SMALL GROUP WEEKLY UPDATE
Week of April 14, 2025
HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYED A GREAT SPRING BREAK!
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
Visit the links below to learn more about the curriculums used by our small group classes.
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.
SC1 and SC2 Happenings this Week
Dr. Gitau:
Reading: Goldilocks and the Three Bear
Phonics: Adjectives
Math: Counting and Cardinality
Science: Hot and Cold
Georgia Alternate Assessment continues
Mrs. Bassery:
Grades K-2: Unit 11
Reading: Little Red Riding Hood
Phonics: Identify letter W
Math: Math All Around Us
Science: Recycling
Grades 3-5: Unit 28
Reading: Alice in Wonderland
Phonics: Blend sounds into words
Math: Math All Around Us
Science: Recycling
Georgia Alternate Assessment continues
Small Group Curriculum - 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.
SC3 and SC6 Happenings this Week
Ms. Turnbull:
ELA: Milestones test prep
Math: Milestones test prep
Science: Milestones test prep
Social Studies: Milestones test prep
Mrs. Banks:
1st Grade:
Reading: Module 4 Lesson 1- 5
Phonics: graphemes ie, igh
ELA: Opinion Writing
Math: Adding/Subtracting with Tens
Social Studies: Economics
2nd Grade:
Reading: Module 4 Lesson 1- 5
Phonics: graphemes ie, igh
ELA: Opinion Writing
Math: Arrays
Social Studies: Economics
Wednesday mornings are so much fun as we go around our school making K-cup beverage deliveries! We practice working together to complete a work task, we work on our social skills and name coins and dollar bills when teachers’ pay for their drink. The money received will go towards supplies, classroom celebrations, and/or instructional materials.
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
- April 17: 101 Dalmatians! School Musical at Marietta Middle School
- April 20: Easter Sunday
- April 22: Earth Day
- May 5: Cinco de Mayo
- May 16: Field Day
- May 21: Awards Day for 1st to 4th grade students
- May 22: Awards Day for Kindergarten and 5th grade students
- May 23: Last day of School
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.

