Haikus in the "Eyes of a Second Grader"

We are in the midst of our poetry unit.  This week we spent talking about Haikus.  I did a lot of teaching and practicing syllable counting before showing them the 5-7-5 pattern of a Haiku.  

Most of my students need a little inspiration for ideas or topics to write about.  This time their "inspiration" came in the form of a few colored blobs of paint dropped onto a piece of white paper, then folded in half.  

The kids LOVED deciding what their "paint blobs" looked like. I loved watching them turning their papers around in every direction to get the best picture.  

After they decided what their picture looked like, they wrote their Haikus about it.

This one is two bunnies:

A Pinching Crab:

An Eagle:

A Dragonfly:

My favorite,  The Head of a Horse:

Seahorses:

Say Goodbye to Gallon Guy, Say Hello to Gallon Butterfly

We are currently in one of our final math units of the year, Capacity.  I have been a big fan of "Gallon Guy" in the past. It is a great craft for helping my students understand the relationship of cups, pints, quarts, and gallons.  This year, I mixed things up and introduced, "Gallon Butterfly."  It was too perfect a fit for our class since we are simultaneously studying butterflies in science.  I love when lessons cross from one subject to another.  It also makes a great spring into summer display for our hallways.

Spring Cinquains

What better way to welcome spring than with a little poetry.  This is our last unit of writing for the year.  In my opinion it's saving the best for last. I love teaching poetry.

Cinquains are so much fun to write, the kids love these and really let out some creativity. Here is a little activity we did with them this week.

  

and here is the inside...

Now the next challenge will be what crafty things can I come up with to showcase the rest of the  poetry they will write in this unit??