Poetry Forms Lesson, Grades 3-5: Fibonacci Poems

Can a poem grow by a number pattern? In about 40 minutes, students learn that a Fibonacci poem has 6 lines whose syllables count 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, each number the two before it added together. They tap and count syllables, find and fix a line that breaks the count, and write one poem that counts up and one that counts back down.

What's inside

• 17 slides, with speaker notes on all 17
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Student Notes, 1 page
• Poem Page, 1 page
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Teacher answer key, 1 page
• Print-all PDF, 7 pages: lesson plan, Notes, Poem Page, worksheet and answer key together

Answer key included

Want this for a different grade? Request a lesson