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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.
Thanks everyone.
It definitely started soon after he started K. I was hoping it would go away as he adjusts, but no! 
He has a couple of good friends in class, his teacher is kind (if not the star teacher). He is a little bit below grade level in reading, but is progressing quickly and started to try to read on his own recently. He is not in an academically advanced school so it should not be too much stress. 
He goes to three scheduled classes a week and they are sports (swimming and karate 2x/week), he loves karate, swimming not so much.
Screen time: he gets about 20 mins 3x/day, more on weekends. So I take away those sessions and I don't feel guilty about such punishments.
I pick him up from school, with a snack and he has a large water bottle and I make sure he has plenty to drink.
At school he is ok but not a model student, he as his moments! With dad: it depends, dad doesn't always know how to de-escalate, so he gets punished more.
I think sleep might have something to do with it! He falls asleep around 9-9.30 and is up at 8 (school starts at 8.30 and it's literally across the street). I tried having him in bed earlier, he doesn't fall asleep earlier really. 
Yes this has been going on more or less since November, I chalked it up to his adjustment but it's been too long! 
I am happy to hear that he is not some monsterous kid :)
I will try early bedtime again, this time several days in a row. 
Screen time- he was without it for a week once, no significant changes in his behavior.
The episode at the play place was on a day 3 of a long weekend where he got enough sleep, tons of downtime, his meals were more nutritious than on some of the school days, etc.

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