Class Notes

Read out-loud: Honey, I love by Eloise Greenfield

To Her Doubts

By Edmund Spenser

The doubt whicch ye misdeem, fair love, is vain,

That fondly fear to lose your liberty;

When losing one, two liberties;

When losing one, two liberties ye gain,

And make him bond that bondage erst did fly.

Sweet be the bands, the which true love doth tie,

Without constraint or dread of any ill:

The gentle bird feels no captivity

Within her cage, but sings and feeds her fill.

There pride dare not approach, nor discord spill

The league twixt them that loyal love hath bound:

But simple truth, and mutual good will,

Seeks with sweet peace to salve each other's wound.

There faith doth fearless dwell in brazen tower,

And spotless pleasure builds her sacred bower.

Ralph Fletcher: books about teaching writing and children's books

(Justin and Frank: About homosexuality)

Mother Love by Nicci Grimes

Familiarity Breeds Content

Universal Design for Instruction (vs. individual accommodations)

• All centers are accessible to all children/students of all levels.
• Keep all students in mind when planning centers
• What benefits struggling readers can benefit ELLs and fluency for strong readers.

Poetry vandalism activism

"Parsley" by Rita Dove

• Sometimes it's hard to read a poem at first, but gets interesting the more we understand about the poems.