Name of book:
How Much Is a Million?
Author: David Schwartz
Illustrated by Steven Kellogg
Recommended Grade Level: 4th
CCSSM 4.NBT.A.2
Read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. Compare two multi-digit numbers based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.
Standards for Mathematical Practice 2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively
Summary:
This book is about the various ways that students can conceptualize the size of multi-digit whole numbers. The wizard in the story takes kids on a journey of the ways to explore numbers in the millions, billions, and trillions.
Rating:
This book shows a creative way for students to see the different numbers we interact with and how the numbers are relevant to everyday use. Most students conceptualize millions as a monetary value and this book shows a different way to see numbers in our lives. It is a fascinating read and I recommend it to any teacher in the fourth grade when they are introducing place value.
Classroom Ideas:
This book can be used in many ways. It can be used as an anchor text to help students understand large numbers. It can be used in a center along with other books on place value. It can also be used to inspire math journaling.
I think it would be really cool if you were able to use the community and school to describe 1 million. So if you count everyone in our school x amount of times you would have 1 million people. I think it would be fun for the kids to use their own experiences or environment around them to count to one million.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this book is excellent to help students understand large numbers, by reinforcing place value using the three components: Base-ten Units, Flexible bundling and unbundling, and Positional Notation.
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