Before the book, Dogku
was read to the students they were taught what a haiku is. They held
their fingers up for the syllables in each line: 5,7,5 as the haikus
from Dogku were read to them. Third through fifth grade students
had the opportunity to write their own animal haikus in class and return
them to the library when done. A teacher commented on this optional
activity being very refreshing for the students to be creative and write
and color. She said it was a nice fifteen minute break from
testing. The haikus have been hanging up on the library windows through
the month of April.
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What a great lesson idea! Poetry month is always hard to come up with something new and I like how you had the students vote on their favorites...
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