Boyden Weekly Update

November 15, 2024

Dear Boyden Families,

It was great to see many families at Parent Teacher Conferences this week. If you could not make conferences this week, please reach out to your child's teacher to set up a conference. The home school partniship is important to student success.

Have a nice weekend!

Brendan

Thank you PAC!

A huge thank you to the Boyden PAC for providing dinner for the staff on Tuesday night before conferences. It was delicious!

Counselor's Corner

Check out November's Counselor's Corner from out counselors, Mrs. Audet and Mrs. Lemmler.

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What are the Students Learning in Art?

Student Council School Spirit Days

Student Council has finlaized the school spirit days for the 2024-2025 school year. Here they are:

Friday, November 22nd - Hat Day
Friday, December 20th - Comfy Cozi Day
Friday, January 17th - 80’s Day
Thursday, February 13th - Sports/Jersey Day
Friday, March 21st - Crazy Hair Day
Thursday, April 17th - Silly Sock Day
May - TBD

Boyden/Walpole Apparel

The Run House, located at 15 West St, Walpole, MA, is proud to be the official retailer for Boyden Elementary School, with 20% of all profits going back to the Boyden Elementary School PAC. Chcek out all the great gear!

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School Store

The next School Store for grades 1-5 will be on Friday, November 22nd. Look for a list of items on sale to come home sometime that week.

Math Update

With Family/Educator Conferences coming up next week, many teachers may be sharing information around fact fluency. Fact fluency is not memorizing a list of equations to see how fast a student can complete a paper. Fact fluency incorporates children being able to use efficient strategies to work with their basic facts in multiple ways. Multiplication and division rely on fluency with addition and subtraction. Fractions rely on fluency with multiplication and division. Fact fluency extends to all math concepts throughout the grades.

This year, we are fortunate enough to have the Math Fact Lab program at school so students in grades 1-5 have a systematic approach, filled with visual models to master their math facts. Sessions for Math Fact Lab run anywhere from 8-15 minutes and it is suggested that students complete at least 3 sessions a week. Once students complete a certain number of activities they get a chance to pass a level lifter which will move them on to the next level of facts. Our students are doing an amazing job passing their level lifters to become Math Fact Masters.

There are several other fun ways students can work with their facts to become fluent and efficient mathematicians. Check out this book of math games, Acing Math (One Deck at a Time) that only needs a deck of cards for fun math fact practice. Our Family Math Site has a special section devoted to Fact Fluency where you will find even more resources for fun practice for your child.

End of School Year Fact Fluency Expectations:

Kindergarten: Fluently add & subtract within 5

Grade 1: Fluently add & subtract within 10

Grade 2: Fluently add & subtract within 20

Grade 3: Fluently multiply all products up to 10x10 and related division facts

Grade 4: Fluently multiply all products up to 12x12 and related division facts

Grade 5: Keep practicing all facts for fluency

Holiday Breakfast and Holiday Shop

The Boyden PAC is excited for our annual Holiday Breakfast and Shop on December 7th. For new parents , there is a breakfast in the cafeteria with some great raffle prizes for the students to win. In the gymnasium, students go into the "Holiday Shop" by themselves (older students help younger students) to shop for parents and loved ones!

To have this be a successful event we many volunteers:

CLICK HERE to volunteer

For raffle prizes, the PAC puts together grade-level baskets that will be raffled off that morning. If you are able to donate to the basket(s) please click on the links below to sign up.