Small Group Monthly Newsletter
September 2026
Our Small Group Classes
Room 101 - Mrs. Bassery, Mrs. Abarca and Mrs. Lee
Room 102 - Dr. Gitau, Mrs. Minton-Phillips, and Ms. Michelle Ciru
Our Curriculum - enCore
Learning Focus for September
During the month of September our K-2 students will be working with Unit 1 of our enCore curriculum. They will work with the fiction story Peter Rabbit first for 2 weeks and the non-fiction story Food Groups for the last 2 weeks of the month.
Focus targets for Peter Rabbit:
Reading: Answer comprehension questions, Sequence story events, Identify key vocabulary
ELA: Identify the Letter and Sound for M
Math: Counting and Cardinality, Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Measurement and Data, Math All Around Us
Science: Differences between Plants and Animals
Social Studies: Laws and Classroom Rules
Focus target for Food Groups:
Reading: Answer comprehension questions, Identify verbs, Match food pictures to food groups
ELA: Identify the Letter and Sound for A
Math: Numbers and Operations in Base 10, Time, Money, Geometry
Science: Food Groups - Distinguish between Fruits and Vegetables
Social Studies: Making decisions with choices - Healthy and not Healthy
Our 3-5 students will be working with Unit 20 of our enCore curriculum. They will work with the fiction story Bounce first for 2 weeks and the non-fiction story Counting and Quantities for the last 2 weeks of the month.
Focus target for Bounce:
Reading: Answer comprehension questions, Identify characters, setting, and events, Identify key vocabulary, Sequence story events
ELA: Identify letters and sounds for O, C, D, E, G
Math: Counting and Cardinality, Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Measurement and Data, Math All Around Us
Science: Identify concepts of moving objects
Social Studies: Identify community locations, Locate pictures or symbols on a map
Focus target for Counting and Quantities:
Reading: Answer comprehension questions, Recall facts from a story, Generate rhyming words, Identify plural nouns
ELA: Identify letters and sounds for K, I, L, H, T
Math: Counting and Cardinality, Operations and Algebraic Thinking, Measurement and Data, Math All Around Us
Science: Concepts of Motion - Pushing and Pulling
Social Studies: Identify various school locations, Associate object, picture, or symbol with a location
Save the Date
- August 31 thru September 4: Fall MAP Growth Window
- September 10: Grand-Pals Day Lunch - our class lunchtime is 12:00 - 12:40
- September 17: Fall Picture Day
- September 21-25: Fall Break
- October 12 - 17: Parent Teacher Conference Week - student dismissal at 1:00 p.m.
