*fewer students more individual attention
*activities and discussions are geared to shorter attention spans
*skills practiced through songs, games, and movement
*lots of activities for fine motor development
*academic emphasis on phonemic awareness, vocabulary development, recognizing letters and numbers, and counting
*many opportunities for students to practice working and playing together
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*more students-more independent, self-directed activities
*larger group activities and discussions
*more paper and pencil tasks
*students are writing, drawing, cutting, and gluing skillfully and independently
*academic emphasis on letter sounds, reading, writing, and basic math skills
*students are able to follow multi-step directions |
EK Students: *can identify most upper and lower case letters *use pencils, crayons, and scissors independently *use some beginning and ending sounds in writing *sustain attention to a task for up to 20 minutes *manage transitions and changes in routine wiith ease *follow multi-step directions
K Students: *know most letter sounds and put them together to make words *recognize 20-25 sight words *write at least 2 sentences with proper spacing, beginning, middle, and ending sounds, and
punctuation *read classroom books independently(at least 2 lines of print per page) *count to 100 *identify numbers 0-50 *add and subtract *work independently *sustain attention to a task for up to 30 minutes |