| This page is attached to “Fibbing Can Be Fun,” where you’ll also find directions for writing Fibonacci poetry and many other ideas, activities, and resources for teaching about the Fibonacci sequence. |
Fibonacci Day is November 23rd (11/23) and students are again invited to submit Fibonacci poetry. This year, in 2023, the special day coincides with Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. so the challenge for November will be to write a Fibonacci poem of gratitude for something or someone. In January, any poem written in Fibonacci style is fine.
Your students might be inspired by some of the poetry featured in the galleries below from previous years. Last year, we celebrated on an alternative Fibonacci date- January 12th (01/12). But this year, submissions can be made during either of these weeks:
| November 13th – November 20th | January 8th – May 10th |
NEW SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
- Have your students compose their Fibonacci poems as explained in this post. You might like to have them type their poems in slides according to the guidelines in the next step.
- Create slides (in Google Slide or PPT) similar to the ones shown from previous years in the galleries below. The font should be large (at least 36 pt.) and clear, and slides should be free of images (due to copyright laws). Background colors and colored fonts are fine.
- Choose up to 3 poems (per grade level) to submit.
- Identify authorship on the slide with student INITIALS and GRADE only as shown on the slides below.
- Export selected slides as jpegs and mail them to donna@bigideas4littlescholars.com during the dates shown above. Please send no more than 3 poems per grade level.
- In your email, use the subject: FIB POEMS.
Here’s the link again with more about celebrating Fibonacci Day. Note: In the poetry shared, you will see that some students chose to count syllables; others count words per line.
FIBONACCI POETRY GALLERY ~ 2023-2024
FIBONACCI POETRY GALLERY ~ 2022-2023
CELEBRATED on JANUARY 12th, 2023 (01/12/23)
FIBONACCI POETRY GALLERY ~ 2021
If you’d like to introduce your students to other forms of constrained writing and poetry, check out this post: Constrained Writing: It’s a Thing!
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