Teacher: Jill Harless
Years Teaching: 21
Why does she love All Saints?
All Saints is an incredible place that facilitates a feeling of community and camaraderie, passion through discovery and learning, and achieving an awareness of our unique and special gifts.
Simply put, All Saints feels like home.
Language Arts
- The five components of reading:
- Phonics
- Phonemic awareness
- Comprehension
- Fluency
- Vocabulary
Handwriting and writing skills
- Cursive letter formation
Math
- National Mathematical Practice/Standards
- Whole group activities, cooperative learning techniques, and/or individualized instruction
- Hands-on activities/centers, and games
- Operations and Algebraic Thinking
- Number and Operations in Base Ten
- Measurement and Data
- Geometry
Science
- Living Things Grow and Change
- Homes for living things
- Exploring the Earth’s surface
- Space and weather
- Explore matter
- Energy in motion
- Opportunity to explore and experiment
Social Studies
- The world around us
- Study of different countries, cultures, languages, geography
- Map skills
- Current events
- Communities around the world
- Historical events
- Character development
- Project Based Learning
- “God’s Bounty” garden and outdoor classroom