Poems
and Songs to Help us learn about Money
MONEY POEM
Penny, penny,
easy spent,
Copper brown and worth one cent.
Nickel, nickel, thick and
fat,
You’re worth 5. I know that.
Dime, dime, little and
thin,
I remember—you’re worth 10.
Quarter, quarter, big
and bold,
You’re worth 25, I am told.
Half a dollar, half a
dollar,
Giant size.
50 cents to buy some fries.
Dollar, dollar,
green and long,
With 100 cents you can’t go wrong.
Penny
Poem
Penny, penny,
Easily spent.
Copper
brown
and worth one cent.
Nickle
Poem
Nickel,
nickel,
Thick and fat.
You're worth five cents,
I know that.
Dime
Poem
Dime, dime,
Little and thin.
I remember,
you're worth ten.
Quarter
Quarter, quarter,
big and bold.
You're worth twenty-five
I am
told.
Taken from a Bill Martin Jr. workshop
A
Penny Is One Cent
A penny is one cent (stamp your foot)
A nickel is five
(slap your thigh)
A dime is ten cents (clap your hands)
A quarter
twenty-five (snap fingers over your head).
How many cents have I on this
try?
The
Penny
> See the shiny penny, brown as it can
be,
> Showing Abe Lincoln for all of us to see.
> He had a bushy
beard and a tall black hat.
> A penny's worth one cent. How about that?
The
Nickel
> Thomas Jefferson will be found
>
On a nickel, shiny, smooth, and round.
> His home, Monticello, is on the
other side.
> A nickel is worth five cents. Say it with pride.
The
Dime
> A dime is the smallest coin of them
all,
> With Roosevelt posing nice and tall.
> A dime is worth ten
cents. Don't you agree?
> Which makes Roosevelt as happy as can be!
To the tune of "Oh My Darling Clementine",
sing:
There are seven days, there are seven days, there are
seven
days in a week.
There are seven days, there are seven days, there
are seven
days in a week.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday,
Saturday.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday.
Have the students point to each day name as they sing it.
Teaching is a Work
of Heart
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