Love to talk, even exaggerate 

Work hard to please teachers, parents, and other adults

More independent, but still relies heavily on the teacher 

More emphasis on fairness 

Likes structure; dislikes changes in school routines

Establishing friendships becomes very important

Begin to reason logically and organize thoughts coherently

Develop more skill in reading 

Want to assume more responsibility

Speaking and listening vocabulary expanding at a very rapid pace 

Like to collect, organize, and sort things 

Longer attention span 

Learn to evaluate what they do

Like to know how things work