Student Birthdays

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In the classroom, each child will receive a "crazy loop straw" from the teacher as a small way to celebrate the child's birthday. The class also sings Happy Birthday to the student in the song style of their choice. Quarterly, Mrs. Snyder, and Mr. Finley (and sometimes Mighty) visit each classroom to pass out birthday gifts to students as well. This year, every student gets mini fidget spinners!

Edible treats such as cupcakes and cookies cannot be brought in for class birthdays. However, some families choose to send in a special book donation or an item from our classroom wish list in honor of the birthday child. Book and classroom donations are a special way to celebrate, while also supporting your child’s classroom. Your child could even sign the inside of the book, or glue in a picture of themselves, so that classmates and future students will always know who the book came from.

Items on our classroom wish list are things we could always use in our classroom to help things run smoothly. Items from this list are completely optional, but we do use them routinely for various activities, read aloud, or treasure box items.

If you want to send an additional items to share with classmates, suggestions include stickers, bookmarks, glow sticks, temporary tattoos, bubbles, erasers, mini stamps, pencils, bouncy balls, keychains, etc. The website, Oriental Trading, offers lots of ideas that parents can find at bulk item prices. Please note, sending in items for classmates is completely optional.

Frequently Asked Questions: 

  • How many students are in the class so I can bring in special items or goodie bags to pass out?

    • There are currently 32 children (as of July, 2026).

  • Should I put the children's names on the goodie bags?

    • No, it is easier to pass out items if the bags are not labeled.

  • Can my child (or the teacher) pass out birthday party invitations at school?

    • Please refrain from passing out invitations at school unless the entire class is invited. We don’t want students feeling left out when invitations are passed out while all peers are around. If the entire class is invited, the teacher can insert the invitations into the students’ Conduits to send home.

  • Can the teacher give me the classmates’ addresses so I can mail birthday invitations?

    • No, we have to keep student information such as their address confidential.

  • Can we bring in cupcakes or cookies (or any food item) to share with the class?

    • No, we cannot share any food with the class, due to classmates’ possible allergies and/or dietary restrictions.

Art with Mrs. Haynes

Meet Mrs. Haynes. She is our talented art teacher. We are so lucky to have art instruction for our students. They will have twelve lessons throughout the school year.

Lesson #1: Squiggle Art: The beauty of an “oops”

Lesson #2: Puzzle Piece Collage

Distributive Property Video

The students learned about using the distributive property to solve multiplication equations today. The class also helped make a tutoring video that can downloaded and viewed as many times as necessary to help with homework and to answer questions at home. 

Vistors' Badges

Woodbury Elementary loves its parent volunteers and campus guests, but we really love and value the safety of our children a great deal. The children are our number one priority. Please be sure to sign in at the front office and wear your visitor's badge whenever you come on campus as a parent volunteer or a classroom visitor. All visitors must have their driver's license scanned into the front office's Raptor system the first time, and then visitors will sign in and out at the front office computers every time after. 

Thank you for your cooperation and support. 

Picture Day!

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Picture day has been scheduled for Monday, August 17th
Make up picture day will be Wednesday, Sept. 9th
Our time slot is TBD. If you plan to order school pictures this year, forms/information will be sent home soon.

 

 

All About Mrs. Dyer

In class, we learn about what our classmates love to do and what some of their favorites are. The students sometimes ask me what some of my favorites are—- the obvious item was of course, coffee. :0)

Drink: hot coffee, iced coffee, blended coffee…. :0) iced tea, milk tea, boba

Favorite drink places: Starbucks, 7Leaves, Omomo, Orobae

Food: Japanese and Italian

Dessert: shave ice

Snacks: cheese and crackers, fresh bread

Holiday: Thanksgiving

Color: I love all colors!

Hobby: cooking/baking

Places to shop for school: Amazon, Target, Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Lakeshore, The Container Store, Teachers Pay Teachers, Etsy, Dollar Tree

Places to eat: In n Out, Wahoo’s, Chick-Fil-A, Panera, Chipotle

Thing to do when not working: Spending time with my family, and sleep

Flower: I love ranunculus and peonies, but I’m awful at taking care of flowers and plants (that’s why all of the plants in our classroom are artificial!).

Favorite teacher when I was in school: Mrs. Schmidt- she was my 4th grade teacher who also attended my wedding and baby shower.

Favorite subject when I was in school: Spelling

Favorite subject to teach: Math

Favorite ride at Disneyland: Guardians of the Galaxy and The Incredicoaster

Season: Summer (both of my girls’ birthdays and my birthday is in the summer)

Sport: Dance

Fruit: Mango, strawberries, blueberries

Ice Cream: macadamia nut

Place to travel: Hawaii and Coronado

Book series: Harry Potter and the Chronicles of Narnia

Lexia Core5

One of Woodbury's resources for reading intervention is an online program called Core5. Students who are currently reading below grade level are encouraged to use Core5 at home for at least 20-40 minutes per week.

Parents who want to help their child catch up on reading skills should encourage their child to utilize Core5 at home. Students will need headphones to use with the reading program, and parents are NOT allowed to help as the program provides teachers data and information regarding the student's current reading progress. 

The parent letter and access information can be found online.  A Lexia lessons checklist can also be found online. 

To login, please follow the instructions (and screen shot prompts) below. A parent information sheet is also available. 

  1. Visit lexiacore5.com

  2. Enter teacher's name: ericadyer@iusd.org (first image below)

  3. Click "Log In With Clever" (second image below)

  4. Click "Log in with Active Directory (third image below)

  5. Type in student's IUSD login email- 33lastnamefirstname@iusd.org (fourth image below)

    • ***Important: If your child’s first or last name is more than eight (8) characters, the system will leave off the last few letters. For example:
      Student Name: “Josephine Sanderson”
      Login Username: “33sandersojosephin@iusd.org”
      The n in the last name, and the e in the first name are left off.

      The first two digits are your child’s high school graduation year.

  6. Click "Next"

  7. Type in student's ID number as the password- 9-digit number

Homework Routines

For some students, homework is an easy task and they are willing to complete their assignments on time and with great care. For other students, homework is a chore, not only for them, but for their parents as well. In third grade, the homework should take about 45 minutes. But it is 45 minutes of focused work. For some students, various distractions and work habits occasionally extend the homework time. The third grade teachers do not want homework to be a source of great stress for our families. If your child reaches 45 minutes and a point of frustration, parents are able to put an end to the homework- simply write the teacher a note indicating how much was attempted (i.e. Mrs. Dyer, we completed the front side of the math page, but only did the evens on the back). The child will receive full credit for the homework. Here are some other tips to help make the homework routine a little easier. 

  • Set up a specific place for your child to do homework consistently each day. 

  • Be sure the homework desk has all necessary materials (pencils, crayons, colored pencils, pens, glue, scissors, etc.) so that the child does not need to look for supplies around the house. 

  • Play some peaceful, instrumental music in the background if that works for your child (music can help muffle other sounds around the house like dogs, cooking, siblings, etc.) 

  • Set a timer for your child to see how much time they have left before a transition (i.e. going to soccer practice). 

  • Remove distractions such as games, toys, computers, etc. from the homework space. 

  • Set up parent restrictions on iPads, iPhones, etc. to limit the student's use to only homework-related resources (i.e. Raz-Kids, Reflex Math, Khan Academy, etc.) 

  • Have your child check in with you every 20 minutes or so to show you what they have completed (a timer can help with this). 

  • Keep all binders, books, and backpacks in the same place everyday so that morning routines are quick allowing the family to get out the door quickly before school. 

  • Break up homework routines with quick body/movement breaks (i.e. work for 20 minutes, then do 20 jumping jacks to get some wiggles out, then return to work). 

  • Start with the hardest assignments first, then finish with the easiest assignments. 

  • Front load some of the work earlier in the week (i.e. if the child has a 2 hour swim practice on Thursday afternoon, do some of the extra reading on Wednesday night instead). 

 

Music Class

Our primary music teacher is Ms. Courter. She is a talented music educator with a beautiful singing voice and it is easy to see she enjoys her job. The kids loved learning the new songs. This year, students are so lucky because they get to now have music occurs EVERY week in comparison to previous years that was every other week. Room 14 will have music on Monday mornings.