

Higher Education Community college educators.Educational Support Professionals Staff who provide essential services in schools.Preservice College student NJEA members.With over 40 years of experience in the classroom, together they have created The Core Coaches platform and offer a multitude of education resources.


These lessons were created by curriculum designers and former teachers Tatum and Amy. Comprehension is covered at all levels with multiple modifications and pacing suggestions. This all-inclusive read aloud lesson reviews everything from text features (problem and solution) to making text-to-self-connections (I already can, I want to bloom at). As an educator or even as a parent, it is a wonderful book to read because it emphasizes the importance of letting children develop at their own pace and maintaining their self-confidence. Leo’s father is concerned while Leo’s mother is not, because she knows that Leo will do these things in his own time. Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Krause tells the story of Leo, who is not developmentally in the same place as his peers. What better way to support education than promote real lessons from real teachers?

In addition to these stories, we have included corresponding reflective activities created by educators across the country available for purchase on Teachers Pay Teachers. Here you will find a list of books to promote inclusion, acceptance, differences, and special needs that will be helpful in both primary and secondary classrooms. A classroom environment that values inclusivity and diversity can be created through reading and discussing socially conscious literature it fosters familiarity with the otherwise unfamiliar. By engaging with the material, readers will gain insight into how characters deal with the fears, emotions, and concerns they face in their own lives. The writer can write a story down, but the book will never be complete until a reader, of whatever age, takes that book and brings to it his own story.”īringing a topic or story to life for a reader requires a connection. Katherine Paterson, author of Bridge to Terabithia, said “A book is a cooperative venture.
