SMALL GROUP WEEKLY UPDATE
Week of February 10. 2025
Our Team Members
SC1: Dr. Gitau, Ms. Gay and Ms. Hurley
SC2: Mrs. Bassery and Mrs. Abarca
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
Small Group Curriculum
SC1 and SC2
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
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:
What SC1 and SC2 are Learning
Dr. Gitau:
Reading: How Things Look and Feel
Phonics: Letter L
Math: Counting and Cardinality
Science: States of Matter
Social Studies: Good Citizen Characteristics
Mrs. Bassery:
Grades K-2:
Reading: Hippo Wants to Dance
Phonics: Identify letter H
Math: Operations of Algebraic Thinking
Social Studies: Concepts of Time
Grades 3-5:
Reading: The Red Raincoat
Phonics: Decode past tense “ed”
Math: Operations of Algebraic Thinking
Social Studies: Concepts of Time
What SC3 and SC6 are Learning
Ms. Turnbull:
Wit & Wisdom: Hatchet
Morphology: <fer>
Math: Decimals & fractions
Science: Chemical changes
1st Grade:
Reading: WWM3 “Feel the Wind” Lessons 1-5
Phonics: R-Controlled
ELA: Informative Writing
Math: Time & Money
Social Studies: Government
2nd Grade:
Reading: WWM3 “Feel the Wind” Lessons 1-5
Phonics: R-Controlled
ELA: Informative Writing
Math: Word Problems
Social Studies: Ga. Colony
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!
Save the Date
- February 10-13: PTA Valentines Grams Fundraiser
- February 10-14, 24-28: ACCESS testing windows
- February 17: President’s Day
- February 17-21: Winter Break
- February 27: PTA Black History Celebration 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
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.
