LP #6 Primary Newsletter

Welcome to Learning Period #6! We are in full swing with semester 2 and hope you are getting into a good groove. How is your spring schedule going? Are there any changes to your schedule or additional resources that may enhance your student's learning? Be sure to check out the great resources below to help with your student's educational journey. You can also reach out to your IST for helpful tips and tricks that can help your schooling experience be beneficial for you and your students.

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

We provide academic support in Math and ELA through both independent learning options and live virtual classes. Explore all available programs HERE. Sign-ups for Cycle #3 open on February 24 and close on March 7, with all programs starting on March 17. If you're interested in enrolling in a class or independent program, please let your IST know.

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

This LP we will be focusing on the writing genre of Opinion/Persuasive Writing. OPINION WRITING allows the author to express their point of view. The author may try to persuade, or get the reader to agree with them by providing evidence. When the author gives reasons and examples to support their belief, it makes their opinion stronger.

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, Opinion/Persuasive, 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.

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 February 3 - February 28, 2025.