Math My Way

by: Carol Diggory Shields

Two plus two is twenty-two.

It's plain as day that this is true.

But teacher says she's very sure

That two plus two adds up to four.

Three plus three makes thirty-three.

That's the way it ought to be.

But teacher says the answer's six.

I don't know why. Must be a trick.

Four plus four is forty-four.

Not any less, not any more.

My teacher just can't get it straight.

She keeps on saying the answer's eight.

I give up. I'll go along.

I'll do it her way, though she's wrong.

But in my heart, I know what's true -

Two plus two makes twenty-two.

Money Poem

Penny, penny, easily spent

Copper brown and worth 1 cent.

Nickel, nickel, thick and fat

You're worth 5 cents, I know that.

Dime, dime, little and thin

I remember you're worth 10 cents.

Quarter, quarter, big and bold

You're worth 25 cents I am told.