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A smile as big as the moon by mike kersjes overdrive. But as the book progressed, he learned about his own weaknesses, discovering that at times he underestimated his students and found it difficult to know when to let go. Now they are presenting a smile as big as the moon which is based on the book by mike kersjes with joe layton. Challenges overcame cooperation and teamwork selfdoubt stereotypes financial results summary the class was the first special education group to attend space camp. In smile, through incidents both meaningful and trivial that span the course of several years, we watch author and illustrator raina telgemeier grow up. Based on a true story and the memoir of the same name by teacher mike kersjes with joe layden, many of the students in the movie were played by young actors.
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With john corbett, jessy schram, logan huffman, moira kelly. A smile as big as the moon is a heartwarming hallmark hall of fame movie about a special education teacher with a big heart and big dreams for his class. Feb 06, 2003 a smile as big as the moon is a terrific book. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing a smile as big as the moon near you. The film tells the true story of mike kersjes john corbett who is a coach as well as a teacher for special education students at a public school in michigan. Besides being a football coach at his michigan high school, mikekersjes taught special education classes, dealing with children whose disabilities included tourette syndrome, downs syndrome, dyslexia, eating disorders and a variety of emotional problems. But can they compete against americas best and brightest high schoolers. Feb 18, 2002 the novel, a smile as big as the moon, is a story about how specialed students broke their stereotype and exceeded everyones expectations academically.
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