Elementary students can develop their listening and literacy skills as they learn to write concise, expressive poems.

Haiku, a traditional form of Japanese poetry, was the centerpiece of a recent Baltimore County Public Schools’ contest. The challenge posed to students was to write a haiku on the theme of family.

3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their ...

To celebrate National Poetry Month, The New York Times started a completely brilliant Tumblr, Times Haiku, wherein an algorithm combs through newly published articles for sentences that potentially ...

The exhibition marks Japan's gifting of 250 cherry blossom trees to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States' ...

* What can we learn about reading and writing haiku, in particular traditional Japanese haiku? * What can we learn about reading literature closely, by focusing on words and images in order to explore ...

You may have seen the story about the rival San Antonio high schools that finished a football game and immediately segued to a massive food fight at a local fast food restaurant. If nothing else, the ...

HAMDEN-- Its structure is succinct and to the point. It normally speaks to things of beauty: nature, love, spirituality. Oddly enough, though it's a form of poetry that's been around for thousands of ...