January 27, 2010 As parents, we use math all the time - as we shop, go out to eat, budget for grocery shopping, pay bills, read recipes and cook. Often, our children are with us during these tasks. Perhaps they are even helping out. Why not involve them in the math? Our goal for this year’s Family Math Night is to bring to light the opportunities for meaningful, quality math instruction right at home. Each activity showcased tonight is suitable for children of various ages. Parents often need to deal with two or more children at once, and these versatile math activities can be adjusted to challenge older children as well as to meet the needs of younger ones. The educators at each station will also suggest ways you might adapt the ideas to fit your family. Once you start, you’ll find yourself making your own adjustments automatically. Our hope is that tonight will serve as a model for incorporating math practice into aspects of daily life. With time, you will eventually feel more comfortable and begin to see opportunities for your child’s math practice all around you. Most important part of all – have fun! Incorporate math while grocery shopping or at home using items from the store Use Ads or Flyers: Counting Money to “Buy” Different Items Primary: Identify numbers and money amounts; Begin adding coins Intermediate: Add money amounts; Find the difference or make change Measurement/Geometry All levels: Identify capacity and ways to describe amounts (i.e., gallons, quarts, cups, pints, dozen, half dozen, less, more, etc.) Questions to ask-all ages: Can you find a gallon container? Can you find a group of a dozen? Which container do you think holds more? Which holds less? At home: Cook together. Ask your child to read the recipes and packages to identify and read measurements. This will be a help to you and fun for them! Using Food to Practice Math Skills Primary: Sort, Count, Graph, Measure, Add and Subtract Questions: How many yellow fruit loops does Mom have? Who has more, Mom or you? How many blue and red M & M’s are there? Intermediate: Graph, Add, Subtract, Multiply, Divide, Measure, Practice Probability Examples: How many more green M & M’s than red? How many blue and yellow fruit loops are there? If Jenny, Steve, and Alex are coming over and I have 12 skittles, how many will each person have? State facts in number sentence format: “1 orange skittle plus 5 green skittles is less than 12 purple skittles.” How big is it? o Compare sizes of different containers. Ask your child to put them in order by largest to smallest and vica versa. o Estimate capacity. How many of a small container can fit into a larger container? Allow your child to test his or her guess by filling the containers with rice or water. o Identify the different shapes of containers. Calculate the bill o Ask your child to choose items from the menu and add up the bill. Allow your child to check the work using a calculator. o Give your child a budget and challenge he or she to choose a complete meal that fits in that budget. o Estimate the cost of the bill by rounding. o For younger children: Ask them to identify digits and name mathematical symbols ($-dollar sign) found in the menu. They can identify money amounts and count how many come in a serving (e.g., sliders in an appetizer, slices in pizza). Keep the change o Intermediate skill - Allow your child to view the bill and determine the amount owed. Give them an amount of money to pay with and challenge your child find out how much change they should receive. o Primary skills- Count pennies up to a certain amount, identify the amount of different coins, count dollars, skip count using $5s and $10s. Students use a wide variety of math resources in the classroom to reinforce math skills. Below is a brief description of the web resources your child is using in their classroom. MindPoint Quiz Show MindPoint Quiz Show is a math program that transforms students into contestants by presenting content in a game show format. Instructors are able to assess students while the Quiz Show host directs the game and wiew results by state standard, topic, or learning objective. Students receive instant feedback on their answers; instructors receive instant feedback on student performance. There are three ways to play: a single player game against a computer opponent or racing the clock, a multiplayer game with one or two other students or a team competition with the entire class. Referenced from http://www.einstruction.com/products/interactive_teaching/mindpoint/ Fastt Math The FASTT Math intervention program uses the research-validated FASTT system (Fluency and Automaticity through Systematic Teaching with Technology) to help all students develop fluency with basic math facts. FASTT Math assesses all students to uncover fluency gaps and to establish a baseline of fluency for each student. Then, FASTT Math automatically differentiates instruction in customized, 10-minute daily sessions. FASTT Math helps all your students achieve math fact fluency – and build the confidence in mathematics they need to succeed. Grades 2 and up Covers basic 0-9 and 0-12 addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts English and Spanish Flexible implementation designed to support any curriculum or schedule 10-minute instructional sessions Referenced from http://www.tomsnyder.com/fasttmath/index.html Understanding Math Understanding Numeration teaches basic math concepts. Students are guided by visual and auditory prompts. Printable worksheets accompany the program, to further reinforce the lessons. Each new concept is introduced using interactive work. Specific examples of the math concept are given, followed by practice questions. The student then receives specific feedback regarding his / her work. When ready, a student takes a test on the topic. These tests can be used as pre-tests also. All topics come with printable worksheets for classroom or independent use. At all grade levels, students are introduced to math concepts with graphic explanations and on-screen manipulations. Concepts are introduced at the concrete level before moving on to the abstract. When the student makes a mistake, the program guides him / her through a series of hints, offering multiple approaches for different learning styles. Mistakes become opportunities for learning! Referenced from http://teachers.redclay.k12.de.us/pamela.waters/math/fetc/understandingnumerationplusan.htm l This packet includes directions for each of the games played at the Computation Station. Most games only need materials commonly found at home and items you received in your goodie bag. Egg Carton Addition, Multiplication, or Subtraction Get a standard egg carton with a solid top. Use a marker or pen to write numbers (1-12 for basic facts) randomly in the bottom of each egg cup. Put two beans, paperclips, or other small objects into the carton. Close and shake. Open the carton and add, subtract, or multiply the two numbers. Need to make it harder? Add a third small object to shake around! 101 and Out – Paper, pencil, dice Use the game board or make it yourself. Draw a table with 2 columns and 6 rows. Label the left column “tens” and the right column “ones”. Roll the dice six times and record each number rolled in one of the boxes on the game board. Once you write it, you can't move it. After your sixth roll, place zeros in the remaining boxes. Add the numbers. The player closest to 100 without going over wins! Change the difficulty by using two dice and adding or multiplying the digits (you might need to change it to 202 and out for multiplication). The Multiplication Game Use the game board and a pair of dice. Make it easier by using just one dice or adding two dice. Make it harder by using a ten sided dice, or three dice. If you only have one dice, just roll it twice each turn. Crossing the River Use the game board and a pair of dice. Make it easier by using just one dice and numbers 1-7. Change the number of beans to make the game longer or shorter. Go Fish Use multiplication to have players of different levels play the game together. Instead of trying to make a 10, multiply two numbers together to get a multiple of a certain number. You could also try to get a number with 2, 5, or 10 as a factor. Counting You can make your own board of any size. Make a blank grid. Decide how many dice you will play with (2+) and begin playing like you normally would. Instead of covering the number, write the number anywhere on the grid. Try to come up with as many different numbers as possible and don't repeat. You may need repeats if you are only using addition and subtraction. How many more to make 10? Use the game board to play. Roll a dice. Decide how many more you would need to make 10, then cover that square. If there are no squares with the number available, lose a turn. To win, get three or more in a row! Try playing with two dice—if your answer isn't there, lose a turn. Addition (or multiplication) TicTac-Toe Decide which game board to play on, or make your own. Roll two dice (or one dice two times). Add the numbers together and cover on the board. Both players should share the same game board. Regular rules of tic-tac-toe are used: when you get three in a row, you win! Make your own board using addition by placing numbers 2-12 anywhere in a regular tic-tac-toe board. Use multiplication by picking one set of facts (5x, for example) and randomly placing products of that number in the board (5, 10, 15, 20, 25....etc.). Roll one dice and multiply by the chosen fact set. Head Feathers – 3 players Use a deck of playing cards with face cards removed. Keep jokers as 0. Shuffle the cards and put in a pile in the middle of two players. The third person will be the “teacher”. The two players take a card, and without looking at it, hold it to their forehead so the other player can see the number. The “teacher” adds, multiplies, or subtracts and gives the players the answer (examples: The product is 25....The difference is 3....The sum is 12.). The players must look at the other person's card and try to figure out the card on their head. The first person to guess wins both cards. Keep playing until all the cards are used. The person with the most cards wins. (A List of Literature Books by Math Concept) Books About Counting Albright, Viv. Ten Go Hopping. Anno, Mistumasa. Anno’s Counting Book. Archambault, John. Counting Sheep. Aylesworth, James. One Crow. Bang, Molly. Ten, Nine, Eight! Bayley, Nicola. One Old Oxford Ox. Bennett, David. One Cow Moo Moo! Blumenthal, Nancy. Count-A-Saurus. Brett, Jan. The Twelve Days of Christmas. Brown, Paula. Moonjump: A Countdown. Carle, Eric 1, 2, 3, To the Zoo. Carle, Eric Rooster Off to See the World. Carter, David. How Many Bugs in a Box? Chouinard, Roger and Mariko. One Magic Box. Conover, Chris. Six Little Ducks. Crews, Donald. Ten Black Dots. Ehlert, Lois. Fish Eyes. Elya, Susan Middleton. Eight Animals on the Town. Ernst, Lisa. Up to Ten and Down Again. Falwell, Catherine. Feast for Ten. Fleming, Denise. Count! Geisert, Arthur. Pigs from 1 to 10. Giganti, Paul. How Many Snails? Hamm, Diane J. How Many Feet in the Bed? Harshman, Marc. Only One. Hirschi, Ron. Hungry Little Frog. Howe, Caroline. Counting Penguins. Hutchins, Pat. One Hunter. Johnston, Tony. Whale Song: A Celebration of Counting. Keats, Ezra Jack. One Red Sun: A Counting Book. Kirn, Ann. Nine in a Line. Kitamura, Satashi. When Sheep Cannot Sleep. Lewis, Paul Owen. P. Bear’s New Years Party. London, Jonathan. Count the Way, Little Brown Bear. Mack, Stan. 10 Bears in My Bed. Maestro, Betsy, and Maestro, Giulio. Harriet Goes to the Circus. Matthias, Catherine. Too Many Balloons. McGinty, Alice B. Ten Little Lambs. McGrath, Barbara Barbieri. Cheeios Counting Book. McGrath, Barbara Barbieri.The M&M’s Brand Chocolate Candies Counting Book. Miller, Jane. Farm Counting Book. Motozumi, Atsuko. One Gorilla. Murphy, Stuart. Every Buddy Counts. Pallotta, Jerry. The Icky Bug Counting Book. Raffi. Five Little Ducks. Rocklin, Joanne. Musical Chairs and Dancing Bears. Sendak, Maurice. One Was Johnny. Seuss, Dr. Ten Apples on Top. Sheppard, Jeff. The Right Number of Elephants. Math Literature Books/HISD Mathematics Department 2 Shulevitz, Uri. One Monday Morning. Stickland, Paul. Ten Terrible Dinosaurs. Tafuri, Nancy. Who’s Counting? Trinca, Rod. One Woolly Wombat. Van Fleet, Matthew. One Yellow Lion. Walsh, Ellen. Mouse Count Wise, William. Ten Sly Piranhas. Wylie, Joanne and David. How Many Monsters? Yeoman, John. Sixes and Sevens. Books About Sorting and Classifying Ahlberg, Janet and Allan. The Baby's Catalog. Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Flea Market. Baylor, Byrd. Guess Who My Favorite Person Is? Booth, Eugene. In the Garden. Brown, Margaret Wise. The Important Book. Brenner, Barbara. Mr. Small and Mr. Tall. Centiennni, Benita. Little Elephant and Big Mouse. Dorros, Arthur. Alligator Shoes. Eastman, Philip C. Big Dog, Little Dog Fey, James. Long, Short, High, Low, Thin, Wide. Giganti, Paul Jr. How Many Snails? Hoban, Tana. Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Hoben, Tana. Is it Rough? Is it Smooth? Hoberman, Mary Ann. A House is a House Kaufman, Joe. Big and Little. Kelllogg, Steven. Much Bigger Than Martin. McMillan, Buce. Growing Colors. Morris, Ann. Bread, Bread, Bread. Morris, Ann. Hats, Hats, Hats. Murphy, Stuart. A Pair of Socks. Murphy, Stuart. The Best Bug Parade. Murphy, Stuart. The Greatest Gymnast of All. Parnall, Peter. Feet! Pluckrose, Henry. Knowabout Sorting. Reid, Margarette. The Button Box Reid, Margarette.. A String of Beads. Roy, Ron. Whose Hat Is That? Roy, Ron. Whose Shares are These? Spier, Peter. People. Tafuri, Nancy. Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails. Winthrop, Elizabeth. Shoes. Books About Number Akass, Susan. Number Nine Duckling. Alder, David. Base Five. Balin, Lorna. Amelia’s Nine Lives. Becker, John. Seven Little Rabbits. Berenstain, Stanley and Janice. Bears on Wheels. Bogart, JoEllen. 10 for Dinner. Bulter, Christina. Too Many Eggs. Math Literature Books/HISD Mathematics Department 3 Chambers, Mary. Six Dogs, Twenty-three Cats, Forty-five Mice and One Hundred Sixteen Spiders. Christelow, Eileen. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. Cristaldi, Kathryn. Even Steven and Odd Todd. Dale, Penny. Ten Out of Bed. Dee, Ruby. Two Ways to Count to Ten. Friedman, Aileen. The King’s Commissioners. Froman, Robert. Less Than Nothing I Really Something. Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats. Hertzberg, Hendrik. One Million. Hoban, Russel. Ten What? Hooker, Yvonne. One Green Frog. Hooper, Meredith. Seven Eggs. Johnston, Stephen. City by Numbers. Kasza, Keiko. The Wolf's Chicken Stew. Lionni, Leo. Swimmy. Lottridge, Celia. One Watermelon Seed. Mahy, Margaret. 17 Kings and 42 Elephants. McCloskey, Kevin. Mrs. Fitz’s Flamingos McKissack, Patricia. A Million Fish . . . More or Less. Merriam, Eve. 12 Ways to Get to 11. Moore, Inga. Six Dinner Sid. Murphy, Stuart. Henry the Fourth. Murphy, Stuart. Missing Mittens. Reasoner, Charles. Number Munch. Schwartz, David. How Much is a Million? Schwartz, David. If You Made a Million. Zaslavsky, Claudia. Zero! Is It Something? Is It Nothing? Ziefert, Harriet. Bears Odd, Bears Even. Ziefert, Harriet. A Dozen Dozens. Books About Time Adler, David. A Little at a Time Adler, Irving. A Time in Your Life Adler, Irving and Ruth Alder. The Calendar Allison, Linda. The Reason for Seasons Anno, Mitsumasa. All in a Day Asch, Frank. Little Fish, Big Fish Aylesworth, Jim. The Complete Hickory Dickory Dock Baumann, Hans. What Time is It Around the World? Bowers, Kathleen. At This Very Minute Branley, Franklyn. Keeping Time Brook, Judy. Around the Clock Carle, Eric. The Grouchy Ladybug Carle, Eric. Today is Monday Corey, Dorothy. Will It Ever Be My Birthday? DePaola, Tomie. Four Stories for Four Seasons DeRegniers, Beatrice Schenk. Waiting for Mama Gerstein, Mordicai. The Suns’s Day Gibbons, Gail. Clocks and How They Go Gordon, Sharon. Tick Tock Clock Grossman, Bill. The Guy Who Was Five Minutes Late Hargreaves, Roger. Grandfather Clock Hawkins, Colin. Mr. Wolf’s Week Math Literature Books/HISD Mathematics Department 4 Hawkins, Colin. What Time Is It Mr. Wolf? Hutchins, Pat. Clocks and More Clocks Maccarone, Grace. Monster Math School Time Maestro, Betsy. Around the Clock with Harriet Maestro, Betsy. Through the Year with Harriet Murphy, Stuart. Get Up and Go Neasi, Barbara J. A Minute Is a Minute Perry, Susan. How Did We Get Calendars and Clocks? Pluckrose, Henry. Time Provensen, Alice. The Year at Maple Farm Russo, Marisabina. Only Six More Days Sendak, Maurice. Chicken Soup with Rice Ward, Cyndy. Cookie’s Week Williams, Vera. Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe Books About Patterns Aker, Suzanne. What Comes in 2’s 3’s and 4’s? Dee, Ruby. Two Ways to Count to Ten. Emberley, Barbara. Drummer Hoff. Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt. Flournoy, Calerie. The Patchwork Quilt. Freschet, Bernice. The Ants Go Marching. Geringer, Laura. A Three Hat Day. Giganti, Paul, Jr. Each Orange Had 8 Slices. Hamm, Diane Johnston. How Many Feet in the Bed? Hoberman, Mary Ann. All My Shoes Come in Twos. Jonas, Ann. The Quilt. Kalan, Robert. Jump, Frog, Jump. Keenan, Sheelia. The Trouble with Pets. Losi, Carol A. The 512 Ants on Sullivan Street. Numeroff, Laura Joffe. If You Give A Mouse a Cookie. Numeroff, Laura Joffe. If You Give a Moose a Pancake. Paul, Whitford Paul. Eight Hands Round. Wood, Audrey. The Napping House. Books About Money Adams, Barbara. The Go-Around Dollar Arnold, Caroline. What Will We Buy? Asch, Frank. Good Lemonade Axelrod, Amy. Pigs Will Be Pigs Berenstain, Jand and Stan. The Trouble with Money Briers, Audrey. Money Cribb, Joe. Money DeRubertis, Barbara. Dana’s Lucky Penny Gretz, Susanna. Teddy Bears Go Shopping Hoban, Lillian. Arthur’s Funny Money Hoban, Russel. A Bargain for Frances Hoban, Tana. 26 Letters and 99 Cents Hutchins, Pat. Don’t Forget the Bacon Kimmel, Eric. Four Dollars and Fifty Cents Maestro, Betsy and Giulio. Dollars and Cents for Harriet Martin, Bill. Ten Pennies for Candy Mathis, Sharon. The Hundred Penny Box Math Literature Books/HISD Mathematics Department 5 Merrill, Bob. How Much Is That Doggie in the Window? Merrill, Jean. The Toothpaste Millionaire Murphy, Stuart. The Penny Pot Nelson, JoAnne. The Magic Money Machine Richards, Kitty. It’s About Time Max Schwartz, David. If You Made a Million Silverstein, Shel. “Smart” in Where the Sidewalk Ends Slater, Teddy. Max’s Money Viorst, Judith. Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday Williams, Vera. A Chair for My Mother Zenelman, Nathan. How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 … Books About Measurement Adams, Pam. Ten Beads Tall Allen, Pamela. Who Sank the Boat? Axelrod, Amy. Pigs Go to Market Axelrod, Amy. Pigs in the Pantry Branley, Franklyn. How Little, How Much: A Book about Scales Brett, Jan. The Mitten Briggs, Raymond. Jim and the Beanstalk Caple, Kathy. The Biggest Nose Clement, Rod. Counting on Frank Dahl, Roald. Esio Trot Hennessy, B. G. The Dinosaur Who Lived in my Backyard Hoban, Tana. Is It Large? Is It Small? Kellogg, Steven. Much Bigger Than Martin Leedy, Loreen. Mapping Penny’s World Leedy, Loreen. Measuring Penny Lionni, Leo. Inch by Inch Luig, Bettina. Fattest, Tallest, Biggest Snowman Ever Maestro, Betsy. Temperature and You Mahy, Margret. Jam Morimoto, Junko. The Inch Boy Most, Nernard. The Littlest Dinosaur Murphy, Stuart. Betcha! Murphy, Stuart. Super Sand Castle Saturday Murphy, Stuart. Room for Ripley Myller, Rolf. How Big Is a Foot? Nelson, JoAnne. How Tall Are You? Nesbit, E. Melisande Planet, Dexter. How Big Is Pepperoni? Pluckrose, Henry. Capacity Pluckrose, Henry. Length Russo, Marisabina. The Line Up Book Wells, Robert E. How Do You Lift a Lion? Wells, Robert E. Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? Wells, Robert E. What’s Faster than a Speeding Cheetah? Wells, Robert E. What’s Smaller than A Pygmy Shrew? Books About Fractions Dennis, J. Richard. Fractions Are Parts of Things Emberley, Ed. Ed Emberley’s Picture Pie: A Book of Circle Art Math Literature Books/HISD Mathematics Department 6 Gomi, Taro. Sharing Khalsa, Dayal Kaur. How Pizza Came to Queens Kushkin, Karla. The Philharmonic Gets Dressed Lionni, Leo. Pezzettino Mathews, Louise. Gator Pie McMillan, Bruce. Eating Fractions Mpncure, Jane Belk. How Many Ways Can You Cut a Pie? Pomerantz, Charlotte. The Half-Birthday Party Books About Geometry Barrett, Peter and Susan. The Circle Sarah Drew Barrett, Peter and Susan. The Square Ben Drew Brown, Marcia. Listen to a Shape Carle, Eric. Draw Me a Star Eberts, Marjorie and Margret Gisler. Pancakes, Crackers, and Pizza Emberley, Ed. The Wings on a Flea: A Book About Shapes Falwell, Cathryn. Shape Space Feldman, Judy. Shapes in Nature Flournoy, Valerie. The Patchwork Quilt Froman, Robert. Angles Are as Easy as Pie Gardner, Beau. What Is It? Grifalconi, Ann. The Village of Round and Square Houses Hill, Eric. Where’s Spot? Hoban, Tana. Circles, Triangles and Squares Hoban, Tana. Round and Round and Round Hoban, Tana. Shapes and Things Hoban, Tana. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes Paul, Ann Whitford. Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet Petty, Kate and Lisa Kopper. What’s That Shape? Pluckrose, Henry. Shape Tompert, Ann. Grandfather Tang’s Story Wylie, Joanne, and David Wylie. A Fishy Shape Story Yenawine, Philip. Shapes Books About Computation Aker, Suzanne. What Comes in 2’s, 3’s, and 4’s? Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno’s Counting House Anno, Mistsumasa. Anno’s Mysteroius Multiplying Jar Bang, Molly. Ten, Nine, Eight Barrett, Judi. What’s Left? Bate, Lucy. Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth Becker, John. Seven Little Rabbits Bogart, JoEllen. 10 for Dinner Brenner, Barbara. Annie’s Pet Buringham, Paul. Pigs Plus: Learning Addition Callmenson, Stephanie. Ten Furry Monsters Chalmers, Mary. Six Dogs, Twenty-three Cats, Forth-five Mice And One Hundred Sixteen Spiders Christelow, Eileen. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Coats, Laura. Ten Little Animals DePaola, Tomie. Too Many Hopkins Dunbar, Joyce. A Cake for Barney Math Literature Books/HISD Mathematics Department 7 Ehlert, Lois. Fish Eyes Farber, Norma. Up the Down Elevator Gackenbach, Dick. A Bag Full of Pups Giganti, Paul Jr. Each Orange Had Eight Slices Giganti, Paul Jr. How Many Snails? Gisler, David. Addition Annie Hutchins, Pat. 1 Hunter Hawkins, Colin. Adding Animals Hawkins, Colin. Take Away Monsters Hulme, Joy. Sea Squares Hutchins, Pat. The Doorbell Rang Maestro, Guilio. One More and One Less Mathews, Louise. Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies Mathews, Louise. The Great Take-Away Moore, Inga. Six Dinner Sid Morozzumi, Atsuko. One Gorilla Murphy, Stuart. Animals on Board Murphy, Stuart. A Fair Bear Share Murphy, Stuart. Divide and Ride Murphy, Stuart. Elevator Magic Murphy, Stuart. Ready, Set, Hop! Pinczes, Elinor J. One Hundred Hungry Ants Pinczes, Elinor J. A Remainder of One Slater, Teddy. Two Tickets to Ride Tafuri, Nancy. Have You Seen My Ducklings? Trivett, John. Building Tables on Tables Books About Place Value Alder, David. Base Ten. Anderson, Lonzo and Adrienne Adams. Two Hundred Rabbits. Asch, Frank. Popcorn. Charlip, Remy. Thirteen. Estes. Eleamor. The Hundred Dresses. Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats. Geisel, T. A. The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. Fanaatz, David. Captain Swifty Counts to 50. Hoban, Tana. Count and See. Howard, Katerine. I Can Count to 100. Lottridge, Celia Baker. One Watermelon Seed. Matthew, Louise. Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies. Myrick, Jean. Ninety-Nine Pockets. Petie, Haris. Billions of Bugs. Pittman, Helena. A Grain of Rice. Schartz, David. How Much Is a Million? Sharmat, Marjorie. The 329th Friend. Sitomer, Mondel and Harry. Zero Is Not Nothing. Sloat, Teri. From One to One Hundred. Zaslavsky, Claudia. Zero! Is It Something? Is It Nothing?