Ms. Petrone and her 5th grade students create out of this world solar system projects!

Wildcats joined in for the Winter Break Countdown Spirit Week as we get ready for the holiday season!
Monday - Pajama Day
Tuesday - Twin Day
Wednesday - Wildcat Spirit Day
Thursday - Thermal Thursday
Friday - Festive Attire Friday

The Associate Director of the National Parks Service has a special place in his heart for 4th Graders. His wife is a 4th-Grade Teacher. Under his guidance, the National Parks Service created a Parks Pass just for 4th Graders and their Families. He only visits two schools each year. His wife's school and Woodlawn Elementary. On Thursday he stopped in to talk to our students about the National Parks Service and to give each 4th-Grader their card.

Our very own custodian, Mr. Mark, took Ms. Morgan-Graham's kindergarten class on a field trip today to learn about recycling around our school. We learned about what items go into the regular trash and what items we can recycle! Thanks for helping us to learn about keeping our school safe and clean!

Students in grade 5 have been studying the layers of the Earth and what each layer is made of. In science lab, they created a play dough model of the Earth.

Students in grade 4 are learning about how flowers make seeds through pollination. They did an experiment to test different ways to spread pollen and learned that wind, water, animals, and insects are all pollinators and that the best pollinators are insects like bees.

Woodlawn Elementary PTA hosted Turkey Bingo on November 18th! Wildcats were able to join in the fun and win some amazing prizes.

Students in Grade 3 are learning about water ecology. Today in science lab, we went outside to explore where water goes when it rains. Students were able to see how some water is absorbed into the earth and some water flows downstream as runoff. Next, we will explore how pollution is carried by water from one place to another.

Woodlawn first graders learned and watched how to put up a tent and then got to go inside and play for a few minutes. In our UFLI curriculum there are several decodable readers that are about tents or camping. We took a poll in our Walk to Reading intervention block and found out that not many students had experience with a tent yet. So, we brought reading to life during recess!

Woodlawn Elementary was honored to have our Veterans celebrate Veterans Day with us! Woodlawn Veterans led the Pledge of Allegiance with their students and marched in our Parade of Veterans. We also had a special performance by the Woodlawn Chorus. Thank you to all Veterans for serving our nation!

First Graders started their fall science unit by looking at leaves, their colors and shapes and then doing leaf rubbings. Everyone enjoyed exploring how some leaves change their colors and why.

Reading by third grade is also one of the measures of Goal 3 (Academic Growth and Excellence) in the FCPS 2023-30 strategic plan. Learn how Woodlawn Elementary School is undertaking this work.

Woodlawn students released their butterflies this week! Caterpillars were harvested from our garden and dutifully cared for until their flying hour arrived. Have a safe journey Monarchs and Question Mark butterflies!