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=Haiku Deck=

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Spring Sensory Poems (Grade 1)
Submitted by Carrie Bresnehen, Cox Elementary – Cedar Park, TX

Learning Objectives
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL1.4: Identify words and phrases in stories or poems that suggest feelings to appeal to the senses

Materials
Haiku Deck iPad App or Haiku Deck Web App (free)

Activity Description

 * 1) Discuss the five senses and sensory words. What might you see on a walk in the spring? What might you smell? Etc. Take a walk or read a spring book.
 * 2) Create lists of sensory phrases for each of the five senses.
 * 3) Students use lists as ideas to create their own “spring is” poem.
 * 4) Students publish their work using Haiku Deck and share their finished product with the class.

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Wondering About Kindness (Grade 5)
Submitted by Donna Adkins, Fairlands Elementary School, Pleasanton, CA

Learning Objectives
Our team of fifth graders had several learning objectives, including: Some of the standards this project touched on included:
 * Learning how to use Haiku Deck (shared classroom iPad)
 * Working collaboratively to share our thinking
 * Responding to literature (We are reading the book //Wonder//, by R.J. Palacio)
 * Really thinking of what the word //kind// means, and what //kindness// really looks like and feels like
 * CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative language such as metaphors and similes.
 * CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7: Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).
 * CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.6: With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.
 * CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Resources
Students access published works related to the theme of “Kindness.” For our class, we are reading the book //Wonder//. The theme of //Wonder// is kindness as well as acceptance of self and others. Any book that has a strong theme relating to character education would support the project. In addition to print resources, our school participates in a character education program that helps students recognize and develop various positive character traits, including kindness. This program, “Soul Shoppe,” is a schoolwide character education initiative.

Activity Description

 * After reading //Wonder// as a group, students wrote several reflections about what “Kind” is and how it affects them in reading journals.
 * Using an iPad and class list, student leaders worked with individual students to create the slide deck on my teacher account.
 * The teacher checked the deck for spelling and grammar only, then published the student work.
 * Work was shared with family and friends.

We’ve heard from some educators that they want to be able use Haiku Deck with their students, but are concerned by the recommended age rating in iTunes. Here’s the story.
 * Using Haiku Deck in Education**

When you create a Haiku Deck, our app combs through more than 35 million Creative Commons licensed images that were tagged with keywords when they were posted on the Internet. Our goal is to bring back beautiful and relevant pictures to accompany your words. Some photo sources have filters to prevent inappropriate content from being returned in the results. Whenever possible, we use these filters. We’re also working on ways to prevent inappropriate words from being searched at all. That said, the problem is more complex than preventing younger users from doing inappropriate searches. Photos are sometimes tagged by the photographer in unpredictable ways. For example, you could search for a word like “green” and come up with a photo of a nude body painted green. We’ll continue to work on a solution that strikes the right balance between returning great photo results and protecting little eyes, but for the time being, we feel the 12+ rating is the best way to communicate to teachers and parents that, despite our intentions, inappropriate content may appear in the app. For some creative workarounds, be sure to check out our top Teacher Appreciation Tips. Over time we hope to make Haiku Deck more accessible to a broader audience.