tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post7709375435292698325..comments2024-03-29T10:42:49.480-04:00Comments on The Miss Rumphius Effect: Monday Poetry Stretch - By the NumbersTriciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350907653629775293noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-13443043421673943562010-05-27T19:07:53.395-04:002010-05-27T19:07:53.395-04:00It has been a long time...I fear Tricia must check...It has been a long time...I fear Tricia must check my math!<br /><br />Number Facts<br />By Liz Korba<br /><br />IMAGINARY numbers!<br />Do they vanish in thin air?<br />My teacher says in sixth grade math -<br />“Just know that they are there.”<br /><br />I did a little Google search -<br />According to one text<br />REAL numbers and IMAGINED ones<br />Create what’s called COMPLEX.<br /><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18293368769378439196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-66598989868417988942010-05-26T18:45:45.398-04:002010-05-26T18:45:45.398-04:00MATH JUNGLE
The number pathways
in my brain
are g...MATH JUNGLE<br /><br />The number pathways<br />in my brain<br />are grown over<br />with words<br /><br />Mental machete’s<br />what I need<br />to clear the nouns<br />and verbs<br /><br />And make again<br />a traffic trail<br />for all those<br />integers<br /><br />© 2010 by Violet Nesdoly (all rights reserved)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-11917826200514690832010-05-26T18:06:42.561-04:002010-05-26T18:06:42.561-04:00For the past two days all I could think of was, Sh...For the past two days all I could think of was, <i>She wants me to write a math poem? I don't do math!</i> Then, just this afternoon I thought, <i>Hey, wait, I've been writing fingerplays for years!</i> (I'm a former children's librarian.)<br /><br />So, I wrote a fingerplay (also known as a counting rhyme--duh!):<br /><br />UNDER THE APPLE TREE<br /><br /><b>One</b> little bee Diane Mayrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767689319000732296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-45629664363815686042010-05-25T09:48:20.116-04:002010-05-25T09:48:20.116-04:00Proper Fractions
Whole numbers endlessly march up...Proper Fractions<br /><br />Whole numbers endlessly march up the line,<br />their long journey never is done.<br />But fractions stay home to slice up the space<br />that lies between 0 and 1.<br /><br />The whole numbers always add units:<br />plus one and plus one and plus one.<br />The fractions divide it, then use only part,<br />for some reason, they think that's fun.<br /><br />A Kate Coombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10138566291199003171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-53256519849138189472010-05-24T16:29:22.485-04:002010-05-24T16:29:22.485-04:00Four Leaf Clover
We hunted on our knees in clover...Four Leaf Clover<br /><br />We hunted on our knees in clover<br />running our fingers through grass<br />trying to find four leaves <br />in a green sea of threes.<br />My little sister turned her back<br />took two clovers<br />ripped one leaf from each<br />twisted both stems together<br />and called, “Look I found one!”<br />I used to do that<br />so I almost told her it wasn’t real<br />not aAmy L Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830987204619914326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-90053576934217785442010-05-24T13:38:39.579-04:002010-05-24T13:38:39.579-04:00CAT'S TWELVE TAILS
By Steven Withrow
One she...<b>CAT'S TWELVE TAILS<br />By Steven Withrow</b><br /> <br />One she wore on Sunday mornings<br />strolling with a friend.<br />Two she took on pleasant outings<br />by the river bend.<br />Three she kept for secret errands<br />prowling in the dark.<br />Four she hid beneath a bush<br />beside the city park.<br />Five she dressed in scarlet ribbons<br />meant to catch the eye<br />Of Steven Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08424518148189688086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320080607016581524.post-49748293242647682592010-05-24T13:00:15.784-04:002010-05-24T13:00:15.784-04:00The thought of writing a poem about math gives me ...The thought of writing a poem about math gives me the hives. . .but I know my friend, Ann Whitford Paul's books, Seasons Sewn, and Eight Hands Round, have been used extensively in schools to teach math.Kirby Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362445818834966589noreply@blogger.com