Veronica Speaks Volumes

Math, Memorization and Music              I've always liked music and when I was very young, "Sesame Street" introduced counting to me in many ways using puppets, cartoons, adults and children but I especially remember how a song that set "1, 2, 3, 4 , 5" to music inspired me. I had already learned how to  count because my mother and father taught me how to but this song was melodic and resonated with me. I found myself singing and humming it often as a young child. I even counted objects to the tune of the melody. This was my introduction to math memorization and music. The following clip is that very same segment from "Sesame Street" that mesmerized me when I was a little girl. https://youtu.be/3l2zPVHI8AU      My first memory of liking math is when I first heard the five times tables on a children  commercial called "School House Rock". This commercial did the five times tables by music. I was able to catch the rhythm and r

Finding Volume (Poem)           I found a cube and wanted to know "How could I measure it's volume?" And so... I used my ruler to measure it right I measured the  length, width and height I multiplied length times width times height Because that's the formula to get it right You can multiply the formula in any order Just remember volume is a gas, solid or liquid like water by Veronica L. Jackson CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.5.MD.C.3.A A cube with side length 1 unit, called a "unit cube," is said to have "one cubic unit" of volume, and can be used to measure volume