<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Colleagues,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Some of you have emailed me that you have been eagerly awaiting the discussion on the components of numeracy study. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>To get full benefit from the discussion this week you will need to prepare. It won't take long. You'll find links to the readings at:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/specialtopics/07numeracy.html">http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/specialtopics/07numeracy.html</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">or the short Web address:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://tinyurl.com/yvo6hf">http://tinyurl.com/yvo6hf</A></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">So far I have not received any questions from subscribers. <B>Please read the preparation documents and then e-malil your questions to me or to the list today.</B></SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks, </DIV><DIV><BR><DIV> <DIV>David J. Rosen</DIV><DIV>Special Topics Discussion Moderator</DIV><DIV><A href="mailto:djrosen@comcast.net">djrosen@comcast.net</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>