Mrs. Fugate’s 2nd graders at Mehfoud Elementary have been studying poetry. In honor of Valentine’s Day we created Valentine Haiku poems using Read, Write, Think’s Theme Poems generator.
When you launch the website you are asked to select a theme. For this activity we clicked on the Celebrations folder. Then we clicked on the heart theme.
Next, you will be prompted to list words or phrases that remind you of a heart. This brainstroming is so nice to help students form their ideas!
The next screen has you title and write a poem about any topic of your choice. The words that you listed on the previous screen show up to help you write your poem. This is so nice for students that have a hard time thinking about what to write!
Finally, your poem turns into a PDF that you can print:
Mrs. Fugate’s kiddos did such an incredible job with today’s activity…
It was GREAT practice for identifying syllables in words for the 5-7-5 haiku poem structure. We taught the students to put their hand under their chin, say a word and the amount of times their chin hit their hand was the amount of syllables in their word.
After students typed their poems, we took a screenshot of their heart-shaped poem. Then they uploaded their poems to this Padlet board for their classmates to read their poems:
