Last Tuesday math learners attempted to count to one million. The goal was for students to gain an understanding of just how great a number one million is. Before we began, students shared their thoughts on the value of one million. They have heard about millions of dollars being spent and millions of people living in cities. Could we possibly count to one million, using place value blocks?
The class exhibited impressive teamwork skills in how they organized themselves and the blocks. After about fifteen minutes they had exhausted our school's supply of place value blocks. They had reached 50,000 and realized what twenty times this would look like. Suddenly, a million took on new meaning.
"Before we did this, I thought a million wasn't a lot, but now I think one million is bigger than I imagined."
- Gabe
"A million is now like the biggest number in the world." -Natalie
As we we work our way toward the billions place value, students have a deeper understanding of the value of numbers.
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