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September 24, 2009

Posted Thu, 2009-09-24 07:25

The students are off to a great start with their six-trait writing! During the last couple of weeks, we have been working on trait number one - Ideas. This trait deals with the writer's main message and all of the details that support it. The children have been working on adding descriptive words, emotions and their five senses to their writing pieces. Making sure the students ideas are clear and supported by details is very important.

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Welcome Back!

Posted Mon, 2009-09-07 09:01

Welcome back to the 2009-2010 school year! I hope that everyone had a great summer. I can not believe that this is my 15th year at Rutledge Hall. I am very happy to be back and working with your children.

This year I will be working with the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders during both intervetion and writing. It was wonderful to meet all of my new students last week as I began teaching my groups. I believe that we will have a busy, but exciting school year.

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Where Our Families Come From

Posted Wed, 2007-10-10 14:09

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Top 10 Languages Spoken

Posted Wed, 2007-10-10 14:06

Here is a chart illustrating the top 10 languages spoken by the students in District 74.

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Welcome to ELL!

Posted Wed, 2007-10-10 10:13

We are so lucky to live and work in such a diverse community. There are 1,230 students who attend School District 74. 977 of these students speak a second language. That is almost 80% of our student body! Our students represent countries from all over the world. There are 46 differet languages spoken in out District.