, please be sure to say an extra special thank you to Ms. Rosie, Ms. Judy, and Ms. Thelma— our three crossing guards.
Each of them are dutifully at their stations every day rain or shine, heat or wind, to help make sure our students and families can cross the streets safely.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday is on January 15th. The federal holiday is observed annually on the third Monday of January. On August 28th, 1963, he gave his famous, “I have a dream,” speech that inspired countless people throughout the nation.
In class, students wrote about their own dreams that they’d want to pursue in their lives, and created these beautiful dream jars. It was so sweet to read what each student wanted to accomplish!
Students made new year’s resolutions for 2025. They each thought of attainable and important goals for themselves and have made decisions to improve in personal areas during this year year. Parents— ask your child what goals he/she decided to work towards!
Our class will be working on a month-long project called the Living Museum. Each student will pick a famous person to research, and bring that character to life! The famous person must be someone who has made a significant and positive impact to the world. Students will pretend to be their chosen famous person and speak about what their life had accomplished.
Some suggestions on famous people include Presidents, inventors, pioneers, athletes/Olympians, actors/actresses, authors/illustrators, First Ladies, famous chefs, animal researchers, cartoonists/animators, film directors, astronauts, queens, princesses, pioneers, etc. Students should pick someone that they find enjoyable and exciting to learn about.
Optional famous people may include (but are not limited to):
Betty White, Bill Gates, Abigail Adams, Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, George Washington, Lucille Ball, Walt Disney, Leonardo Da Vinci, President Obama, Helen Keller, Betsy Ross, Roald Dahl, Albert Einstein, Jesus Christ, Clara Barton, Michael Jordan, Rosa Parks, Sacagawea, Kobe Bryant, Martin Luther King Jr., Cleopatra.
Parents: Attached is a parent letter for your reference (the preparation guide will be provided later). Please help your child manage their time wisely to stay on top of the work timeline. This is a large project for the students, and will require diligence throughout to complete. Each student has a manila envelope with the letter and a calendar to help keep them organized and on track.
All Living Museum materials (books, notes, articles, etc.) should be kept in the envelope and brought to school daily.
Our class will be working on a month-long project called the Living Museum. Each student will pick a famous person to research, and bring that character to life! The famous person must be someone who has made a significant and positive impact to the world. Students will pretend to be their chosen famous person and speak about what their life had accomplished.
Optional famous people may include (but are not limited to):
Betty White, Bill Gates, Abigail Adams, Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, George Washington, Lucille Ball, Walt Disney, Leonardo Da Vinci, President Obama, Helen Keller, Betsy Ross, Roald Dahl, Albert Einstein, Jesus Christ, Clara Barton, Michael Jordan, Rosa Parks, Sacagawea, Kobe Bryant, Martin Luther King Jr., Cleopatra.
Please save the date, Thursday, February 27th on your calendars! Our class will have our Living Museum Grand Opening this day from 1:10–1:45 pm and parents are invited to attend!
Parents: Attached is a parent letter for your reference (the preparation guide will be provided later). Please help your child manage their time wisely to stay on top of the work timeline. This is a large project for the students, and will require diligence throughout to complete. Each student has a manila envelope with the letter and a calendar to help keep them organized and on track.
All Living Museum materials (books, notes, articles, etc.) should be kept in the envelope and brought to school daily.
Woodbury Elementary will be on winter break from December 23, 2024 through January 10, 2025. School will resume on Monday, January 13. Have a wonderful and restful three weeks off.
Today our class had a fantastic last day before winter break. Our morning started off with snow falling from our Woodbury rooftops. Santa and his Elf were waving to students from behind a snow flurry early in the morning! It was such a fun and magical start to the school day!
For our winter party, our wonderful parent volunteers, Mrs. Kudrin, Mrs. Lin, Ms. Shilpa, Ms.Jane, and Mrs. Kwok, organized a fantastic winter party. Students enjoyed hot chocolate with marshmallows and made colorful slime with special winter charms! The Big Buddies also made gingerbread house cards and glittery slime to give to their Little Buddies.
A huge thank you to all of our class parents who donated and organized items for all of our holiday activities— from the hot chocolate, cups, baking soda, saline, spoons, glue, marshmallows— everything was used. Also thank you to our parent volunteers who assisted today. It made a huge difference to have your help! I hope you enjoyed spending some time with our class and your kids.
