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The Seed And The Giant Saguaro

After hearing the book, students in this second-grade class at Thornydale Elementary School studied Sonoran desert plant and animal pictures and brainstormed describing words. They were then split into groups to create poems and illustrations.

This is a picture of two saguaros in the sun.

Deanna

Saguaro Seeds
by Wilburn's Winners

On my way to school I saw saguaro seeds.
They were black saguaro seeds.
They were tiny , black , saguaro seeds.
They were glistening , tiny , black , saguaro seeds.
They were scattered , glistening , tiny , black , saguaro seeds.
There were thousands of, scattered, glistening , tiny , black , saguaro seeds
and they
grew into giant saguaros.

This is a picture of a saguaro in the sun.

Shawnee

A Saguaro
by Deanna, Ahmed & Shawnee

On my way to school I saw a saguaro.
It was a green saguaro.
It was a giant, green saguaro.
It was a skinny, giant, green saguaro.
It was a heavy, skinny, giant, green saguaro.
It was a sharp, heavy, skinny, giant, green saguaro
and it
had holes and spines.

This is a picture of many saguaros in the sun.

Ahmed

This is a picture of a rattlesnake on a rock, next to a cactus.

Ian
A Rattlesnake
by Katie & Ian

On my way to school I saw a Rattlesnake.
It was a dangerous Rattlesnake.
It was a dangerous, warning Rattlesnake.
It was a dangerous, warning, hissing Rattlesnake.
It was a dangerous, warning, hissing, poisonous Rattlesnake
and it
ate a pack rat.

This is a picture of a very long rattlesnake on some rocks.

Katie

This is a picture of a roadrunner.

Patrick

A Roadrunner
by Alyssa, Patrick & Wes

On my way to school I saw a roadrunner.
It was a brown roadrunner.
It was a brown, fast roadrunner.
It was a brown, fast, feathered roadrunner.
It was a brown, fast, feathered sharp roadrunner.
It was a brown, fast, feathered sharp, darting roadrunner
and it
eats snakes.

 

This is a picture of a roadrunner.

Alyssa

This is a picture of a coyote under blue clouds.

Analisa
A Coyote
by Xavier, Analisa & Sarah

On my way to school I saw a coyote.
It was a brown coyote.
It was a mammal, brown coyote.
It was a howling, mammal, brown coyote.
It was a hairy, howling, mammal, brown coyote
and it
eats roadrunners.

This is a picture of four coyotes howling at the moon.

S.S.

This is a picture of two big, blue and grey rain clouds.

G.A.
A Rain Cloud
by Garon & Megan

On my way to school I saw a rain cloud.
It was a sad rain cloud.
It was a big, sad rain cloud.
It was a big, sad, black rain cloud.
It was a big, black, wet, sad rain cloud.
It was a big, black, mad, grey, sad rain cloud
and it
rained.

This is a picture of a rain cloud and two little girls.

Megan

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