Math Poems

Money Poem
Zero the hero came to school. Zero the hero knows a rule: Zero the hero stays in a space, So all the other numbers get in the right place! Zero the Hero came to school, Zero the Hero, he's no fool Zero the Hero keeps his place so all the other numbers stay in their place Yeah!

Penny, penny, easy spent, Copper brown and worth one cent. Nickel, nickel, thick and fat, Youre worth 5. I know that. Dime, dime, little and thin, I rememberyoure worth 10. Quarter, quarter, big and bold, Youre worth 25, I am told. Half a dollar, half a dollar, Giant size. 50 cents to buy some fries. Dollar, dollar, green and long, With 100 cents you cant go wrong.

CLOCK SONG
(tune Wheels on the Bus) The hands on the clock go round and round, Round and round, round and round. The hands on the clock go round and round. To tell us the time. The short hand on the clock Goes from number to number, Number to number, number to number. The short hand on the clock Goes from number to number. To tell us the time. The long hand on the clock Goes around by fives, Around by fives, around by fives. The long hand on the clock Goes around by fives. To tell us the minutes.

Odd - Even Poem

Zero, two, four, six, eight Being even is just great. One, three, five, seven, nine Being odd is just fine.

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The Skip Count Song

(Tune: Skip to my Lou) Skip count, skip count, count by 2's Skip count, skip count, count by 2's Skip count, skip count, count by 2's We can count to 20. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10,12,14,16, 18, 20 (chant this line) Skip count, skip count, count by 5's Skip count, skip count, count by 5's Skip count, skip count, count by 5's We can count to 50. 5, 10, 15, 20, (up to 50) Skip count, skip count, count by 10's Skip count, skip count, count by 10's Skip count, skip count, count by 10's We can count to 100. 10, 20, 30, 40, (up to 100)

And a nickel means five (hold out 5 fingers) Dimes are worth ten (hold out 10 fingers) And quarters twenty five (flash... 10 twice & then 5) Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters Five pennies in a nickel (hold out 1 hand- fingers stretched) Two nickels in a dime (hold out 2 fingers) Five nickels in a quarter (hold out 1 hand - fingers stretched) You'll know it every time! (using both hands do a downward motion) Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters Yeah!!!

Smart
Money Rap
Well I know a song It's really kind of funny It's all about coins And learning to count money Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters Now a penny means one (hold out 1 finger)
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My dad have me one dollar bill "Cause I'm his smartest son, And I swapped it for two shiny quarters "Cause two is more than one! And then I took the quarters and traded them to Lou For three dimes--I guess he don't know That three is more than two! Just then, along came old blind Bates

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And just 'cause he can't see He gave me four nickels for my three dimes, And four is more than three! And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs Down at the seed-feed store, And the fool gave me five pennies for them, And five is more than four! And then I went and showed my dad, And he got red in the cheeks And closed his eyes and shook his headToo proud of me to speak!
By: Shel Silverstein

There are so many, so high and so far! I said to Ruthie, with a smile on my face, "It's tough to count things in outer space!"

Marvelous Math
How fast does a New York taxi go? What size is grandpa's attic? How old is the oldest dinosaur? The answer's in Mathematics! How many seconds in an hour? How many in a day? What size are the planets in the sky? How far to the Milky Way? How fast does lightning travel? How slow do feathers fall? How many miles to Istanbul? Mathematics knows it all! By: Rebecca Kai Dotlich

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Max'sSuperStars
Max Math's Adventure

I pointed to a star and counted "1." Counting stars would be lots of fun! I looked up again and counted 2, 3, 4. It seemed that I was ready for more! Next came 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. There were so many, I couldn't stop then! I counted stars all the way to 20. But guess what, my friends? There were still plenty. I was tired of counting each little star

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