Alligator, alligator, sitting in the zoo,
Don’t you think feeding time is through?
You’ve eaten 9 whole pizzas!
“You gave me 9 pizzas that I’m thankful for,
But please, please please, could I have 10 more?”
10 more than 9…10 + 9 = 19.
Alligator, alligator, sitting in the zoo,
Don’t you think feeding time is through?
You’ve eaten 19 whole pizzas!
“You gave me 19 pizzas that I’m thankful for,
But please, please please, could I have 10 more?”
10 more than 19…10 + 19 = 29.
Oh, yeah!
Teaching Tips:
The Pizza-Eating Alligator is a fun character who teaches children concepts of addition, subtraction, greater than, and less than. He appears several times on the We Love Math CD.
Teach children to look down the hundreds chart to find 10 more. This is one example of how we can find patterns in numbers.
Print the PDF version of this song (coming soon) for a more “kid-friendly” song sheet. Feel free to use artwork in your classroom!
Many thanks to Jennifer Fixman for permission to display these lyrics, graphics, and teaching tips.
Copyright 2003 Jennifer Fixman. All rights reserved. Reproducible for classroom use only.
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