written  and  illustrated    

by  Ms.  Payne’s  Third  Graders  

   

Stony  Point  Elementary  School  November  2012  

 

We  dedicate    

this  book,    

Memoryku  

to  

Andrew  Clements,  who  really  got  us  thinking  about  haikus,  

 

All  people  who  like  Japanese  poetry  and  

 

Ms.  Payne    

because  

she  was  there  for  the  haikus  and  artwork,  

if  we’re  stuck  on  something,  she  helps  us  think  of  ideas,  

she  lets  us  have  ongoing  studies  which  involves  making  choices  about  what  we  want  to  learn,  like  reading  silently  or  working  with  partners  or  small  

groups,  

and  

She  is  always  there  for  us!  

 

 

 

Process  Page  

We  read  Dogku  by  Andrew  Clements  and  we  thought  it  would  be  cool  to  write  our  own  haikus.      A  haiku  is  a  special  Japanese  type  of  poetry  where  you  write  5  syllables  on  one  line,  then  the  next  line  has  7  syllables,  then  the  last  line  has  5  syllables.    One  haiku  only  has  3  lines  but  we  decided  to  write  a  series  of  haikus  to  tell  a  story.    We  made  a  list  of  our  Favorite  Memories  and  our  Worst  Memories  and  picked  one  memory  to  write  about  in  haiku.    After  we  wrote  our  haikus  we  conferenced  with  buddies  to  make  sure  our  poems  made  sense,  had  the  right  number  of  syllables,  and  used  descriptive  words.    We  discovered  that  it  was  important  for  the  first  line  of  our  poem  to  grab  the  reader’s  attention  and  make  them  want  to  read  more.    We  made  many  drafts  of  our  haikus  to  make  sure  we  got  them  just  the  way  we  wanted  them.    It  was  also  hard  to  fit  what  we  wanted  to  say  into  only  5,  7,  or  5  syllables.      

We  drew  self-­‐portraits  with  Mary  Lou.    After  we  drew  our  self-­‐portraits  we  made  collages  with  scraps  of  cut  paper.    Starting  with  our  head,  we  worked  down  until  we  got  to  the  feet.    Then  we  glued  the  cut  paper  self-­‐portrait  onto  a  piece  of  colored  paper  as  a  background.    One  of  the  hardest  parts  was  making  our  eyes  and  making  our  clothes  the  right  size  to  fit  our  heads.    

 

 

     

                 

The  Nervous  Kid        

It  is  so  creepy  You  do  not  want  to  come  on  

You  will  scream  so  loud    

Pompeii  was  so  fun  Burning  fire  around  me  Statues  falling  around  me  

 Pompeii  was  a  town  

Destroyed  by  a  volcano  Just  a  ride  for  me  

 I  felt  nervous  

Pitch  black,  huge  boom  like  thunder  Then  comes  a  water  hill  

 Threw  my  hands  up  high  Wasn’t  nervous  anymore  

That  ride  was  so  fun      

By  Amontae  McCoy    

     

   

Space Mountain

Dark in the building My heart beating fast

It is my turn now

It jerked me so hard Big brown eyes got enormous

Stars are in the sky

Fast as a cheetah It did a flip in the air Screaming very loud

We go to slow down

I turn facing up a hill We go down the hill

Start to see planets

Are very different looking One is red and blue

I felt very weird

Was going side to side The ride is over

Birds were in my head

I do not know what happened I went down the steps

By Austin Bowen  

                                         

Snakeku

Days with rolling balls

My mother calls me inside

Something about snakes

New snake coming soon

I am very excited

Long days pass by

Very long thinking

The clocks go tick-tock, tick-tock

Longest day ever

Today was so long

Long waiting for a pet snake

Slithering snake time

In their house, I’m here.

The neighbor is very friendly

6:00, it’s time

She slithers around

Frederica loves dead mice

She strikes her mouse

This is a good time

This is the day, after months

This is a good time

Walking across the yard

through the door. Up the tall stairs.

Into my small room.

Putting her down here

She slithered around her tank

She likes to slither

By Carter Lindblom  

     

                                                                               

My Very Own Haiku

It is my birthday

Finally the time has come Family has come

A pile of cards

Chatting, yelling, and talking I am excited

What is the one there?

It is a remote-controlled plane What is the next one?

It is gigantic!

It’s an aircraft carrier! It goes with my plane.

Next year is too far

It is time to go to bed Then I say goodnight

By Case Norford  

Butterfly

Wind brings wings to sky Cobweb glides brushing my hand

My wings at last rest

A tiny peach ledge Bitter water in my palm

My wings at last rest

My heat fades away I forget all but my drink

Eating to stay alive

Fluttering, not flight My black-striped glides can now sleep

The creature lifts wings

Nectar in my hand Fluttering, still not in air

Not moving foot

I try to free him He does not budge a glider

Can he now be dead?

By Charlotte Clements

Space Mountain With Mom

Space Mountain is fast Mom rode the ride with me

Screaming was so loud

Line standing, waiting I feel my shaky stomach

I was so nervous

Me and mom screaming Going up and down the hills

Eyes closed in pictures

By Desiree Anica

 

That  was  a  relief        

Walking to the Park

Kaniya is nice

Kaniya is 5 years old She is very nice

Walking to the park

Walking to the park we laugh Raced her to the slide

Rolling down the hill

It was fun to both of us Climb up, fell back down

Playing fun freeze tag

She never got me, not once I only tagged her!

I had fun with her

That’s the end of my fun day Special day we had

By Ja’Naizha Williams  

Disney Worldku We went on Space World The kids were scared, up, down, fast On the ride I’m scared Bumpy on the ride I’m scared to death, shivering Trying to hold tears Mom’s eyes watching me She can’t wait to give us hugs Down on the sidewalk Mom and dad gave hugs to me That was a relief I’m glad I am off We are off! Yahwoo! Well let’s go to some other rides We got popcorn, yum. By Kaitlyn Craddock

R2ku

The space ship fixer Who talks with a beep and

bop Who makes kids laugh

hard

An astromech droid So smart with a projector

Extremely happy

My favorite toy A very, very good friend

R2 is staring

R2 is quiet All he hears is breakfast

now R2 is lonely

He hears the door creek Then the door shuts very

hard R2 hears bump! Bump!

A cardinal there!

R2 isn’t alone now! R2 feels happy!

By Luke Woods  

Touchdown

Running down the field “Make a touchdown!” yells my dad dodging the defense Defense got angry Thirty-yard touchdown is mine My dad was so proud The bench was boring Time for the defense to go on I’m off the bench Now I’m on the grass I look at the quarterback He looks at me back Sadiq got the ball Look, we tricked the other team Sadiq ran the yards Sadiq spins, jooks, jumps Whole team danced around the field He made the touchdown By Mekhi Brown  

Rollercoasterku

Fresh air in the sky Whoosh! Going down fast

Wow, the ride is done

Let’s take a long break Time to ride another one

Oh yes, this is it!

Every one in line Waiting very patiently

Finally we’re here

Let’s sit down right now Time to buckle our seat belts

Started moving fast

We got to the top But on dad’s watch it was six

It was time to go

I was very sad I whined but it did not work

So we had to go

We got in the car Then drove all the way back home

Bye rollercoaster

By Melani Burkhart

Tea Party

I lay out blanket. Pass out little fat tea cups. Can feel the smooth cup.

Pour tea into cups.

Fuzzy adorable pets. Sipping fresh fake tea.

We play tea so long

Golden cups that go cling, cling. Great tea party a?

Sit and sip with pets.

Finally tea party ends. No more tea party.

But of course again,

The tea party comes and goes, Goodbye tea party.

I had so much fun

With my cute little stuffies. Again, tea party!

By Nikki Lewis  

Stair Accident

I was on my dad’s back. We started down the hard stairs.

And we tripped on down.

We were tumbling. Down, down, down scared as could be.

I started to cry.

We are half way down. My head hurts badly.

My stomach hurts bad.

We are at the end. My dad says “Are you okay?”

“No daddy, I’m not”.

We start to the couch. It is very hard to walk.

Mom gets some icepacks.

Cold ice on my leg. I tell my mom it hurts bad.

She rubs it lightly.

Mom and dad make sure Wherever I am, I’m safe

My first time falling

By Paige White

 

Great Wolf Lodge

I love great wolf lodge, Because of its water slides,

The water feels great,

I stay there so long, So I go back to my room,

I dry off and change,

I get my game wand, Go down stairs to the lobby,

I can play at last,

I zap my fat wand, I play so long I don’t care,

Go back to my room,

10:00 at last! I go to sleep that was fun,

I’ll do it again,

I wake up early, Make my bed, get dressed and go,

I’ll never forget!

By Sofie Early  

       

 

Atlanta Zoo

I entered the zoo I saw lots of flamingos

It was exciting

There were monkeys too They were climbing on a fence

Very amazing

We saw a tiger It had black and orange stripes

Did not growl at all

A panda fell high It might have gotten injured

But it was ok

We ate a good lunch It was almost over, sad We see one more thing

Black gorillas, yay

I have not seen gorillas They look amazing

Walking out tired, sad

Dinnertime for animals Visit was over

By Tyler Coldren