Please stop the mandate madness.  Our children are going to be social and intellectual illiterates.  You cannot teach children to read when the teacher is masked.  They cannot see your facial expressions and they cannot hear what you are saying.  I have many students that are trying to read but are way below grade level.  When you are in 3rd grade you should not be reading on a Kindergarten level.  In addition, if you cannot see someone's face you cannot read social cues. The children are suffering at the hand of adults who are afraid.  Emotion is the enemy of good judgement.  Stop this lunacy.