1 . We had just completed a unit on heroes, and I had given my kindergarten class a task to ________ their favorite hero. Each child was ________ with the task, creating colorful masterpieces.

However, one little boy was having ________ with the task. Cameron was with autism, but that didn’t matter to me or his classmates. We all ________ him just the way he was. I sat and watched as Austin, a precocious little boy, ________ with Cameron. Within a few minutes, Cameron quickly began drawing and then coloring his paper.

Finally, it was time for everybody to share their pictures. I listened as each student ________ stood in front of the class, picture held high, and ________ his or her hero. It was finally Cameron’s ________. He stood up and anxiously placed his drawing in front of his ________ to avoid eye contact. We all fixed our eyes on the picture.________ to know who it was. He then said it was a picture of me. He added that I helped him learn things and then ________ sat down. Tears began to form in my eyes, but nothing could have ________ me for what happened next.

When Austin stood up, he proudly held up a picture of Cameron. Austin shared that Cameron was his hero because Cameron had this ________ that made it really hard to learn, but he was like Superman and was really smart.

Cameron immediately stood up, and put his arms up in the air as if he were going to ________, yelling out, “I’m Superman!” The entire class began striking Superman poses, too. Within minutes, we were all laughing as though we had truly discovered the secret of becoming ________.