Welcome to Our Blog!

Our classroom blog was created as a place where we can meet online together to reflect on and explore ideas, share opinions, discuss various topics and also create! I am so excited to be a part of all the learning that is going to go on here and I hope you are, too! Now, what about the name of our blog? The Read Wheelbarrow was chosen as a "play on words" and refers to a very interesting poem (I think) by William Carlos Williams called The Red Wheelbarrow. It is the first of many, many poems we will read and discuss. With it our blogging adventure begins...so, happy blogging everyone!

Monday, December 6, 2010

Snow Haiku

A haiku is a Japanese form of poetry, which usually has to do with nature. It is organized into 3 lines of text. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables and the third line has again 5 syllables. Here are some haiku about snow! Clap out the beats of the words as you read them. Can you count the syllables?

Snow Haiku
By Regis Auffrey

Snow is in the air
There’s a hush before the storm
Anticipation

From a sky of lead
Silver crystals start to fall
Dust from angels' hands

The woods are silent
All creatures have sought refuge
As the first snow falls

The snowfall over
The moon rises to reveal
A land of magic

Freshly fallen snow
Sparkles in the morning sun
A flawless landscape

What do you think of these haiku poems? Can you write a haiku?
Happy first snowfall!
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