Oakland Terrace Writing

Poetry ~ Grade 3
Read poetry written by third grade students.

Haiku: Haiku is a Japanese poetry form. It is commonly taught that haiku is three lines long of five, seven and five syllables. Instead of focusing on syllables, these students focused on sensory imagery and word choice. Each haiku creates an image of a scene or event in nature.	Shining Pond Shining in the warmth A small fish jumping so high Fell down, "splish, splish, splash"	Grass Swaying in the wind Listen to the soft whistle Peacefully watching
The Moon Light bright what a sight Shines down like a beautiful Light bright ball, the moon	Autumn Leaves Autumn leaves fall down Golden sunlight memories Look! A leaf floating	Blizzard Wind Snow Blizzard Windy Nippy wooooshing snow It can knock you down
Butterfly Beautiful colors Landing gently on flowers Wings are red orange	Snow Snowflakes have fallen. Silence fills the lonely woods As I quickly go.	Spring The spring rains have come Giving life to many plants And ending winter.
Sunset A beautiful sun Setting behind the seashore. Violent colors.	Beach Seeing the starfish. Hearing the rough sand blowing. Touching the rough shell.	Storm Dark, gray clouds up there. Powerful wind hits the earth. Disaster on land.
Clouds Fluffy, puffy clouds Floating in the sky today. High up in the sky.	Plum Blossom Cool, peppermint smell, Plum blossom snowflakes falling. Spring will come once more.	Cherry Blossoms Nice, fluffy white clouds. Snowflakes fall slowly at night. Sweet perfume surrounds.
Plum Blossom A small plum blossom Smelling of peppermint sticks. Feeling of soft silk.	Cherry Blossoms Silent white flowers Surround me with lovely spring. Only whispering.	Cherry Blossoms Cool, fluffy white clouds. Petals of snow smell so nice, Just like sweet perfume.
Rhyming Couplets When students write poetry, they often focus simply on rhyming, with little attention given to the meaning of what they are writing or the rhythm of their words. These students wrote rhyming couplets that also make sense and that flow. My Tree I like my tree. It is so high It almost touches the sky. Bright red, orange, green and brown. The colors are admired by the town. My tree is so tall. It makes me feel very small.	I saw a crazy goat, She wore a purple coat. Her coat had golden buttons, She belonged to Mr. Nuttkins. Mr. Nuttkins had a cat, His goat really loved that! When Mr. Nuttkins feeds her jelly, The cat licks her belly. Mr. Nuttkins has a dog, And a big fat smelly hog. The goat thinks and thinks, She decides the fat hog stinks. Bt the goat likes the dog, 'Cause he wasn't a smelly hog.	Coconuts Cool sphere and full with milk On the palm tree, smooth as silk Coconuts are so, so soft On the palm trees, they will loft Nice and white and very cool Underneath the dark brown pool Terrific, fuzzy, tickly, too Scents of icky, gloppy glue.

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