Early Education - EK, K,
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RES Kindergarten Team
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Mrs. Buckingham ~K  Mrs. Landry~ K   Mrs.Garneau~Pre-K   Ms. Sullivan~K
EK Looks Like:
K Looks Like:
After A Year:
*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



*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