Welcome to Second Grade
Open House
August 28, 2014
Meet Mrs. Ghrist
• Earned Bachelor of Science in Elementary
Education(K-6) with a concentration in Natural
Sciences in 2004
• Earned Master of Education in Literacy in
2006
• Earned K-12 Principal Certification in 2011
• Taught 2nd grade at Westmont Elementary in
Johnstown, Pa from 2005-2008
Meet Mrs. Ghrist
• This is my 9th year of teaching 2nd grade and
6th year at Mountain View Elementary
• Please see my website for additional
information – www.glsd.us
• Email – [email protected]
• Phone – 724-834-7399
Expectations
CLASSROOM RULES
*Respect each other.
*No one talks, while
another is talking.
*Raise hand to be
recognized.
*Quiet in the hallway
and bathrooms.
REWARDS
*Positive notes home
*Certificates of achievement
*Stickers
*Fun items to keep
*Whole class marble treats
CONSEQUENCES
Yellow card—warning
Blue card—lose 5 minutes of
recess
Orange card—lose 10 minutes of
recess and write note home
Homework Binder
Please check your child’s
homework binder nightly!
Current spelling words
are kept in the blue
sleeve. Words are tested
on Fridays.
Current math fact lists are
kept in the yellow sleeve.
Timed tests are given on
Wednesdays.
Storytown
READING
*robust vocabulary discussed
orally in class
*weekly story should be read
at home once it has been
shared in class
*comprehension tests are
given on Fridays—students
read the tests independently
Students should read for at
least 10 minutes nightly!
SPELLING
*new lists given on Mondays
*tests given on Fridays
*challenge words are graded
WRITING/GRAMMAR
*weekly writing and grammar
activities correspond with
what is being studied in
Storytown
*students also take some
assignments through the
writing process
Go Math!
STUDENTS WILL STUDY:
*number concepts
*numbers to 1,000
*basic facts & relationships
*2-digit addition & subtraction
*3-digit addition & subtraction
*money and time
*length in customary & metric
units
*data & graphing
*geometry
BASIC FACTS—
Practice, practice, practice!
(Weekly timed tests will be
given. Yellow study pages
will come home for
practice).
Science
• Butterflies (Science and Technology for
Children—STC)
• Science Fusion
Social Studies
• History—pioneers and ancestors
• Communities—citizenship; rules in society;
belonging to many groups
• Geography—continents; maps; landforms
Health
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Emotional and Intellectual Health
Growth and Development
Nutrition
Disease Prevention and Control
Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs (Saint Vincent
College Prevention Projects)
Visit the GLSD Website
www.glsd.us
Home-School Connection
We need your help!
• Volunteer Opportunities
– Parties, field trips, etc.
• PTO Clearance Packet
Home-School Connection
• Ideas for Homework Help:
– Quiet space
– Materials – pencil, crayons, scissors, glue
– Encourage quality work
– Refer to class work for help
• Fun Websites for Parents and Children:
– Please see teacher websites for lots of kid friendly,
educational sites on the Internet
Field Trip
• Field trip—will take place in May or June of 2015
• The trip will most likely take place at the Carnegie
Science Center in Pittsburgh
• Each second grade classroom will take 3
chaperones; only 3 chaperones will be permitted
to attend
• Chaperones will be randomly chosen from those
parents interested in attending
Reminders
• Morning tutoring—by invitation on Tuesdays and
Thursdays
• Remember to check the homework binder each
evening
• Conferences—will take place in November—signup tonight!  Take a post-it to remember the
time you selected.
• Wellness Walk—October 3, 2014—all monies
raised will benefit Mountain View students
Thank you
for attending!