Showing posts with label Franny Vergo. Show all posts
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Sunday, November 9, 2014

Composite or Prime?

 Her age 
is 9.
 
Is that 9
composite
or prime?

     I have a wonderful collection of grandchildren and am continually on the lookout for both math and poetry activities to include in the things that they enjoy.  Recently I mail-ordered retired fourth-grade teacher Franny Vergo's collection Mathapalooza:  A Collection of Math Poetry for Primary and Intermediate Students (AuthorHouse, 2013).  Here is a sample from that collection: