Saturday, September 19, 2009

Rapper Hicks

Rounding Rap

Find the place value and circle the digit.
Move to the right and underline, get it!
0-4 circle stays the same,
5-9 add one to the game.
Now, flex your muscles like a hero,
Underlined numbers change to zero.
All other digits remain the same.
Yo! You're a winner in the ROUNDING game!


A couple weeks ago I taught a lesson on rounding and my teacher gave me a rounding rap to perform for the kids. So I decided to dress up for the rap and the students absolutely loved it! I also enjoyed myself. The rap is great because it has everything in it that you need to know for rounding, and I mean everything. It was so nice to hear the students referring back to the rap later on in the week when they had to do rounding problems.

8 comments:

Lisa said...

That's awesome, Hannah! Way to get into it! I would have loved seeing something like that when I was younger.

P.S. You should post the words to the rap.

Hannah said...

Lisa, for your viewing pleasure I have added the words to the rounding rap.

Beth said...

Awesome! You are one cool rapper, Rapper Hicks! :) I'm glad you were able to do something fun that will help the kids remember how to round... neat idea!

Kristen said...

I love the picture. I should have gotten a video of you rapping for me. I could have used the blackmail!!!

Tafa Ohana said...

dude, calm down, we are coming back!! right now we are in Cali, but we r driving back to utah tonight...we r planning to spen about a week in utah...we were only there for like 12 hours...oh, i need ur phone number....

Lisa said...

Thanks Hannah! If only I could have been witness to the rap!

Amanda J said...

How fun!! That is so creative!

Jen said...

Hannah - You crack me up! 4th graders loved it and I'm sure my high schoolers would have loved it as well.