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[Bill Roberts]

> Well said LAURA. And that is why I'm really liking the idea of the Daily 
> 5. I still lean toward MOT mostly, but I like the skills the book teaches 
> me to teach the students. The entire long term goal is independence. Like 
> I told my parents at BTSN, I don't want to teach your kids to read and 
> write, I want them to BE readers and writers, to choose to do those things 
> when no one is asking them to.
> Debbie

I remind my kids that FCAT is only a few years more for most of them.  AR is 
only a few months more for the 8th graders....but life is WAAAYYY ahead of 
them and so they need to be lifelong readers for themselves, not the school 
or the state.
Bill