Math Songs in 4th Grade
Words By: Nathan Greene Photo By: Norah Tahiri
To this day, whenever I need to divide by 3, 4, or 6, I run through times table songs that my dad taught me in 4th grade. He came into my 4th grade class in 1994 and taught my friends these songs and many of them still use them as well.
Since coming to Honduras, I pretend I am many-a-things. I pretend to be a science expert, a yoga teacher, a drama teacher, an expert musician, and now I can add to the list: elementary-school songwriter. Ok, I didn’t write the songs, but like Puff Daddy (ehem P Diddy) did in the 90′s, I adapted these little babies coined by the papa Greene and they are way better than the originals. Sorry dad, but you can’t deny I have better rhythm.
Right after I finished these songs, a student raised his hand and said, “Mister, why don’t you have one for 7′s?” Another girl raised her hand and said, “8′s mister?” implying that I have been lazy in my songwriting…. Back to the drawing board. Sevens and eights are in production.
Sit back and enjoy. My favorite part is clearly my right hand man in the front:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ms6TE6GKM
