Nancy, I am not familiar with RUS either. It is funny, we teach in the same state, same grade and are so different. If these schools could all get together and find balance I think we might just be okay. It seems the focus is decided by someone other than the teachers, and then the focus becomes a "focus" and so much is left out. I feel for your 4th grade teachers next year who get kids who didn't write for a year or longer. It seems so simple....yet so many who make the decisions just don't see it. Tell me more about RUS please. Thanks, Terry
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