Cheryl A. Morrison

Grade 2 – Ashland Elementary Center

School Phone: 570-875-2371

School e-mail: cmorrison@northschuylkill.net

Homework Helpline selection number: 7263

Education:

Southern Columbia Area High School

Lebanon Valley College

Teaching Experience:

Central Dauphin School District – 1 year

Shamokin Area School District – 2 years

Substitute teacher – Mount Carmel School District

North Schuylkill School District

North Schuylkill School District – 20 years

Classsroom Rules:

1. Respect yourself, others, and your school.

2. Do things that will not keep you or others from learning.

3. Do things that will not keep your teacher from teaching.

If a child does not follow our rules, he receives one or two warnings, followed by recess time being taken away for ten minutes. If the undesirable behavior continues, the parent is notified. A day of detention will be assigned if the behavior persists.

Curriculum

Reading (Collections, A Harcourt Reading Series www.harcourtschool,com)

Something New

1. Being Me!

2. Helping Hands

3. Our World

Just In Time

1. Imagine That!

2. Neighborhood News

3. Travel Time

Phonics/Spelling (Saxon; www.saxonpublishers.com)

Phonics

Review of letter sounds and vowel patterns from Kindergarten and

First Grade.

Spelling

Spelling coincides with Saxon Phonics

Language Arts (Harcourt Grammar Workbook which coordinates with reading series)

1. Sentences 2. Nouns

3. Names of Days 4. Months

5. Holidays 6. Pronouns

7. Describing Words 8. Verbs

Handwriting (Zaner-Bloser Handwriting www.zaner-bloser.com)

1. Review manuscript letters and numerals

2. Introduce the cursive letters

Math (Harcourt Math, Pennsylvania Edition www.harcourtschool.com)

1. Numbers and Operations

2. 2-Digit addition and subtraction

3. Money, Time, and Data

4. Geometry and Patterns

5. Measurement and Fractions

6. Exploring Greater Numbers and Operations

The computer software program “Study Island” supplements our Math series. Students have a 45-minute lab period to use this program on a weekly basis. This program can be accessed from your home PC by going to www.studyisland.com

Science (McGraw-Hill Science www.mhscience02.com)

1. Plants and Animals

2. Homes for Plants and Animals

3. Changes on Earth

4. The Sun and its Family

5. Matter and Energy

6. Watch It Move

We supplement the Science series with several Health units. The Health units may include the following:

1. Feelings/Emotions

2. Germs

3. Dental Health

4. Drug and Alcohol Education

5. Growing (inside and outside)

6. Heart Health

7. Ecology/Environment

8. Nutrition

9. Indoor/Outdoor Safety

Social Studies (McGraw-Hill, People Together, Adventures in Time and Place www.mhschool.com)

1. Family Ties

2. Earth, Our Home

3. A Working World

4. We the People

5. Discovering the Past

6. People, Places, and Holidays