Poetry writing

• Love Letters to Trout -- expressing appreciation
• Trout Haiku -- and other short poems
• Nature Poetry --inspired by the out-of-doors
• Bye-Bye Trout Song -- a farewell
• Trout Life Cycle Song -- "Once I Was a Baby Trout"

Writing

• Trout Across America -- report on N. American species
• Love Letters to Trout -- expressing appreciation
• Postcards from the Watershed -- observation and sharing
• Trout Play -- write and perform a drama
• Water Conservation Fotonovella -- communicate a point
• Trout Release Scrapbook -- photos and captions

Point of view

• Love Letters to Trout -- expressing appreciation
• Expanding Imagination -- writing from other perspectives
• • Trout
  • Macroinvertebrate
  • Water Droplet
  • Stream

Literature

• Read Trout Stories -- choose from our library

Journaling

• Trout Journals -- a yearlong study of trout
• • What are you looking forward to about having trout in the classroom?
  • What would you like to do with the trout, while they are with us?
  • What do the trout eggs look like?  Be very descriptive.  What do you see inside?
  • What would you like to say to the trout, to welcome them to our classroom?
  • What was hatching like?  How did you feel?
  • Observe one fish closely for one minute.  Follow it with your eyes.  What does it do?
  • How to the trout act in the morning?  The afternoon?
  • How do the trout act when it’s dark?  Light?
  • How do the trout act before feeding?  After?
  • How do the trout act in cold weather? Warm weather?
  • What is your favorite trout job?  Why?
  • What is your least favorite trout job?  Why?
  • What happens when we feed the trout?  Why do you think that is?
  • Are there any special trout in your tank?  Why are they special?
  • What do you think the trout see when they look out of the tank?  What are they thinking?
  • How have the trout changed over the past few months?  What is the same?
  • How do you feel about our upcoming release of trout?  Why?
  • What advice would you give our trout on their way to their new home?
  • What did you see while releasing our trout?  How did they behave?
  • How did you feel about releasing our trout?  Why?
  • What was the most important thing you learned from raising trout?
  • Love Letters to Trout -- expressing appreciation
  • Trout Release Worksheet -- one way to record