Haiku and Poetry -- Digital Library Lesson

Looking to have students write and publish their own haikus? Try these no-prep templates!

Needed to open and edit: PowerPoint OR Google™ Slides

Recommended for: School libraries and ELA classrooms serving Grades 3-6.

About the PowerPoint:

• Includes 62 PPT slides + Google™ Slides version
• The first two slides are directions for teachers/librarians and should be deleted
• All text is editable in PPT and Google™ Slides. Images have been flattened to protect copyright.
• 60 slides are for students to see while in the library.
• Scroll the PowerPoint using automatic timings.
• All slides are in 11″ X 8.5″ letter-size (landscape), which allows for easy printing, if desired.

62 editable PPT + Google™ Slides include:

• 20-slide whole class library lesson about National Poetry Month, rules for writing haiku, sample haiku, and group practice for writing haikus
• 3 Would you rathers…?
• 6 classic poems for kids, all illustrated. Print these and hang them up around the classroom or library! Includes:
  • “Wee Willie Winkie” by William Miller
  • “Fog” by Carl Sandburg
  • “The Cow” by Robert Louis Stevenson (just the first stanza)
  • “The Grass” by Emily Dickinson (just the first stanza)
  • “As I Was Going to St. Ives” (anonymous)
  • “There Was a Little Girl” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• 3 trivia questions with answers
• 12 booktalk slides (all well-reviewed poetry titles recommended for Grades 3-6)
• Words of the Week: free verse and prose
• Daily and weekly schedule
• This week’s birthdays

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