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National Poetry Month: Do You Haiku?
April is National Poetry Month. What a wonderful time to try your hand at writing a poem!
Haiku (high KOO) is a beautiful poem form that comes from Japan. It is usually about nature and can be spoken in one breath.
Syllables are important in a haiku. Words can be broken into parts based on their vowel sounds. Those parts are syllables. Tree has one syllable. Forest has two. And timberland has three. When you speak these words out loud, you can hear their syllables.
Haiku poems have another feature: They do not rhyme. (more…)
National Poetry Month: Write a Diamante
Let’s write a fun poem to celebrate National Poetry Month!
A diamante (Dee-a-MON-tay) is an interesting type of poem. It is a diamond-shaped poem of opposites, and the last word in the poem is the opposite of the first word. (more…)
Basketball: Is it March? Then there’s Madness!
Looking for basketball-related writing prompts? Whether your students are sports enthusiasts or not, there’s something for everyone here!
Have you ever seen tournament brackets like the one in #1? Free printable included.
Fun for students in 5th – 12th grade. Dig in!
Signs of Spring
People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~Rogers Hornsby (former Major League baseball player)
A sure sign of spring is baseball.
Or spring peepers and sighting the first robin.
Maybe it’s when you (more…)
