Wow! That's not a lot of time!

I see my students once a week, for 50 minutes.  Assuming that they start with me in Kindergarten I will have them for 6 years.  What that really amounts to is 180 hours total over 6 years.  Assuming that no one is ever sick, on a field trip, pulled out for pictures, testing, or anything else I have approximately 25 school days with each student over the course of the six years.  Due to this limited amount of time I have come up with a curriculum that grows with the kids, but repeats and spirals.  I add in new things, but I also keep the familiar.  My many slogans are a great example, I introduce them in kindergarten, make posters for them and refer to them often.  The best part is that they are all also great "life lessons"