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“The stranger bellowed, never four“ This is a fun twist on Poe's poem “The Raven“.

this poem includes an “about the poets“ page. I think this is a cool feature that teaches children about the history of American Poetry. For fun, I'd want to read to my class excerpts from one or two of the original poems.

“Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems“ by J. Patrick Lewis, 2015. Poetry book. I think this book is so creative! The purpose is to teach kids math in a fun new way, through poetry. All the poems are also fun twists on poems from famous poets, like Edgar Allan Poe.

“When an elephant sat down to order
A half of a third of a quarter
Of an eighty-foot bun
And a frankfurter son,
Was it longer than three free, or shorter?“

I would use this book in my classroom because I think it is an exciting way for children to see math for the first time and view it as fun rather than challenging or hard.

Edgar Allan Poe's Pie:Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems written by J. Patrick Lewis. This book is full of math puzzles formed into classic poems. This book is neat because it's basically a math equation and then the answer is upside down at the bottom of the page. This book allows children to see math in a new/fresh way that is fun.

Took a knife from the kitchen drawer,
And screamed aloud, “How many cuts
Give me ten pieces?“ through the door,
The stranger bellowed, “Never four!“

This book would be great for third grade to fifth grade. These poems are beyond a lot of their thinking original author wise, but the math is at their level. The humor presented in these puzzles will go over most of the kid's heads, but the problems are very good for this age.

This book is very unique. It re works poems by famous authors and makes them mathematical puzzles. The answers are provided at the bottom of the page, which can lead to students understanding the problem or not at all. There is rhythm in each of these poems based around the deceased original author. It isn't really consistent. The sound of these poems connect to something deeper (original author), which most children may not understand.

The fifteen-inch square pizza
with three-by-three-inch slices
was so inviting
I couldn't resist eating nineteen and a half of them
Forgive me, Flossie
you were hungry, too
I put the box back
in the refrigerator
beside the white chickens
how many pieces
of pizza were left?

I loved the colorful illustrations in this book of poems. As well as, how each poem had a poet that it was inspire by. In the back of the book is pictures of all the people who inspired the author, including a description of them and their accomplishments.

I really enjoyed this book of math poems because each poem had a different story incorporating math skills and rhyming. I loved how at the bottom of the page in very small font is the math answer to the poem. This book would be great for reading poetry to children and having a math lesson as well!

“the stranger bellowed, “Never four!””

This is fun book that could integrate math and language arts. Love this! It is bright and colorful as well!

Published in 2012, This fun book of math puzzles incorporates poetry and math. I like this book a lot. A.A. Milne‘s Spooky Garden, Edgar Allan Poe‘s Apple Pie and Robert Frost‘s Boxer Shorts were the ones I read in this book. I love those illustrations which is why I chose those. This would be a fun book for young children to get thinking about math.

“Took a knife from the kitchen drawer and screamed aloud “how many cuts give me ten pieces?” Through the door the stranger bellowed “never four!”

I loved that it brings poetry that would possibly be above their heads and simplifies it. Also tying in math i think this is just a really fun book.

Written by j Patrick Lewis and published in 2012. This is such a fun book. There are matt puzzles in twists on classic poems. Who doesn‘t love a lesson that double dips literacy and math ? Obviously for grade level that is working on levels all the way up to division though.

“Once upon a midnight rotten, Cold, and rainy, I‘d forgotten all about the apple pie”

The poem has a great illustration that relates directly to the poem.

This anthology is very interesting due to the fact that it takes classic works of literature and poetry and turns it into a modern poetry. The theme of the poems is a modern silly twist on classic poetry.

“My book closed twice before its close—
The two opposing pages
That added up to 113—
Were smudged around the edges—“

This would be great for an elementary math class if you are trying to tie literature and math together. The poems have math problems built into them, which makes the book unique.

The concept of this book of poems was very interesting to me. It is a book of poems about math and old poets, but there were some that were a little confusing. I was confused on if the poems were poems that the mentioned poets actually wrote, or if they were just inspired by the poets. I liked the idea of the math and poetry combination, but it was just a little confusing.

This poetry book give a collection of different math puzzles told in the basis of poems. Its rhyming and intriguing to read me for the reader. It uses other outside knowledge to understand and put context clues together in order to understand the entire thing! I like it because it involves the reader like it was actually inside the book. The imagination made possible from this book is endless!

This book is fun and involves the reader through interactive poems that cause you to think and use our brain. I think kids would like this book because it hides the fact that you're actually just reading. They get to solve “mysteries“ and use math skills in a fun way!

Favorite poem-William Carlos Williams's pizza

This book would be great for 2nd graders in a math class because they are poems about math.

This poem book was a great read and can even be incorporated into a math lesson. Some of the poems are very descriptive so that children can imagine what they would actually see. Some of the poems rhyme while others don't.

“The thing about a shark is- teeth, said shark expert my brother keith.”

I would use this book in my future classroom because it contains multiple different poems which I think the children would find interesting to read. There are also answers to the poems.

This was a good book filled with poetry. It is a good book because this book uses rhymes that sound natural.

Edgar Allan Poe‘s Pie is a P/NF collection written by J. Patrick Lewis and illustrated by Michael Slack that could be used as an AS or as a RA for math puzzles. This book provides poems inspired by other famous poems/ poets, but these particular poems have math problems intertwined in them. The back of the book provides short bios about the poets included in this book. #UCFLAE3414F17