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A Million Dots
It's a long way to
a million, right?
Of course it is.
But do you really know
what a million looks like?
If you'd like to see -- actually see, right now, with your own eyes -- what a million looks like, just open this book.
Be prepared to learn some interesting things along the way.
Like how many shoe boxes it would take to make a stack to Mount Everest.
And be prepared to do some number wondering of your own.
But, most of all, be prepared to be amazed.
Because a million is a LOT of dots.
a million, right?
Of course it is.
But do you really know
what a million looks like?
If you'd like to see -- actually see, right now, with your own eyes -- what a million looks like, just open this book.
Be prepared to learn some interesting things along the way.
Like how many shoe boxes it would take to make a stack to Mount Everest.
And be prepared to do some number wondering of your own.
But, most of all, be prepared to be amazed.
Because a million is a LOT of dots.
48 pages, Hardcover
First published June 27, 2006
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About the author
Andrew Clements
190 books2,182 followersI was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1949 and lived in Oaklyn and Cherry Hill until the middle of sixth grade. Then we moved to Springfield, Illinois. My parents were avid readers and they gave that love of books and reading to me and to all my brothers and sisters. I didn’t think about being a writer at all back then, but I did love to read. I'm certain there's a link between reading good books and becoming a writer. I don't know a single writer who wasn’t a reader first.
Before moving to Illinois, and even afterwards, our family spent summers at a cabin on a lake in Maine. There was no TV there, no phone, no doorbell—and email wasn’t even invented. All day there was time to swim and fish and mess around outside, and every night, there was time to read. I know those quiet summers helped me begin to think like a writer.
During my senior year at Springfield High School my English teacher handed back a poem I’d written. Two things were amazing about that paper. First, I’d gotten an A—a rare event in this teacher’s class. And she’d also written in large, scrawly red writing, “Andrew—this poem is so funny. This should be published!”
That praise sent me off to Northwestern University feeling like I was a pretty good writer, and occasionally professors there also encouraged me and complimented the essays I was required to write as a literature major. But I didn’t write much on my own—just some poetry now and then. I learned to play guitar and began writing songs, but again, only when I felt like it. Writing felt like hard work—something that’s still true today.
After the songwriting came my first job in publishing. I worked for a small publisher who specialized in how-to books, the kind of books that have photos with informative captions below each one. The book in which my name first appeared in print is called A Country Christmas Treasury. I’d built a number of the projects featured in the book, and I was listed as one of the “craftspeople”on the acknowlegements page, in tiny, tiny type.
In 1990 I began trying to write a story about a boy who makes up a new word. That book eventually became my first novel, Frindle, published in 1996, and you can read the whole story of how it developed on another web site, frindle.com. Frindle became popular, more popular than any of my books before or since—at least so far. And it had the eventual effect of turning me into a full-time writer.
I’ve learned that I need time and a quiet place to think and write. These days, I spend a lot of my time sitting in a small shed about seventy feet from my back door at our home in Massachusetts. There’s a woodstove in there for the cold winters, and an air conditioner for the hot summers. There’s a desk and chair, and I carry a laptop computer back and forth. But there’s no TV, no phone, no doorbell, no email. And the woodstove and the pine board walls make the place smell just like that cabin in Maine where I spent my earliest summers.
Sometimes kids ask how I've been able to write so many books. The answer is simple: one word at a time. Which is a good lesson, I think. You don't have to do everything at once. You don't have to know how every story is going to end. You just have to take that next step, look for that next idea, write that next word. And growing up, it's the same way. We just have to go to that next class, read that next chapter, help that next person. You simply have to do that next good thing, and before you know it, you're living a good life.
Before moving to Illinois, and even afterwards, our family spent summers at a cabin on a lake in Maine. There was no TV there, no phone, no doorbell—and email wasn’t even invented. All day there was time to swim and fish and mess around outside, and every night, there was time to read. I know those quiet summers helped me begin to think like a writer.
During my senior year at Springfield High School my English teacher handed back a poem I’d written. Two things were amazing about that paper. First, I’d gotten an A—a rare event in this teacher’s class. And she’d also written in large, scrawly red writing, “Andrew—this poem is so funny. This should be published!”
That praise sent me off to Northwestern University feeling like I was a pretty good writer, and occasionally professors there also encouraged me and complimented the essays I was required to write as a literature major. But I didn’t write much on my own—just some poetry now and then. I learned to play guitar and began writing songs, but again, only when I felt like it. Writing felt like hard work—something that’s still true today.
After the songwriting came my first job in publishing. I worked for a small publisher who specialized in how-to books, the kind of books that have photos with informative captions below each one. The book in which my name first appeared in print is called A Country Christmas Treasury. I’d built a number of the projects featured in the book, and I was listed as one of the “craftspeople”on the acknowlegements page, in tiny, tiny type.
In 1990 I began trying to write a story about a boy who makes up a new word. That book eventually became my first novel, Frindle, published in 1996, and you can read the whole story of how it developed on another web site, frindle.com. Frindle became popular, more popular than any of my books before or since—at least so far. And it had the eventual effect of turning me into a full-time writer.
I’ve learned that I need time and a quiet place to think and write. These days, I spend a lot of my time sitting in a small shed about seventy feet from my back door at our home in Massachusetts. There’s a woodstove in there for the cold winters, and an air conditioner for the hot summers. There’s a desk and chair, and I carry a laptop computer back and forth. But there’s no TV, no phone, no doorbell, no email. And the woodstove and the pine board walls make the place smell just like that cabin in Maine where I spent my earliest summers.
Sometimes kids ask how I've been able to write so many books. The answer is simple: one word at a time. Which is a good lesson, I think. You don't have to do everything at once. You don't have to know how every story is going to end. You just have to take that next step, look for that next idea, write that next word. And growing up, it's the same way. We just have to go to that next class, read that next chapter, help that next person. You simply have to do that next good thing, and before you know it, you're living a good life.
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April 25, 2021
This was one of those books that created a lot of “wows” and oohs and ahhhs. It’s also a book that brings out the nerds in the family who like to add their facts. Ask how I know! 🤣
May 11, 2010
Clements gives the reader a fascinating look into what "a million" actually looks like. Each page has 23,808 dots. And each page includes a fun fact or two about one of the numbers represented on the page, for example, at dot #186,000 we learn that light travels through space at about 186,000 miles per second. Some of the facts are completely bizarre and I had to wonder who had bothered to calculate something like that. Nevertheless, it was quite fun.
One thing that I didn't enjoy too much was trying to find the selected dot on the page - for example, dot #186,000 is circled on that page. But the dots are so small and the circle sometimes blends into the background illustration. So that can make it very difficult or almost impossible to find the dots at times (I never did find one of them). This would be more fun if it were not verging on frustrating.
Still a very fun book that really does illustrate just how large a million is.
One thing that I didn't enjoy too much was trying to find the selected dot on the page - for example, dot #186,000 is circled on that page. But the dots are so small and the circle sometimes blends into the background illustration. So that can make it very difficult or almost impossible to find the dots at times (I never did find one of them). This would be more fun if it were not verging on frustrating.
Still a very fun book that really does illustrate just how large a million is.
December 25, 2007
A cute book with many facts about interesting stuff, such as how many cars are taken to the junkyard and much more! I thought it was really fun. And has EXACTLY One Million Dots.
March 5, 2009
Great book showing how much a million really is. It's a lot!
March 14, 2017
As a future math teacher I feel this book will be really useful. Sometimes it is hard for students to grasp just how many one million is. This book gives many interesting facts leading up to a million dots. Each page is filled with lots of dots and a fun fact about that number. I feel that student would really enjoy reading this book. It is long so many a page a day would be really helpful if I shared it with the class.
November 10, 2019
We love Clements's novels so I was excited when I read about this foray into math concepts. It did not disappoint. My son and I took in every beautifully illustrated page with delight and it sparked lots of conversation about relative size and other ideas. One quibble which, in fairness, applies to most books: we know gender is non-binary yet the author refers to men/women and boys/girls instead of using neutral terms such as adults and children.
May 24, 2018
Children's picture books are wonderful and incredibly creative.
My kids are older now so I don't read them as often but working in a library allows me to indulge my reading hunger and I discover all kinds of amazing books.
The idea behind this one is so simple yet thoroughly entertaining and educational with plenty of small titbits of fascinating information to tickle curious young minds.
My kids are older now so I don't read them as often but working in a library allows me to indulge my reading hunger and I discover all kinds of amazing books.
The idea behind this one is so simple yet thoroughly entertaining and educational with plenty of small titbits of fascinating information to tickle curious young minds.
March 29, 2019
A great book for a math lesson. It calculates different facts and dimensions about the world. Students would be fascinated about the claims that are made mathematically. The illustrations are all made of dots. In all, the book contains one million dots throughout the pictures.
February 5, 2025
A nifty book that takes an interesting approach on number sense. The book has different facts that go up to a million. It helps the reader to visualize the amount of each given number. Possibly a good book to teach with place value.
June 18, 2025
Worst storytime book ever. DO NOT READ THIS ALOUD. The kids will swarm you to see the one single differently colored dot on each page. It will cause pandemonium when the other kids can't see. It takes forever to get through. This book is not suitable as a read aloud to a group.
August 2, 2017
Such a creative concept! It helped me to visual a million better and the facts were fun, if sometimes utterly random.
August 12, 2017
This is a fun and creative way to demonstrate how much a million is. It is sure to be liked by fans of math and trivia. I can imagine children delving into it with enthusiasm.
March 3, 2018
Great way to relate to a million!
Admittedly though, the math confused me.
Admittedly though, the math confused me.
June 29, 2019
Cool way to make big numbers more meaningful.
August 18, 2019
Another great maths book for our home school library.
It is hard to visualize or understand the concept of a million. This book is a great visual aid.
It is hard to visualize or understand the concept of a million. This book is a great visual aid.
November 6, 2019
Interesting book. Lots of facts and LOTS of dots. Would be good for a kid that likes information. But it's a little boring for kids that don't get the point.
November 8, 2019
What a great idea!
January 22, 2020
An amazing job of making the abstract concept of a MILLION grasp-able.
Have you ever held a million somethings in your hand?
Have you ever held a million somethings in your hand?
August 19, 2021
My daughter got tired of these facts real quick. They seemed a bit arbitrary.
January 24, 2022
This would be great for children who have a knack with numbers and love number details. Other children may find this a bit of a challenge.
April 25, 2023
I enjoyed how this book included facts about life. Students can pick a fact from the book and research it. It included detailed facts and pictures.
July 24, 2024
This is not an original idea. See the book "One Million" by Henrik Hertzberg for the book for adults! This book by a favorite author is the kids' version of the book. Entrancing!
December 4, 2012
Citation: A Million Dots, by Andrew Clements. (Simon & Schuster Children’s, 2006). 48 p. Counting Picture Book.
Summary: Clements uses large number facts and images created with thousands of dots to illustrate for readers the vast number of 1,000,000.
Critique: a) Clements seems to have researched and calculated several extreme numbers to be able to come up with his content, which most readers can assume is accurate.
b) While some of the facts Clements uses to illustrate his counting are fascinating, a handful of them are extremely obscure, even to the point of being confusing for young readers. While certain students who may be uniquely interested in this type of calculation, I’m not sure this makes the numbers accessible to young readers, as I’m guessing was Clements’ purpose. Also, as more of a personal pet peeve, Clements uses the words “a million” seemingly interchangeably with the number 1,000,000, and as a math teacher, I would have preferred him to distinguish “one million.”
c) Several of Clements’ facts are unique, yet understandable and applicable for young readers, like three pencils could draw a line 554,000 feet long. The example of 800,000 Silly Putty eggs making a cube that is 7 ft, 4 inches square, which would weigh 23,408 lbs, which is as much as two large African elephants has several calculations going on, each one making it more removed for young readers. In the same way, the example using 416,000 words to tell 46 adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and still having 149,000 other words remaining left even this adult reader confused as to the true numeric fact related to counting to one million.
Curriculum Connection: As a large number math activity, students in 4th or 5th grade could select one of the facts to calculate in several forms of measurement. For example, transferring a fact given in minutes into hours, days, or weeks.
Summary: Clements uses large number facts and images created with thousands of dots to illustrate for readers the vast number of 1,000,000.
Critique: a) Clements seems to have researched and calculated several extreme numbers to be able to come up with his content, which most readers can assume is accurate.
b) While some of the facts Clements uses to illustrate his counting are fascinating, a handful of them are extremely obscure, even to the point of being confusing for young readers. While certain students who may be uniquely interested in this type of calculation, I’m not sure this makes the numbers accessible to young readers, as I’m guessing was Clements’ purpose. Also, as more of a personal pet peeve, Clements uses the words “a million” seemingly interchangeably with the number 1,000,000, and as a math teacher, I would have preferred him to distinguish “one million.”
c) Several of Clements’ facts are unique, yet understandable and applicable for young readers, like three pencils could draw a line 554,000 feet long. The example of 800,000 Silly Putty eggs making a cube that is 7 ft, 4 inches square, which would weigh 23,408 lbs, which is as much as two large African elephants has several calculations going on, each one making it more removed for young readers. In the same way, the example using 416,000 words to tell 46 adventures of Sherlock Holmes, and still having 149,000 other words remaining left even this adult reader confused as to the true numeric fact related to counting to one million.
Curriculum Connection: As a large number math activity, students in 4th or 5th grade could select one of the facts to calculate in several forms of measurement. For example, transferring a fact given in minutes into hours, days, or weeks.
November 5, 2012
Textbook – The Joy of Children’s Literature – P. 73
Genre – Counting Book
Summary:
Explore this book as it begins and ends with a single dot. In between be mesmerized by the illustrations made out of dots. Learn bits of information throughout on every page about what the illustration represents. Count and follow along with the amount of dots have been used and presented throughout the story.
A) The illustrations are vivid and the number that it is connected to is used wonderfully providing the reader with information about the picture.
B) The illustrations are made with a set number of dots that represent the information in the picture. When looking at the book you not only are learning about numbers and counting and adding the number of dots that are consumed on every page, but facts about the pictures on the pages.
C) For example we learn that it took 238,857 dots to draw a picture of a cow flying over the moon with a little bit of the Earth showing below. At the bottom of the page we learned that it is 238,857 miles from the Earth to the moon. On the opposite page there a many different colored butterflies shown. It took 265,00 dots to make them. We learn that there are 265,000 different kinds of moths and butterflies that live on Earth.
Curriculum Connection:
Use this book to go along with your curriculum when you are teaching students how to pronounce long numbers. Use the information in the illustrations to show students how you can learn from a drawing. Challenge students to make their own dot picture. See if they can provide a fact to go along with their picture.
Genre – Counting Book
Summary:
Explore this book as it begins and ends with a single dot. In between be mesmerized by the illustrations made out of dots. Learn bits of information throughout on every page about what the illustration represents. Count and follow along with the amount of dots have been used and presented throughout the story.
A) The illustrations are vivid and the number that it is connected to is used wonderfully providing the reader with information about the picture.
B) The illustrations are made with a set number of dots that represent the information in the picture. When looking at the book you not only are learning about numbers and counting and adding the number of dots that are consumed on every page, but facts about the pictures on the pages.
C) For example we learn that it took 238,857 dots to draw a picture of a cow flying over the moon with a little bit of the Earth showing below. At the bottom of the page we learned that it is 238,857 miles from the Earth to the moon. On the opposite page there a many different colored butterflies shown. It took 265,00 dots to make them. We learn that there are 265,000 different kinds of moths and butterflies that live on Earth.
Curriculum Connection:
Use this book to go along with your curriculum when you are teaching students how to pronounce long numbers. Use the information in the illustrations to show students how you can learn from a drawing. Challenge students to make their own dot picture. See if they can provide a fact to go along with their picture.
October 9, 2012
Genre: Counting Book
Summary: Through fun and interesting facts, the reader views 1 million dots with illustrations included. Each page tells you how many dots that have been viewed since the beginning, teaching children about counting while learning silly number facts, such as how many shoe boxes it takes to get to the top of Mount Everest.
Critique:
a. The texture of the illustrations with the use of dots.
b. The bright and colorful illustrations along with black dots cover more than half the page. The dots mixed with all the colors create an interesting texture that creates movement. The dots also seem to add an almost 3-d like effect that makes the pictures really stand out.
c. The pictures were so fun to look at, I found myself just staring at the page, trying to comprehend how many dots were there. The dots created such a neat texture that just gave the reader so much more to look at and explore. On page 25, there is a clothes dryer full of clothes that actually looks like it is moving. I think it is the dots that give it the appearance of shaking. Also, on page 15, there is a page full of butterflies and it is as if they are fluttering around the page.
Curriculum Connection: This book would be great for 1st or 2nd grade classes. One million is a hard number to grasp but seeing all these dots would show young students how big one million really is. I also think they would have a great time just looking at the pictures and reading the fun facts.
Summary: Through fun and interesting facts, the reader views 1 million dots with illustrations included. Each page tells you how many dots that have been viewed since the beginning, teaching children about counting while learning silly number facts, such as how many shoe boxes it takes to get to the top of Mount Everest.
Critique:
a. The texture of the illustrations with the use of dots.
b. The bright and colorful illustrations along with black dots cover more than half the page. The dots mixed with all the colors create an interesting texture that creates movement. The dots also seem to add an almost 3-d like effect that makes the pictures really stand out.
c. The pictures were so fun to look at, I found myself just staring at the page, trying to comprehend how many dots were there. The dots created such a neat texture that just gave the reader so much more to look at and explore. On page 25, there is a clothes dryer full of clothes that actually looks like it is moving. I think it is the dots that give it the appearance of shaking. Also, on page 15, there is a page full of butterflies and it is as if they are fluttering around the page.
Curriculum Connection: This book would be great for 1st or 2nd grade classes. One million is a hard number to grasp but seeing all these dots would show young students how big one million really is. I also think they would have a great time just looking at the pictures and reading the fun facts.
September 21, 2013
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Found in Classroom Textbook
The book a Million Dots by Andrew Clements creatively portrays how numbers surround our lives! Many “counting” books mainly focus on 1,2,3 etc., but this book takes a chance with experiencing large numbers, and illustrates how we use numbers all around our planet. The story begins by enticing the reader about how they will view one million dots throughout the book. As pages are turned, Clements uses real life examples of numbers, such as explaining how a person blinks about 134,000 times a week. The illustrations were awesome, as they depict the numerical fact being told, with the equivalent amount of dots in the background of the picture. I like the idea of using this story in a math OR science class as it provides many different interesting facts, such as facts about the Earth and the speed of light. I like how Clements took the approach of the thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands and eventually one million instead of simply 1-10 or 1-100. This broader spectrum allows the book to be enjoyed by more than just younger grades. Overall, I like this book of numerical facts and found it quite interesting. I think it could be enjoyed my all age groups and provides many fun ways of helping students understand that numbers are everywhere.
Found in Classroom Textbook
The book a Million Dots by Andrew Clements creatively portrays how numbers surround our lives! Many “counting” books mainly focus on 1,2,3 etc., but this book takes a chance with experiencing large numbers, and illustrates how we use numbers all around our planet. The story begins by enticing the reader about how they will view one million dots throughout the book. As pages are turned, Clements uses real life examples of numbers, such as explaining how a person blinks about 134,000 times a week. The illustrations were awesome, as they depict the numerical fact being told, with the equivalent amount of dots in the background of the picture. I like the idea of using this story in a math OR science class as it provides many different interesting facts, such as facts about the Earth and the speed of light. I like how Clements took the approach of the thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands and eventually one million instead of simply 1-10 or 1-100. This broader spectrum allows the book to be enjoyed by more than just younger grades. Overall, I like this book of numerical facts and found it quite interesting. I think it could be enjoyed my all age groups and provides many fun ways of helping students understand that numbers are everywhere.
November 6, 2012
Citation: A Million Dots, by Andrew Clements. (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2006.) 45p. Counting.
Genre: Picture Book – Counting
Summary: A Million Dots takes you on a fun fact filled adventure of dots. Each page is filled with interesting details about different places and things throughout the country.
A. One of the strengths of the story is the knowledge that is gained from all of the fun facts throughout the story.
B. The book contains numerous examples of facts about the world, insects, and animals to name a few. Each page is filled with dots and the author gives the number of dots through the illustration on the page. It is a great way for children to learn a lot of facts and understand how dots can make up a multitude of things.
C. On pages 4 and 5 Andrew Clements has three different facts made up of different dots. For example, “The wings of a mosquito beat 600 times each second.” Clements then shows an illustration of a mosquito and 600 dots that represent how many times the wings of a mosquito beat.
Curriculum Connection: I think this book would be a good read aloud for students who are learning how to count and a fun way to introduce fun facts about things in the world.
Genre: Picture Book – Counting
Summary: A Million Dots takes you on a fun fact filled adventure of dots. Each page is filled with interesting details about different places and things throughout the country.
A. One of the strengths of the story is the knowledge that is gained from all of the fun facts throughout the story.
B. The book contains numerous examples of facts about the world, insects, and animals to name a few. Each page is filled with dots and the author gives the number of dots through the illustration on the page. It is a great way for children to learn a lot of facts and understand how dots can make up a multitude of things.
C. On pages 4 and 5 Andrew Clements has three different facts made up of different dots. For example, “The wings of a mosquito beat 600 times each second.” Clements then shows an illustration of a mosquito and 600 dots that represent how many times the wings of a mosquito beat.
Curriculum Connection: I think this book would be a good read aloud for students who are learning how to count and a fun way to introduce fun facts about things in the world.
October 16, 2012
1. This book belongs in the counting picturebook genre.
2. We all know a million is a big number, but how big? In this book, Andrew Clements and Illustrator Mike Reeds show the reader how many dots is a million dots. Throughout the book number facts are given about various items.
3. The area for critique is content.
The content in this book is very interesting. Not only are the illustrations captivating, I particularly loved the number facts given about everyday items. To give scope to numbers, the author complied facts about everyday items such as:
"A person blinks about 134,000 times each week."
"A stack of 232,224 shoe boxes would be three times taller than Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth."
Using these types of examples give kids an idea of how much is a lot. The content facts are very interesting and they are what kept me turning the pages.
This book is probably more suitable for children third grade and up.
4. This book could be integrated into the curriculum in the following ways:
Math: Counting, Place value
Art: Dot illustration
2. We all know a million is a big number, but how big? In this book, Andrew Clements and Illustrator Mike Reeds show the reader how many dots is a million dots. Throughout the book number facts are given about various items.
3. The area for critique is content.
The content in this book is very interesting. Not only are the illustrations captivating, I particularly loved the number facts given about everyday items. To give scope to numbers, the author complied facts about everyday items such as:
"A person blinks about 134,000 times each week."
"A stack of 232,224 shoe boxes would be three times taller than Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth."
Using these types of examples give kids an idea of how much is a lot. The content facts are very interesting and they are what kept me turning the pages.
This book is probably more suitable for children third grade and up.
4. This book could be integrated into the curriculum in the following ways:
Math: Counting, Place value
Art: Dot illustration
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November 27, 2012Genre: counting picture book
Summary: Andrew Clements gives fun and interesting facts while exploring the counting of over a million dots.
Critique:
A) illustrative- plot
B)Clements gives examples of how different numbers of dots are connected to different facts. By illustrating this, Clements uses bright and colorful dots that capture the readers attention while conveying the interesting fact on the given page. Without these illustrations, the book would have no meaning.
C) specifically, Clements uses the example of " dot 675,000 -
"Like chocolate? To eat 675,000 Hershey's bars, you would have to eat one bar every two minutes, nonstop, for more than 234 days"
His illustrations on this page enhance his fact by creating a wonderful illustration to match, creating a great visual for readers.
Curriculum connection: I would use this book when teaching fact families and multiplication. The multiplication facts are already listed, and it would be wonderful for students to create their own as well.
Summary: Andrew Clements gives fun and interesting facts while exploring the counting of over a million dots.
Critique:
A) illustrative- plot
B)Clements gives examples of how different numbers of dots are connected to different facts. By illustrating this, Clements uses bright and colorful dots that capture the readers attention while conveying the interesting fact on the given page. Without these illustrations, the book would have no meaning.
C) specifically, Clements uses the example of " dot 675,000 -
"Like chocolate? To eat 675,000 Hershey's bars, you would have to eat one bar every two minutes, nonstop, for more than 234 days"
His illustrations on this page enhance his fact by creating a wonderful illustration to match, creating a great visual for readers.
Curriculum connection: I would use this book when teaching fact families and multiplication. The multiplication facts are already listed, and it would be wonderful for students to create their own as well.
November 6, 2012
1. Genre for this book is a picture book-Counting
2. This book explains what a million dots look like. It gives multiple "numerical" views as well. Using different objects, it depicts what numbers really look like.
3. (A) The area for comment is content
(B) The content in this book along with it's illustrations makes it great for teaching children how to count by using cool facts. Using number facts to help children learn how to count in genius.
(C) The one fact that stood out to me was "A person blinks 134,000 a week". That sounds like a ridiculous amount of times, but it's also a very cool counting fact to have learned. I for one did not know that.
4. Curriculum connection: To use this book in the classroom, I would definitely use it for counting as well as placement. Showing the students the cool facts will help them understand place value as well as the use of "larger" numbers.
2. This book explains what a million dots look like. It gives multiple "numerical" views as well. Using different objects, it depicts what numbers really look like.
3. (A) The area for comment is content
(B) The content in this book along with it's illustrations makes it great for teaching children how to count by using cool facts. Using number facts to help children learn how to count in genius.
(C) The one fact that stood out to me was "A person blinks 134,000 a week". That sounds like a ridiculous amount of times, but it's also a very cool counting fact to have learned. I for one did not know that.
4. Curriculum connection: To use this book in the classroom, I would definitely use it for counting as well as placement. Showing the students the cool facts will help them understand place value as well as the use of "larger" numbers.
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