Bats and Haiku
Batty Over Poetry Learning
Saturday, April 17, 2021
Today is Auctioneers Day, Bat Appreciation Day, International Haiku Poetry Day, National Crawfish Day, and National Cheeseball Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day - April is National Poetry Month
Today's Theme: Bats and Haiku
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ON THIS DATE
- 1861 - The Virginia State Convention votes to secede from the Union.
- 1961 - A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA lands at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba.
- 1970 - Apollo 13 returns to Earth.
- 1894 - Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev
- 1897 - Playwright Thornton Wilder
SONGS OF THE DAY
Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell - LISTEN
POEMS OF THE DAY
US Fish and Wildlife - Bat Haiku
- Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Batty Bat Song - VIEW
- Grades: PreK-1 - PBS LearningMedia - Sesame Street - Bat Mobile Printable - DO
- Grades: K-6 - PBS LearningMedia - Science Trek- Bats - VIEW
- Grades: 1-5- PBS LearningMedia - Wild Kratts - A Night Out with Bats - VIEW and DO
- Grades: 4-6 - PBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Scientist Profile: Bat Biologist (Available in Spanish) - VIEW
- Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal, Junior - Chiroptera - Bats - READ
- Grades: 5-12 - NHPBS Video - Wildlife Journal - In Search of Bats -VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Untamed - Bats - VIEW, READ, DO
- Grades: 5-12 - NHPBS Video - EONS - When Bats Took Flight - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Nature - Bats and Moths: Sound Battles - VIEW and DO
THEME: Haiku
- Grades 2-4 - NHPBS Video - Teaching In Room 9 - Write & Analyze Genres of Poems - VIEW
- Grades 3-6 - NHPBS Video - Education Station - Readers Theater, Short Story Project, and Haiku! - VIEW
- Grade 3-12 - ReadWriteThink - Haiku App - DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia -:Poetry Everywhere - Selected Haiku by Issa - VIEW, READ, DO
Watch
- 8-9 am NH WORLD - W.S. Merwin: to Plant A Tree
- 9-11 am NH WORLD - Hemingway - The Avatar (1929-1944)
- 12-1:30 pm NH WORLD - Independent Lens - Down A Dark Stairwell
- 3-5:30 pm NH WORLD - Baseball - Shadow Ball
- 6-6:30 pm NHPBS - Granite State Challenge - Merrimack vs. Sanborn Regional
- 7-8:30 pm NH WORLD - America ReFramed - Circle Up
- 9-10:30 pm NH WORLD - Independent Lens - Coded Bias
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StoryLine Online
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Local Learning Resources
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Cheshire County Historical Society
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New Hampshire Public Radio:
- Civics 101 - Tons of great (and free!) audio, activities, resources, and lessons to help you stay engaged with civics.
- Ask Sam - Ask Sam features Outside/In host Sam Evans-Brown answering listener questions about the mysteries and quirks of the natural world.
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Seacoast Science Center in Odiorne Point State Park
- Learning Connection - Even though their doors are closed, we’re still here to connect you to the inspirational powers of nature and engage you in learning.
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Squam Lakes Natural Science Center
- A resource to keep you connected to nature - Enjoy nature at home with these online learning experiences brought to you by the Science Center’s Naturalists.
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Strawbery Banke Museum
- Online Learning - Virtual Tours, the Virtual Classroom, artifacts of the week, featured items from the Collections, Horticulture Learning Center materials, and more.
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Tiger Takes On
PBS Kids for Teachers/Caregivers/Parents
- PBS for Parents
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The greatest teachers ignite a love of learning and a sense of possibility that motivates students to reach their full potential. - PBS Teachers' Lounge
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Offers nearly 200 educational games, which can be downloaded for offline play anytime, anywhere.
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