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Thinking sheet · Stories and words
Haiku Nature Poem
Write a 5-7-5 haiku about something in nature and paint it in a few simple lines.
- Grades
- 2–6
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Stories and words
- Kids practice
- syllables, poetry, observation
What kids do
“Five, seven, five. Catch a moment of nature in a tiny poem!”
- My haiku
- A simple picture for my poem
- Words I thought about:
How to run it
- Clap out syllables together.
- Haiku usually capture one moment in nature.
- Simple brush-style drawings suit them.
Talk about it
- What moment did you capture?
- Was it hard to fit the syllables?
- Which word did you change?
Take it further
Write a haiku for each season.
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