Our small group team:

SC1: Dr. Gitau and Ms. Gay

SC2: Mrs. Bassery and Ms. Hurley

SC3: Ms. Turnbull and Mrs. Speaks

SC6: Mrs. Banks and Mrs. Moore

Our emails:

mgitau@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

nbassery@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

eturnbull@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

tbanks@marietta-city.k12.ga.us

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.

For more information on our wonderful curriculums please visit the links below:

Dr. Gitau’s class worked on:

* Reading: Fiction story Peter Rabbit

* Phonics: Letter sound for M

* Math: Counting and Cardinality

* Science & Social Studies: Plants and Animals, Rules and Laws

Mrs. Bassery’s class worked on:

* Reading: Fiction stories The Princess and the Pea and The Velveteen Rabbit

* Phonics: Long vowel sounds for A, E, I, O, U

* Math: Counting and Cardinality

* Science: Living and Non-living objects

Ms. Turnbull’s class worked on:

* ELA: Begin Wit and Wisdom Module 1: ‘A Great Heart’.

* Math: Place value and their relationships.

* Social Studies: Map Skills

* UFLI Phonics: Letter M and short A review.

Mrs. Banks’ class worked on:

1st Grade

* ELA: Wit and Wisdom Module 1

* Phonics: Short A Review

* Math: Investigating Numbers Making Ten

* Social Studies: Geography/Me on a Map

2nd Grade

* ELA: Wit and Widom Module 1

* Phonics: Short A Review

* Math: Graphs and Data

* Science: Patterns in Day and Night/Moon Phases

Dr. Gitau’s class will be working on:

* Reading: Fiction story Peter Rabbit

* Phonics: Letter sound for M

* Math: Operations and Algebraic Thinking

* Science & Social Studies: Plants and Animals, Rules and Laws

Mrs. Bassery’s class will be working on:

* Reading: Fiction stories The Princess and the Pea and The Velveteen Rabbit

* Phonics: Long vowel sounds for A, E, I, O, U

* Math: Operations and Algebraic Thinking

* Social Studies: Goods and Services

Ms. Turnbull’s class will be working on:

* Wit and Wisdom: Lessons 2 and 3. How to have a great heart figuratively

* Math: Continue with comparing numbers. Introduce rounding numbers

* Social Studies: Continue map skills

* UFLI: continue /m/ and short /a/

Mrs. Banks class will be working on:

1st Grade

* ELA: Narrative Retell, Asking & Questions, Story Elements and Character Traits

* Phonics: Consonant Diagraph (-sh)

* Math: Understanding Place Value (Tens and Ones)

* Social Studies: Geography/Me on a Map (Continents

2nd Grade

* ELA: Narrative Retell, Asking & Questions, Story Elements and Character Traits

* Phonics: Consonant Diagraph (-sh)

* Math: Types of Graphs

* Science: Patterns in Day and Night

We were so happy to see all our families who came to our Open House on Thursday, August 15. If you were unable to attend, please use one of the links below to see what is happening in your child’s classroom! The first link is for Dr. Gitau and Mrs. Bassery's classrooms; second link is for Ms.Turnbull's class; and the third link is for Mrs. Banks class.

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!

• August 21-27: Vision 2 Learn Eye exams
• August 27-30: MAP Testing
• September 2: Labor Day No School
• September 23 – 27: Fall Break

• 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.