Angelou wrote 'A Brave and Startling Truth' for the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations, a worldwide organization committed to humanitarian efforts such as peace and ending world hunger. Therefore, it is fitting that Angelou would write a poem about peace to commemorate the institution.

On Children-Sweet Honey in the Rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYAkcL36aCE

Children - Khalil Gibran                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8DSOpsNkt8

Diversity Is......

Written by Melissa Ewers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6AG4CmF5M

Belonging is...... A book for kids

by Melissa Ewers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tFhxlTrcLE

Empathy is....A book for kids ( Ruthie's Read Alongs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nncurf0Ecs

Amanda Gorman (Poems)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz4YuEvJ3y4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cZUl3hRBB4

Phillis Wheatley – (Poems Read Aloud)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPSO8jLO4PE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clK42ebUhcg

Hold Fast to Dreams | Langston Hughes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxuzMjSQQok
"Be A King" Read Aloud by Carole Boston Weatherford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKZwphcwZfE
Martin Luther King Said.... by Holly Hartman
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/new/book?BookId=2229
We the Children by Natalia Garcia Hernandez
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/community/book?BookId=1828
All Kinds of Feelings by Linda M. Mitchell
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/feelings/book?BookId=2219
How Do I Feel Today? by Phoebe McGuffee
https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/unite/feelings/book?BookId=216
We're Different, We're the Same
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUrjb4SZnxg

An inspirational Children's book!

I Am Enough/ Children's Book Read Aloud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O8Xu6bba9s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eQ1MrbU35w

Most People by Micheal Leannah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0-izOz_yzM

Same Difference (A Children's Book Story By Calida Rawles)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpSLtVXF0Mc

It's Okay to Be Different/ Read-Aloud with Todd Parr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl5U2Z0oQok
Be Kind | But what does it mean to be kind?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6NUJ2JZz50

Read to Me: All Are Welcome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blPOSggB07c

"We Are All Alike, We Are All Different"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y4YDaqgybI

I like Myself! by Karen Beaumont

https://www.schooltube.com/media/I+LIKE+MYSELF++children%27s+book+read+aloud+by+Books+with+Blue/1_tgjmlhgo                

1.5.B. Attends to students' personal and family experience.

I consider all of my students’ personal and family circumstances through the planning process on a daily basis. I have established a strong rapport with each parent and have gleaned a lot of knowledge from the parents and caregivers about the students’ learning processes and interests. I am very sensitive to the fact that my students have a variety of family experiences, including multiple generations in one household, difficult financial circumstances, limited space in the home and health challenges. Everyone is navigating a very difficult time. Any of the caregivers could vouch for my sensitivity to their specific family circumstances and learning challenges. I keep a log of all of my communications with the family. I deeply consider and plan for my students’ various developmental delays and specific learning needs.

Given the predominant classification of communication impairment, I am highly sensitive to each child’s perspective when discussing the content of the lessons explored in the classroom. I give children time to respond to all readings and videos regarding their thoughts and feelings about the subjects introduced and explored. This process has evolved from the beginning of the school year to the present. I have facilitated a warm, honest and safe classroom environment where students feel validated and empowered, developing their self-esteem.

We have grown into a more cohesive classroom group where everyone sits, pays attention and shares their perspective. For example, last Friday, we read the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme with a second reading of Little Lumpty by Miko Imai. The children shared similar feelings and identifications of the characters, situation and challenges using feeling words. One child shared a fear of heights and others commented about how Little Lumpty didn’t listen to his mother. One shared that he would love to jump on the outstretched blanket used to save Lumpty. This shows a healthy engagement of their sensitive imaginations.