Students were asked to share a haiku during our classroom meeting in Zoom today. A haiku is a  Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five syllables. The topic of our haiku: Distance Learning. Here are a few written by 4th graders:

We learn what we can.

I would rather be at school.

I want to see friends.

There’s the quarantine

And the social distancing

And now homeschooling?

Blankets and pillows

Surrounding me as I talk

To my friends on Zoom

I was stuck at home

With a lot to do at school

But it’s not so bad

The mornings: drowsy

Eleven-thirty: happy

At three-thirty: weak

Sadly, I’m stuck here

Distance learning isn’t pleasant

But I’m still getting through

No longer at school

The four walls of my bedroom

Currently my view

Distance learning plans

Computer, Google docs, Zoom

Finishing schedules

My school has now changed

We work together apart

This is a nightmare