LP #2 Primary Newsletter

Each Learning Period, our Student Support Corner will focus on a key topic that addresses common challenges students face. We’ll share practical tips and resources to help families support their child’s growth and well-being. Our goal is to make it easier for teachers and families to work together, creating a strong support network to help every student thrive.

LP 2 Topic: Boosting Motivation and Managing Procrastination

Many students struggle with starting assignments or staying motivated, especially when tasks feel overwhelming. Families can help by trying these strategies:

• Set small, clear goals for each study session.
  

• Use a timer to work in short bursts, like 20 minutes of focus followed by a 5-minute break.
  

• Celebrate progress, no matter how small, to build confidence.
  

• Help your child prioritize tasks by making a simple to-do list.
  

• Encourage starting with the most challenging task first, when energy is highest.
  
  

Helpful Resource:
The Power of Motivation for Kids

With a little structure and encouragement, students can learn to tackle assignments with less stress and more success.

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, Persuasive/Opinion, Research, and Expository. Your IST will be doing a fun writing activity with your student at each LP meeting. Some of these activities can be completed at home and returned to your IST at a later date. 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.

• Tech needs, core curriculum and any core intervention supports must be purchased before enrichment can be ordered.

• If you are in need of tech to access your core curriculum be sure to budget your funds accordingly. We ask that you order it right away to ensure it arrives quickly.

• Laptops and Chromebooks must be ordered as a Tech Order through the Ordering System. Laptops and Chromebooks cannot be purchased through other vendors like Amazon. Printers and Kindle tablets can be ordered through other vendors.
  

• You can access the ordering system through the Go System (Ordering, Events). Be sure to bookmark it for quick and easy access.

• Please be sure to discuss any "outside" of the box OS orders with your teacher during your LP meeting so you can discuss how they will tie into your student's educational plan. This information is important for your teacher to know when approving orders and can save a lot of time in the process if the teacher is included in the plan before the order is placed.

Before ordering enrichment items please explore the Sharehouse by Axia! The Sharehouse is FULL of so many wonderful resources!

1. TONS of K-8 curriculum resources. The Sharehouse contains nearly all major curricula options. So before ordering, head over to the Sharehouse 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 Sharehouse 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 Sharehouse has it!

Many of these items are brand new and have never been used. So don't delay...come in and check it out! You can also browse the Sharehouse through the online portal found on the website HERE and HERE.

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.

• 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). A link will be sent at the beginning of each LP to upload work samples completed during that LP.