1. Mrs. Spar’s third grade class would like to share with you some friendly letters about how we spend our time after school. We hope you enjoy them! Woodside Elementary School

2. Dear Friend, Hi my name is Brendan. I am a third grader in Woodside School. After school I like to play soccer.When you get the ball you run and try to score.When you score you get one point.The goalie protects the ball from coming into the goal.That is what I do after school. From,Brendan

3. Dear Friend, Dear Friend, I like to play many games outside after school. I love to play tag with my bother and friends. I ride my like in our circle. I play on the swings with my little brother and sister. I like being outdoors. I like to play many games outside after school. I love to play tag with my bother and friends. I ride my like in our circle. I play on the swings with my little brother and sister. I like being outdoors. From, From, Ryan Ryan

4. Dear friends, After school I play travel basketball. We run a lot and do practice drills like shooting the ball into a basket and dribbling. Then we have to dribble through cones and shoot from the foul line. We also practice passing. It is very tiring and we put a lot of work into are practices and games. Next I play travel soccer. I don't run as much in soccer then basketball. We have to take the ball with are feet and shoot it into the back of the net. If there was a through in you have to hit it with your foot, head, or chest. Finally the other thing I do is work with a tutor. She comes on Thursdays. When she comes we start with the same thing each time. We start with vowels. Then we do a story and a vowel book and other things. Some about reading. That is what I do after school. From,Lindsay

5. Hi my name is Tiana. I am a third grader at Woodside School. After school I go to soccer practice on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I come home at 5:00. Sometimes I ride bikes with my neighbors. I build Lego’s at night while watching television. Sometimes I bake cookies with my mom. Those are some activities I do after school.

6. Dear Friend, My name is Karl. I’m eight years old. I go to Woodside School and I am in third grade. Monday through Thursday my class has homework. Monday and Wednesday I have Karate, Jujitsu, and Judo. My Sensei’s name is Bobby. He is very nice. On Tuesday my brother has boxing. Thursday and Friday I have play dates. In January I start indoor soccer. I hope you like my interesting after school life. From,Karl

7. Dear Friend, Hi! I am Matthew. I am a Woodside third grader and these are some of the things that I do after school. Hi! I am Matthew. I am a Woodside third grader and these are some of the things that I do after school. One of the things that I do after school is to go to intramurals. Sometimes in intramurals we play Pillow Polo. In Pillow Polo you use a Pillow Polo stick. A Pillow Polo stick is like a hockey stick. You use your Pillow Polo stick to hit a Nerf ball into the goal. One of the things that I do after school is to go to intramurals. Sometimes in intramurals we play Pillow Polo. In Pillow Polo you use a Pillow Polo stick. A Pillow Polo stick is like a hockey stick. You use your Pillow Polo stick to hit a Nerf ball into the goal. Another thing that I do after school is go to basket ball practice. In basketball practice you need a basketball. Another thing that I do in basketball practice is practice dribbling, shooting the ball, and running. Sometimes we have a little scrimmage. Basketball is really fun! Those are the things that I do after school. Another thing that I do after school is go to basket ball practice. In basketball practice you need a basketball. Another thing that I do in basketball practice is practice dribbling, shooting the ball, and running. Sometimes we have a little scrimmage. Basketball is really fun! Those are the things that I do after school.FromMatthew

8. Dear Friend, Hi I'm Jenny.I'm a third grader at Woodside School. After school I usually have travel soccer. I'm on the Arsenal team. I have practice on Wednesdays and Fridays and a game on Sunday. The equipment I use is a soccer ball, a goal, cones, and a uniform or a piney. You always need a soccer ball when you play soccer. You need a goal to shoot in. You need cones to practice with. And a uniform or a piney to show what team your on. I also practice piano on Mondays its fun because sometimes he lets me pick my own songs. I use a piano, piano lesson books, and my fingers. I use piano books so I can see what I'm playing. I just tried out for the indoor travel soccer team and I made the team! I have practice on Mondays and Saturdays. My first game is in January it is going to be on Sundays in January and February. Other days I have my friends come over and play with them. From, Jenny

9. Dear Friend, After school I go to Aftercare while my parents work. In Aftercare we learned to be safe and to work together.I play Soccer, Karate,Basketball,Wall ball, and Baseball. My favorite sport is Wall ball because it is fun to get other people out.My favorite Hockey team is the Devils! I hope you get my letter and like it. From, Jordyn

10. Dear Friend, Here are some things I do after school. First, I have a snack and watch T.V. After that, I do my homework. Finally I play with my neighbor Eleana. Those are some things I do after school. From, Taylor

11. Dear Friend, Hello I’m Daniel and I’m a Third Grader in Woodside School in River Vale, New Jersey. I play pillow polo in intramurals. You use a pillow stick to get the ball in the goal. My friends play this game with me. My friends and I like to play pillow polo. I also play WII. The WII remote has a lot of buttons. There is a MII Channel. You create a person that looks like you. It is an amazing game system. Almost all my friends have one. This is what I do after school. From, Daniel

12. Dear friend, Hi my name is Amber I am a third grader in Woodside school, My favorite activity is swimming.I love swimming because it gives you lots of exercise and it is fun. The equipment I use is a bathing suit, a pair of goggles, a pool, and some times a float. My friends and I sometimes play games. I love swimming so much I will stay in the pool for hours. That is my favorite activity that I would like to share with you. From, Amber

13. Dear Friend, After school I do lots of activities. First, I go do my homework. Then I go to dance class. Next I play games with my friends called Tigers and we play on the trampoline. Last of all, I eat supper with my mom and dad. I love my after school activities. I hope you enjoy my letter. From, MaryElena

14. Dear Friend, I like to play many games outside after school. I love to play tag with my bother and friends. I ride my like in our circle. I play on the swings with my little brother and sister. I like being outdoors. From, Ryan

15. Dear friend, After school I like to go to gymnastics. We use mats so we don't get hurt. There is a trampoline that we do different exercises on. We walk on the balance- beam so I can practice balancing. There is a rock wall that we climb on. There is also parallel bars that we do flips on. That is an activity I enjoy doing after school. From, Chelsea

16. Dear friend, Hi, I’m Samantha and I’m a third grader at Woodside School in New Jersey. One thing I do after school on Wednesday’s is Sign Language Club. We learn how to sign songs. We use a CD player. We also use props like sunglasses, train hats, scarves, and the most important thing is our hands. I enjoy Sign Language Club. Another thing I do on Saturday is karate. We learn how to defend our selves. We learn how to use different weapons. We use punching bags, boxing gloves, and a lot more! I love karate. From, Samantha

17. Dear Friend, Dear Friend, Hi, I’m Robbie, I go to Woodside School. My first activity I do after school is one of my favorite activities is playing football. I also go hiking in the woods where there is also a creek. I even go to a park with my dog because there is a dog park. Those are some after school activities I do. Hi, I’m Robbie, I go to Woodside School. My first activity I do after school is one of my favorite activities is playing football. I also go hiking in the woods where there is also a creek. I even go to a park with my dog because there is a dog park. Those are some after school activities I do. From, From, Robbie Robbie

18. Dear Friend, Hi my name is Lauren and I am a third grader at Woodside School. After school I do many activities. One of them is Brownies. I go once a month on Wednesday. It usually takes place in the school library, but sometimes we go on trips. We have gone cooking, apple picking, to the Girl Scout council, and had a fashion show. There is also a father daughter dance and a mother daughter dance and a Halloween party. In March we sell cookies and get prizes according to how many cookies we sell. My mom is the cookie mom. I like doing Brownies! Another after school activity is dance. I take four classes. They are ballet, tap, jazz and hip- hop, because I made the dance team. Ballet is on Tuesday. You need to wear leotard, pink tights, either black shorts or a skirt and ballet shoes. For ballet you do lots of things on the bar. Jazz is my first class on Thursday. You need to wear comfortable clothes, and jazz shoes. We do kicks on the bar. Tap is my second class on Thursday. We wear the same clothes that we wear for jazz, but we wear tap shoes. Our warm up is toe taps. Hip-hop is my last class on Thursday. We just change our shoes in to hip-hop shoes. Hip-hop is like jazz. I have the same teacher for ballet, jazz and tap. Her name is Jess. My teacher for hip-hop is Sammy. Dance is so much fun! My last activity is Hebrew School. I go there because I am Jewish. I learn about my religion. It is two hours long, and on Tuesday and Sunday. My teachers on Sunday are Morah Zehava and Morah Shiran. My teachers on Tuesday are Morah Zehava and Morah Barbra. I have two friends at Hebrew School. They are Dalya and Rebecca. There are 17 people in my class.13 of them are boys. Morah means teacher. Hebrew School on Tuesday is right before ballet. I don’t like Hebrew School that much. From, Lauren

19. Dear Friend, Hi I am Christian from Woodside School third grade and these are the things I do after school. I go to After School Program. I play a lot of games in After Care. I play soccer, football, basketball, wall ball, kickball, and baseball. In soccer we kicked butt. The score was 23 to 16.It was a close game. Football was a very close game. But we still won. It was 24 to 23. Basketball was hard. We win always. It was not a close game. The score was 20 to 16. It was awesome. Wall ball is a fun game. There is no score. You just have to get people out. One time I was in the final, with one of my friends, Matthew. It was so hard, I mean, like he is the best player at wall ball. He can get anybody out. He almost got me out. When he threw the ball, I dove to get the ball and I caught the ball. Kickball is a really fun game. In kickball you have to kick the ball when the pitcher rolls it. When you kick it you have to run to first base before someone throws it at you. If he gets to the base first you are out. The last thing to get you out is if someone in the field catches it in the air. The last one is baseball. You probably have played this game before? As I was saying baseball is fun too. It is exactly like kickball but you do not kick. You hold a bat and the pitcher throws the ball at the bat and you have to swing the bat and hit the ball. Oh! Did I forget to tell you the counselor’s names that watch us? Let me start Brian, Juliet, Vinnie, and Evan. That is what I do after school. From, Christian