The Preposition Song
I made this little song so I could learn my prepositions
About the places things could be and even their positions
About, Above, Across, Along, Among and Beside
After, Against, Around and At, Into, and Inside
I will admit that this is all very hard to understand
And at the end it will cramp up my little hurting hand
Before I get Behind, Below, Beneath or Between
I will go Down During gym class and very Likely scream
Besides the fact that this will end some time in the short future
And Except For this I’d have a headache even doctor’s couldn’t cure
To learn Before, Beyond, and But - By, From, In, and Past
Of, Off, Onto, Outside, Over, Since, Through – and no it’s not the last!
They say that Opposites attract, but Underneath it all
The end is Near, On will I go Toward the very final call
So Out, Under, Until and Up, Upon, With and Without
Within and To and “THAT IS ALL” I finally get to shout!
So learn your prepositions and keep a smile on your face
You’ll be smarter and be relieved you’ll always know your place
And in ten years you will still be singing this crazy song
And remember your fourth grade class to which you used to belong.
-Mrs. PeoriaIllinoisan, 2008
Sung to the tune of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Major General’s Song.
April 28th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Tom Lehrer sang the entire periodic table to that tune, too!
The Element Song
What a great tune for memorizing lists.
April 29th, 2008 at 11:16 am
I don’t think going down during gym class is appropriate for 4th graders. Just a thought.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
MM, where is your head at…?
April 29th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
CJ - we actually spent some quite a bit of time watching his videos last night- my wife said her teacher playing that video is one of the distinct things she remembered from her High School chemistry class. (Probably reel to reel on a projector, of course.) I find that interesting because she graduated college with a degree in BioChemistry.
May 1st, 2008 at 12:52 pm
You know, if it was just “going down” I wouldn’t have thought a thing, but when you add the part about screaming, I have to admit there is a double entendre there, not that any 4th graders would notice. I betcha the author put it in there just to give the poor teachers a small chuckle.