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Figure Eight

From Schoolhouse Rock! · 1973

Figure Eight
3 min2nd3rd4th5thMath
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Summary

A dreamy ice-skating song that traces a figure eight while counting by eights. The looping skater makes the eights feel smooth.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

A dreamy ice-skating song that traces a figure eight while counting by eights.

  1. How could doubling help you multiply by eight?
  2. What does counting by eights sound like?
  3. How is eight made of two fours?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: multiply, double, eights.

Try it: Skip-count by eights to 80 and explain how the fours can help.