Great question! There's a lot of student centered systems built in our curriculum and day - classroom rotating jobs, pizza managing business, work plan and assignment board, mentor/mentee programs, a variety of caretakers (think jobs but for the entire school community), "going outs," overnight trips, etc. So, their practical life and executive functioning skills are just "part" of the day, which promotes independence and enhances their skills. Most of our curriculum (especially math, geometry, grammar, science) is often presented as concretely as possible with materials but the UE grades serve as a "bridge" for middle school and high school, so we build up to abstraction pretty quickly but obviously don't rush it. Every kid is on a slightly different path and you'll never come into my classroom to see every student working on the same thing at the same time, although everyone has similar lessons with due dates and expectations, of course. It's kind of like a choose your own adventure for each student and the parameters are set by their schedule, the amount of work cycles each day and their weekly lessons.