More Folktales and Math

4/25-29, 5/2-6

For our last week in April we expanded our folktale unit by having the students compose their own music to go with their small group's assigned folktales. Students had to read their folktale and then were assigned a group of 4-5 instruments that they could pick from to add music and sound effects that reflected the story they were reading. Students then performed the piece while taking turns reading the book. The project involved a lot of learning how to work together.

We switched topics in May and did a short song about learning different polygons. I wrote a cover song of Uptown Funk that reviewed all the polygons and quadrilaterals the students were learning. 

The tri in triangle, stands for 3 as you can see
The quad in quadrilateral, stands for four, no less, no more
The pent in pentagon, stands for five, now let's move on
The hex in hexagon stands for six, now let's see what sticks.
What's that? Hang on! We're here to learn about polygons!
What's that? Hang on! We're here to learn about polygons!
What's that? Hang on! We're here to learn about polygons!
What's that? Hang on! We're here to learn about polygons!
 
The number of sides and angles
The number of sides and angles
Same number of sides and angles
Thats's the answer, I'll give it to ya
Thats's the answer, I'll give it to ya
Thats's the answer, I'll give it to ya
The number of sides is the number of angles
Don't believe me just watch!
 
Triangle-  3 sides, 3 angles
Quadrilateral- 4 sides, 4 angles
Pentagon- 5 sides, 5 angles
Hexagon- 6 sides, 6 angles
 
It's a trapezoid it has one set of parallel lines
Parallelogram - two sets of parallel lines
Rectangle - Parallelogram with all right angles
Rhombus, oh my! A parallelogram with equal sides
 
What's that? I shall, tell you 'bout quadrilaterals
What's that? I shall, tell you 'bout quadrilaterals
What's that? I shall, tell you 'bout quadrilaterals
What's that? I shall, tell you 'bout quadrilaterals
The square is gonna get ya.
The square is gonna trick ya.
A square's a rhombus, he'll get ya.
Square's a rhombus with right angles
Square's a rhombus with right angles
A square is also a rectangle 
A square is also a rectangle
Rectangle with equal sides