Haiku is a fun form of poetry for students to read and write. It is short, but that doesn’t mean it is easy! With this activity, students will explore haiku while being exposed to a variety of figurative language. Use this activity just like the magnetic fridge poetry, except the strips include full likes of haiku! There are 32 lines with 5 syllables, and 16 lines with 7 syllables…for thousands of poem combination possibilities!! **Note**This is also part of a Bundle! Students will combine the strips to make haikus about spring flowers. This is a wonderful activity to use before spring break when students are full of energy. Great for poetry month and even mother's day! It is highly engaging, hands on, and fun! Many lines include figurative language including: imagery, personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, and alliteration. Now included with and without syllable counts! There are several different printing options: 1) magnetic paper 2) stick your own magnets 3) just print on card stock There are also several extension ideas included for students to write and display their poems as well as analyze them. As a bonus, you will find a figurative language sorting activity. Detailed teacher notes are included with lots of options to make this activity work in your classroom! This makes a simple poetry center that is fun and engaging but also requires critical and creative thinking! Click on the preview to see more! Want more Build-a-Haiku? Winter Snow Fall Leaves April Showers Summer Sun All of these packs (including this one!) are included in the bundle. It's the same price as buying three and getting two packs free! ***Or grab all Four Seasons (plus an April Showers bonus!) in a Bundle!
Poetry Month is one of my favorite times of year! Elementary students LOVE writing poems and I want to share with you one of our favorite poetry writing activities…3D Haiku Poems! Haiku poetry is a form of traditional Japanese poetry, consisting of three lines. Often Haiku poems use sensory language to express a thought or […]
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Flip Sticks are an amazing participation tool for calling on students at random! The idea of using name sticks is nothing new. In fact, this classroom management strategy has been around for a long time. Unfortunately, what I didn’t learn until a few years into teaching, was how to keep track of which students had […]
Tunnel books are fun and unique! We made ours using a postcard for a prompt and wrote a haiku to go with it. I've made these with grade 4 and up, but younger students could enjoy this activity in "centers", with the help of parent volunteers, or by having the various parts prepped for them ahead of time. There are lots of different directions you could take this project. We added a pocket on the back for holding a written story that we added later. See a few of our student examples below!For a convenient step-by-step pdf of this lesson, visit my TPT Store
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April is National Poetry Month, and what better time is there to teach and explore poetry with your students?!?! I love to spend the month of April having students read, write, and share poetry in our classroom. At the beginning of my poetry units each year, I find that my students are often intimidated by poetry, especially when it comes to writing it. Over the years I have tried to find the perfect activities to ease them into writing their own poems. One of my favorite activities is taking my students on a Haiku Hike!! Several years ago I found this book, Haiku Hike from Scholastic. The story and poems in this book were written by a class of 4th grade students. The idea behind the book is that the students in this class went on a nature walk, and instead of taking pictures of the different things they saw, they used the form of haiku to capture different moments and scenes in nature. I loved this idea so much that I decided to implement it in my own classroom. Here’s how it works... What is Haiku? Before you take students on a Haiku Hike, you will need to make sure that they are familiar with this poetic form. Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry that is often used to describe nature or the seasons. Haiku is a three line poem that follows a specific pattern based on syllables: Line #1: 5 syllables Line #2: 7 syllables Line #3: 5 syllables I would suggest creating an anchor chart to discuss and display the elements of Haiku. Take a Hike! Once your students are familiar with Haiku, they are ready for their Haiku Hike. You could schedule a hike or nature walk as a mini field trip, but I simply take my students on a walk around the grounds of our school. Students take “field notes” throughout the hike. I ask them to take notes about what they see, hear, and feel, and encourage them to be as descriptive as possible. I also ask them to try to capture a moment in time or a scene in nature. Below is a page you can provide for students to record their field notes. Click HERE to download this FREEBIE!! Time to Write Once you return from your hike, it is time for students to turn their field notes into haiku. Ask them to write two to three poems based on their experiences and observations. They can write these drafts in a writer’s notebook or journal. Have students share their poems with you and their classmates for feedback. Then have them choose a final haiku to publish. Since students are using haiku to “capture” a scene or moment in time, you can have them use the Polaroid page below to record and illustrate their haiku. This page is also included in the free download!! These “snapshots” make a beautiful bulletin board for students to display their haiku!! This activity is the perfect way to ease students into writing their own haiku. It gets them outside to observe their environment. What better way to inspire nature themed poems, than going outdoors to explore?!?! If you are looking for more poetry activities, check out this blog post on my blog, Create Teach Share. You can also check out my Poetry Toolbox in my Teacher Shop!!
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I like to spend a couple weeks each year teaching my students about poetry. We do a number of fun activities in addition to reading and writing different poems. We have a poetry battle, rank poetry, make a poetry journal, and much more! Here is a look into my poetry unit.... To kick off my poetry unit I have my students each complete this KWL Chart about Poetry. We then discuss what poetry is, what a poet's purpose is, what poems can have, etc. I use and display these posters during my unit! Over the years I have found poems that are great for young children to listen to. Instead of having multiple books that I have to search through to find the poem I want to read, I have typed the poems on individual pages and compiled them together. Each day I choose two different poems to read to my class. After reading the two poems, my students each vote on which poem they liked the best. We fill in the Poetry Battle bracket together. By the end of my poetry unit my class has found their all-time favorite poem (which is usually Brod Bager's poem Booger Love)! I also like for my students to fill out the Ranking Poetry page after listening to a poem. I like for them to fill these out after listening to poems that have the different parts of figurative language in them that we have learned about. Here are some of the different figurative language topics that I cover during my poetry unit. Each poster has the term, definition, and example. If you are looking for Figurative Language Posters click HERE to download my 23 Figurative Language Posters from my TpT Store! Each student makes their own Poetry Journal throughout my unit. They choose the cover of their journal. They color, cut, and glue it on the top of a brad folder. Each poem the student writes gets hole-punched and added to their folder! Each student also fills out the "About the Poet" page and adds it as the first page to their poetry journal. Here's a look at the different poems we learn about and write throughout the unit. I usually pick one poem a day to teach and have the students write during our allotted writing time. Word Picture Poem Who, What, When, Where, Why Poem Triplet Poem Shape Poem Quatrain Poem List Poem Limerick Poem -ing Poem I'm So Smart Poem Important Poem If It Weren't For You Poem If I Were...Poem I Wish...Poem I Like...Poem I Am Poem Holiday Poem Haiku Poem Free Verse Poem Diamante Poem Couplet Poem Color Poem Cinquain Poem Bio Poem Alphabet Alliteration Poem Adjective Poem 5 Senses Poem 2-Worder Poem Acrostic Poem By the end of the unit each student has a wonderful collection of poetry they have written. I slip a parent note in the first pocket of the folder and send each student's poetry journal home. The parent note tells the parents all the wonderful things we learned during our poetry unit and invites them to sit down with their child and read each poem their child has written. To make teaching your own poetry unit simple, easy, and fun...download my complete poetry unit on my TpT store by clicking HERE!
Engage your upper elementary students this April with these fun and skills based April reading activities for 3rd, 4th & 5th grade students.
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Poetry haiku ideas to get students reading and writing poetry. Use this template to teach learners how to write a haiku.
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Poetry Month is one of my favorite times of year! Elementary students LOVE writing poems and I want to share with you one of our favorite poetry writing activities…3D Haiku Poems! Haiku poetry is a form of traditional Japanese poetry, consisting of three lines. Often Haiku poems use sensory language to express a thought or […]
This worksheet is a sample from the Spring Haiku Rhythm Activity. The rhythms are set up in a 5-7-5 pattern. Quarter notes are meant for one syllable words and eighth notes are meant for two syllable words. The Full Spring Haiku Rhythm Activityincludes: 7 slides for teaching haikus, syllables, and rhythm/syllable writing 4 additional rhythm worksheets 1 blank worksheet Editable suggested Spring themed word list with 100+ words (comes as a word document) You May Also Like Halloween Haiku Rhythm Activity Spring Rhythm Composition Activity Spring Color by Note FAQ ♫ I have a question or a product request. How do I get in touch with you? You can use the Product Q & A tab or email me at [email protected] ♫ What grade levels do you create resources for? My resources are intended for K-12 general music teachers and high school band directors. ♫ How do I find out about New Resources and sales before anyone else? Click the ★ Follow button to follow my store and you'll get updates straight to your inbox! ♫ How can I get resources for a discount or for free? Leaving feedback on anything your purchase on TpT gives you credits to use on future purchases. Once you earn enough credits, you can redeem them at check out! Let's Keep In Touch Visit my blog themusicalrose.com Follow me on Instagram Follow me on Pinterest Follow me on Facebook Sign up for my newsletter © The Musical Rose (formerly Music with Miss W) | All Rights Reserved | License for one classroom use only. Please use the multiple licensing option for additional classrooms.