Using the “Itsy Bitsy Math Songs” Lesson

May 7, 2008 at 6:28 am | In I-Pod Lessons | 1 Comment



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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the familiar tunes that everyone can hum. Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would benefit from hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

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  1. Hello,

    I have a couple songs I used familiar tunes for that I will share.

    The first is about area and perimeter to the tune of The Farmer in the Dell.

    The area is times,
    the area is times,
    perimeter is plus, plus, plus,
    but the area is times.

    The second is some geometry terms that we need to remember in elementary school called
    Geometry Jargon
    To the tune of : The Ants Go Marching 2 by 2

    The verticies are corners
    Hurrah, hurrah.
    The faces are the flat sides, sir
    Hurrah, hurrah.
    Concentric circles go inside
    Similar shapes are different sized
    and they’re all the words we use in everyday math.

    Congruent are same sized, same shape
    Hurrah, hurrah
    A pentagon is shaped like a house
    Hurrah, hurrah
    A trapezoid is a triangle
    with it’s top chopped off
    two sides parallel….
    And they’re all the words we use in everyday math.

       Terry Stelle — November 29, 2009 #

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