As an educator, have you ever yearned for your own  "ah-ha" moment? For the past two years, I have been a resource room/inclusion teacher for grades K - 5 for language arts and mathematics. I have taught students of varying abilities - especially when it comes to reading. During the second week of school, I tested all my students on their fluency and comprehension skills using the Developmental Reading Assessment - 2. I found that some were reading above their respective grade levels, while others were reading on or below grade level. I also had a few students reading below their respective grade levels but performing on grade level with other skills, such as identifying the main idea or pinpointing the differences between first person and third person points of view. In any case, I always created lessons that catered to my students' needs, but one problem began to stand in my way:  motivation.  Motivation was more of an issue for my students reading below grade level but on target with other skills. These students became dependent on me and other students to help them with assignments- even though assignments were modified to match their reading levels. Needless to say, they needed to become independent as readers and not shut down at the sight of words, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs. I had to think of something!