LP #4 Primary Newsletter

Welcome to Learning Period #4. We are in the final LP of the semester and almost halfway through the school year! This is a great time to think about what goals you would like to put in place for your child's schooling for the spring semester.

We are excited to hear about all the great learning activities your students are engaged in and discuss with you how they are progressing through their curriculum and standards. It is also a great time to reflect on how things are going with your schooling journey and what additional supports might need to be added in or changed for the spring semester. One of the greatest things about schooling at home is that we can make necessary changes as needed to better meet the needs of each student.

Please take some time to review the agenda so you come prepared to collaborate with your teacher on your student's learning plan.

We are so excited to partner with you this school year! To ensure we have a productive and successful learning period please review the learning period expectations for the 24/25 school year.

Learning Period Expectations

The Learning Coach and all enrolled students must be present at each Learning Period meeting.

1. Please set aside 1 hour for a single student and 15 minutes for each additional student to meet with your teacher for your Learning Period meeting.

2. Bring your curriculum to your Learning Period meeting to review progress in all core academic subjects. A. Bring all of the work completed since the last learning period meeting and be prepared to discuss the curriculum plan for the weeks ahead. B. If there is not a curriculum plan you will work with your teacher to create one for the next Learning Period.

3. RSVP to your Learning Period meeting invitation from the teacher within 48 hours.

4. After 2 attempts to schedule the Learning Period meeting, the teacher will schedule a Learning Period meeting for you to attend.

To ensure your child is on track and progressing through their curriculum for the year it is important to map out your weekly schedule.

• Your teacher will include the Lesson Plans in your students’ Ed Plan.

• If you DO NOT have a plan for completing standards/curriculum over the next four weeks your teacher will create one that will be followed and monitored at the weekly check-in.

• Reach out to your teacher for some Planning Templates that might be helpful

• During your LP meetings, you will review the curriculum completed and set a goal for each subject for the LP that will be followed up with at the next LP meeting.

• Please review with your teacher a BODY of work for each subject. Your teacher should be able to have a clear understanding of the standards that were addressed during the learning period and the assignments that were completed.

• For each of your students, please turn in a work sample of every subject (ELA, Math, Social Studies, Science).

• Be sure your student has written their FULL NAME and the date the assignment was completed between November 13, 2024 - December 20, 2024
  

This LP we will begin working on our second writing genre of Informative Writing. We will work on Informative Writing in LP4 and turn in the writing samples in LP5. In an Informative essay, the writer gives information about a topic by providing true facts and details. We will focus on an introduction, supporting details, and a conclusion when writing an informative essay.

Whether your student is an experienced writer or brand new to the process we are excited to partner with you to ensure your student completes all four genres of writing: Narrative, Informative, Persuasive/Opinion, and Research. Our goal is to meet your student where they are, learn the writing process, improve their writing skills, and most importantly grow their love for writing.

Take a look at the rubrics below for some help with your writing plan.

One of the new opportunities for growth we are offering our students this year is through our academic challenges in math, sight words, writing, and reading. These challenges include incentives for mastery by the end of the year. Please take a look at the information about our Academic Challenges below. Students will be provided sight word lists, math fact challenges, Reading logs, and writing activities to track progress throughout the year. This is a great way to encourage a Growth Mindset and celebrate students' accomplishments.

• Check out these valuable resources to help with Language Arts and Math.

• ELA Padlet

• Math Padlet

• They are full of free resources and ideas to enrich your student's learning.

• The padlets broken down by grade level bands and curricular areas to make searching for ideas easier.

Before ordering enrichment items please explore the Lending Library! The lending library is FULL of so many wonderful resources!

1. TONS of K-8 curriculum resources. The lending library contains nearly all major curricula options. So before ordering head over to the lending library to see if there is a copy you can check out for the year or view before ordering.
2. Books galore for kindergarten to 12th grade students. The lending library contains nearly as many novels and resource books as your local public library! You don't want to miss browsing these books that your student can check out to read throughout the year.
3. Games and activities that you can check out for free! Card games, board games, puzzles, you name it, the lending library has it!

Many of these items are brand new and have never been used. So don't delay...come in and check it out!