Welcome to our Goodeyedeers e-book all about using haiku in your classroom. We want to share with you a number of fun ways that you can use haiku with your children to help them reinforce different literacy skills. We will begin by explaining where haiku poetry originates and how it is set out. Then we are going to explore a number of different and fun ways you can use haiku. These will include: Haiku and Word Definitions - from your chosen word list look up the definitions of the words in the dictionary and use these to write a haiku. Haiku and Word Meanings - children write haiku to show they understand the meaning of words from their word list. Haiku and Synonyms and Antonyms - use a thesaurus, then refine your word choices to fit the haiku form. Haiku and Semi-Colons - a chance to practise using semi-colons. Haiku and Dinosaurs - can you get a set of facts paraphrased into just 17 syllables? Haiku and Lists - any list at all – football teams, dinosaurs, weather, car makes, foods – so long as you can fit them into the haiku form. Haiku and Rhyming - this doesn’t usually happen with haiku - but it is fun to give it a try. Haiku and Alliteration - we start with some simple alliteration and finish by creating haiku tongue twisters.

In this PowerPoint the Christmas story is narrated by four cats who were there. They are: Oscar - Mary’s cat who was with her when the Angel Gabriel appeared. Mia - a cat who lived in the stable where Jesus was born. Cat - a wild cat who hangs out in the fields with the shepherds. Simba - a royal cat from the palace of King Herod. The children will enjoy listening to each one give an account of what they saw. All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to MedEquip4Kids. This is a children’s charity raising money to provide paediatric medical equipment and facilities for hospitals and community health teams.

In this free resource there is a PowerPoint with an Advent Calendar made up of 25 snowmen. Behind each snowman is a puzzle for your children to explore. The puzzles include: word puzzles maths puzzles writing ideas geography recipes matchstick puzzles The resource also includes the answers both as a PowerPoint and as a PDF document.

Within this free PDF there are 18 different Christmas gift tags for your children to cut out and colour. Here are links to more great Christmas resources from Goodeyedeers: A ready-made Christmas Carol Service where a group of animals tell the Christmas story. A PowerPoint lesson showing the children how to write some Cool Christmas Kennings. A PowerPoint lesson all about Wonderfully Whacky Alliterating Christmas Recipes. A series of templates for the children to make and colour their own Christmas Cards and Envelopes.

A 50 question quiz for you to try out with your class this Christmas. The PowerPoint includes questions and answers: Round One - Christmas Food Round Two - A Christmas Poem Round Three - The Christmas Story Round Four - Christmas General Knowledge Round Five - Christmas Books and Films The resource also includes a PDF containing blank team/answer sheets for the children to use.

A clearly explained and carefully structured PowerPoint lesson to encourage writing which is rich in vocabulary - as befits the season! Wordplay is at the centre of it all, so an ideal activity to get pupils – individually or in pairs - digging into their dictionaries. The produced pieces are ideal too for any end of term assembly. The teachers’ notes to go through the PowerPoint lesson slide by slide to give you ideas as to how you might use it. All the money raised from the sale of this resource we donate to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids. We hope you enjoy this resource. If you do we would much appreciate you leaving us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues and friends about us as well.

This PDF contains six different templates/nets for the Christmas card envelopes and ten cards. There are guidelines on how the envelopes should be cut out and assembled. There are six differently patterned envelope nets to choose from. The PDF includes ten Christmas cards (two per page) for the children to cut out, colour and then add their Christmas greetings to before popping them into their envelopes. All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a children’s charity called MedEqup4Kids. If you enjoy this resource then we would love a review.

20 great Christmas bookmarks to colour in and use. The PDF contains 4 bookmarks per page. All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a children’s charity called MedEqup4Kids. If you find this resource useful then please let us know.

A traditional Carol Service with a difference. This could save you a lot of time this busy Christmas. It could be used in your school or your church. Hear the nativity story told by five animals who were there - Maurice the Mouse, Desmond the Donkey, Claude the Camel, Oswald the Ox and Shaun the Sheep. The PowerPoint presentation includes traditional carols to go with each part of the story but it is fully editable so that you can insert your own carols. All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a children’s charity called MedEqup4Kids. If you enjoy this resource then we would love a review.

Here is a fun and effective way to get your children using alliteration to write some amazing Christmas recipes. The PowerPoint lesson takes the children, step by step, how to use a simple chart to write some wonderfully whacky Christmas recipes. The resource includes: a PowerPoint lesson a set of detailed notes explaining each part of the lesson a set of Christmas writing frames to display the finished Christmas Recipes All the money raised from the sale of this resource goes to a charity for children called [MedEquip4Kids](https://www.medequip4kids.org.uk/. If you enjoy using this resource please let us know and tell your friends and colleagues about it.

In this PowerPoint lesson your children will find out how to write wonderful Christmas Kennings poems. Ideal for children in KS2 . The PowerPoint lesson takes the children through the whole process. It starts by explaining what kennings are and their Anglo-Saxon background. They then look at a few modern kennings before being shown how to create some Christmas kennings about Santa. These are then transformed into a poem and then a riddle. Finally, the children are given some picture prompts to help get them started on writing their own magical Christmas kennings. The Teachers’ Notes are written in the form of a script explaining what is contained in each slide of the PowerPoint and giving suggestions for you to explore with the children. Also included with this resource are a set of colour and black and white Christmas writing frames for the children to use when they write out their finished poems and riddles. All the money raised from the sale of this resource we donate to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids. We hope you enjoy this resource. If you do we would much appreciate you leaving us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues and friends about us.

In this video for teachers David Horner, our very own children’s poet in residence here at Goodeyedeers, talks you through a variety of poetry writing ideas all using the word ‘when’. You will find out about how to get your children to write: 7 line week poems 4 line seasons poems 12 line calendar poems festival poems poems for special occasions mood poems weather poems David finishes by going through, in detail, how to write a weather poem. All the money raised from the sale of our resources we donate to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids. We hope you enjoy this resource. If you do we would much appreciate you leaving us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues and friends about us.

Show your children how to write some fantastic Christmas Haiku poems. Ideal for children in KS2 . The PowerPoint lesson takes you through the process. It starts by explaining what a Haiku poem is and then has the children recognising and counting syllables. They then have a chance to complete some half-finished Haiku. This can be done as a whole class, in pairs or groups or individually. Finally, the children are given some picture prompts to help get them started on writing their own magical Christmas Haiku. The Teachers’ Notes are written in the form of a script explaining what is contained in each slide of the PowerPoint and giving suggestions for you to explore with the children. Also included in this resource pack - a set of Christmas writing frames for the children to use for their completed poems. All the money raised from the sale of this resource we donate to a local charity for children called MedEquip4Kids. We hope you enjoy this resource. If you do we would much appreciate you leaving us a review and don’t forget to tell your colleagues and friends about us.

What do you and your children know about Bonfire Night and how it all started? Our Bonfire Night Quiz is a great way to have some fun and learn more about why we celebrate November 5th every year. Each question comes with three possible answers - how many will you get right? All the money made from the sale of resources from Goodeyedeers goes to a charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.

What do you know about Halloween and its origins? Your children will love this Halloween Quiz with its spooky sound effects. Each question comes with three possible answers - how well will you do. Have fun! All the money raised from the sale of resources here at Goodeyedeers goes to a charity for children called MedEquip4Kids.

Here is a lesson plan for an exciting session that will get your children writing scary kennings poems for Halloween. Within the printable PDF you will find: Facts about Halloween. Details about what a kenning is and where it comes from. A detailed lesson plan to get the children creating their own Halloween kennings and then using them to create some poems. Writing templates for the children to both draft their poems and display the finished ones. If you enjoy this resource we would love you to tell your friends and leave us a review. Many thanks. The money raised from the sale of this resource is donated to the charity MedEquip4Kids.

Here are some great ideas for an amazing lesson to get your children writing scary haiku poems for Halloween. Within the printable PDF you will find: Facts about Halloween. Details about what a haiku poem is and where it originates from. A detailed lesson plan to get the children learning about syllables and write their own haiku. Writing templates for the children to both draft their poems and display the finished ones. If you enjoy this resource we would love you to tell your friends and leave us a review. Many thanks. The money raised from the sale of this resource is donated to the charity MedEquip4Kids.

Here are some great ideas for an exciting lesson about writing some spine-chilling cinquain poems for Halloween. Within the printable PDF you will find: Facts about Halloween. Details about what a cinquain poem is and who invented the format. A detailed lesson plan to get the children learning about syllables and write their own cinquains. Writing templates for the children to both draft their poems and display the finished ones. If you enjoy this resource we would love you to tell your friends and leave us a review. Many thanks. The money raised from the sale of this resource is donated to the charity MedEquip4Kids.

These 24 dictionary challenge cards are great fun and can be used to develop your children’s use of the dictionary. Each card has an open-ended clue to be used by the children to find a word in the dictionary. For each card there is more than one possible answer. There are also 8 bonus cards that each contain a different task for the children to complete using some or all of the words they have found. The cards are in colour and in black and white. There is an answer sheet for the children to fill in as they complete each task card.

This resource consists of 5 growth mindset cube nets. Each face has a pattern to be coloured in and a growth mindset quote on. A total of 30 quotes in all. A Few Ways You Might Use Them Have one per child or group and each morning they roll their cube to see what quote is going to inspire them for that day. Have a group of children roll a cube and then discuss the quote on top. Individual children roll a cube and then write down how they might respond to the quote.