Project Instructions
As we move into the last weeks of school here in Kansas, we thought it would be great for students to take one final writing challenge celebrating the heroes in their communities.
Through this project, we're inviting K-12 learners all across Kansas to write original Haiku poems that celebrate Kansas Heroes. And here's the COOLEST part - The Kansas Association of Broadcasters would like to celebrate student voices with us by sharing select poems to be read on air across the state.
Here's how to participate:
Through this project, we're inviting K-12 learners all across Kansas to write original Haiku poems that celebrate Kansas Heroes. And here's the COOLEST part - The Kansas Association of Broadcasters would like to celebrate student voices with us by sharing select poems to be read on air across the state.
Here's how to participate:
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Let's get our young authors writing. Share with students information about Haiku and the writing challenge.
For additional writing resources, Enchanted Learning has a list of weather words and Read Write Think has a Haiku Starter Template learners can either print or fill out on their devices. Finally, this video lesson on how to write a Haiku is great for kids and this video lesson is perfect for older students. These might be good to share when you send out the assignment. |
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Encourage students to take weather observations and compose their haikus. What do you notice? What are some describing words to explain what you see? How does weather make you feel?
If your students are studying community helpers and heroes, PBS Learning Media has some excellent resources. Grades K-5- Meet the Helpers Website Grades 6-12 - Civic Engagement |
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It's time for learners to publish their poetry. They can simply turn in their writing to you via whichever learning management system you use.
Continuous Learning opens new opportunities for student publishing, however. You could create a choice board for publishing ideas. We have a sample one for you here. Simply click FILE-Make a Copy and you can customize the choice board for your students. |
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We would love to read your students' haikus! We've created a Kansas Kids Poetry template to gather your learners' poems. Then the final step is to share the document with us via our project Google Form.
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