Did you know it would take 11.5 days to count a million dots? Clements' book has a million dots and gives students a concept of just how many a million is. Each page marks numerical milestones on the way to a million. The 600th dot is circled indicating the number of times a mosquito's wings beats 600 per minute. The adult sperm whale weighs 87,600 pounds and there are 615,000 different words in the Oxford Dictionary are among the facts in the text. Don't go cross-eyed counting the dots!
Illustrated by Mike Reed
Thursday, April 19, 2007
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This is a unique presentation for large numbers. The use of dots could lead to a discussion of pointalism in art class as well.
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