SMALL GROUP WEEKLY UPDATE
Week of October 14-18
Our Team Members
SC1: Dr. Gitau and Ms. Gay
SC2: Mrs. Bassery and Ms. Hurley
SC3: Ms. Turnbull and Mrs. Speaks
SC6: Mrs. Banks and Mrs. Moore
Teacher emails:
mgitau@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
nbassery@marietta-city.k12.ga.us
Our Curriculum
SC1 and SC2 Curriculum
Dr. Gitau and Mrs. Bassery use an adapted curriculum called enCore. There are 36 units; with each grade level having 6 units. Our classes have multiple grade levels, so we might use two units simultaneously. For example, a class might use a unit for kindergarten through second and a different unit for grades third through fifth. Each unit consist of an adapted Fiction and Nonfiction book. It takes six weeks to complete one full unit with three weeks per book.
Students learn Phonics and Language Arts skills in the areas of letters and sounds, vocabulary, sight words, word endings, such as “ing” and “ed”, prefixes and suffixes, and much more.
Learning activities for Math are provided in the areas of Counting and Cardinality, Operations & Algebraic Thinking, Measurement and Data, Time, Money, and Geometry.
Science and Social Studies activities follow grade level standards. Areas of learning include weather, living and nonliving, rules and laws, goods and services, and many more.
SC3 and SC6 Curriculum
Ms. Turnbull and Mrs. Banks use Wit and Wisdom. This is a comprehensive K-8 English Language Arts curriculum crafted to help students build their knowledge and skills.
For more information on our wonderful curriculums please visit the links below:
Areas of Focus: October 14 – 18
Conference Week – Shorten Schedule due to Early Release
Dr. Gitau:
* Reading: Fiction story Sam and Penny (Unit 2)
* Letter and Sound Identification: Letters and sound for S/s
* Math: Measurement and Data
Mrs. Bassery:
* Reading: Fiction stories Jimmy’s Painting (Unit 8, K-2) My Inside Weather (Unit 26, 3-5)
* Letter and Sound Identification: Letters and sound for Y/y, Decode “R” controlled vowels
* Math: Measurement and Data
Ms. Turnbull:
* Wit & Wisdom: Lessons 21-24
* Math: Review and test on factors and multiples
* Science: Animal Traits
* Morphology: Review <port>, <rupt>, <form>
Mrs. Banks:
1st Grade
* Reading: Narrative Retell, Asking & Questions, Story Elements and Character Feelings
* Phonics: Long 0 (o-e)
* ELA: Adjectives, Narrative writing
* Math: Interpreting Data, Place value
* Science: Plants and Animals
2nd Grade
* Reading: Narrative Retell, Asking & Questions, Story Elements and Character Feelings
* Phonics: Long i (i-e) & - r-controlled
* ELA: Adjectives, Narrative writing
* Math: Place value - Addition and Subtraction Strategies
* Science: Force and Motion
Visual Cooking
Cooking is an important life skill our students will need to learn. At home, you can use visual recipes to help your child begin learning these important skills!
Park Street PTA
Save the Date
- October 14 - 18: Conference Week, student dismissal begins at 1:15
- October 14 - 18: Fall Book Fair
- November 3: Daylight Savings Time ends
- November 5: Professional Learning Day, no school for students
- November 20 & 21: Thanksgiving Lunches * more information to come
- November 25 -29: Thanksgiving Break
Reminders
- Park Street is a uniform school. Below is a copy of our uniform policy. Your child is expected to be in uniform Monday-Thursday.
- Birthday parties are not permitted. However, birthday cupcakes are allowed during lunch time.
- If there is a change in transportation arrangements, we require notice from the parent before allowing students to be transported by anyone other than a parent. You may send in a note with your child or email parkstreet@marietta-city.org with the details of the change.
- When a student arrives late (after 8:30), an adult must sign the student in at the office.
- If a child is out for any portion of the school day, the missed time is recorded as a tardy. A note sent in the morning will help us to have your child ready. To avoid interruptions to instruction, no student will be released between 2:45 and 3:15.
