Tree Song

Small

Swim

Hop, Hop

See the tree

Sticky toes help climb

Once up high, time to sing all night.

Eek

No legs

A forked tongue smells

Lives in woods, deserts, and seas

They come from eggs laid by their mother

Scare me

Written in 3 minutes, I know it shows, to explain Cinquain to two 2nd Grade boys in my class. Being 2nd Grade boys I felt that a reptile would be a good subject.

Cardinal

The Cardinal bird is quite showy

It really stands out when it's snowy

Though the female's not red

There's a touch on her head

It's really a sight when it's blowy

Chickadee

You are not large

you're kind of small

for a hawk you'd be no meal at all

perhaps that's why

when feeder's filled

you're the first

back where the seed has spilled

before the Jay

before the sparrow

before woodpecker

with beak long and narrow

among the birds

you stand quite tall

as it appears

you've no fear at all.