Week 19: Math Haiku

Poetry forms are like puzzles. You have to take the words you want to say and rearrange them, find synonyms, and reformulate them until they can fit into a form. This problem-solving is so similar in math.

One of the first forms to play with is the Haiku. It is a three-line poem with no rhyming scheme that fits a syllable pattern of 5/7/5. Traditionally, there is a season mentioned (Kigo) and a cutting word to compare two ideas (Kiru). Learners can try to do a traditional Haiku, or they can just work with the syllable pattern to start. This can be done in any classroom to contemplate the concepts that are being learned differently. When we relate these abstract ideas to our inner beings, we remember.

Once poems are complete, maybe a work of art can complement them.

Here are some that I wrote. Please share yours!