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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It varies a lot by teacher but K is very stressful for most kids now. They have removed centers or limited the center time to 30 min max. ELA block is 2 hours and Math block is 75 minutes. Both are waayyyy too long for K students. Ideally, learning should take place organically with 30 min ELA, 20 min phonics / science of reading direct instruction, and 30 min math. There should be lots of opportunities for exploration and free play. Students should have more time in centers and work with teachers mostly in small groups as there is usually a wide gap between student skill level…small groups allow the students to learn and stretch at their own pace. Some students come into K knowing how to read and others don’t know all of their sounds / letters but all kids deserve to be met where they are and have the chance to grow. K students don’t nap anymore but they should be allowed to have 20 minute rest periods with dimmed lights, music or book read aloud because being in school for 7 hours a day can be very overstimulating - particularly when lunch periods overlap with other grades. [/quote]

I don’t know any K that doesn’t have read aloud.  They are still doing read alouds in many 4th/5th grade classes.[/quote]

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