Happy Wednesday to y’all. Your ideas for celebrating the 100th day of school (“Ideas for Your 100th Day“) are awesome! Remember: today is the final day to contribute and have your name entered in the prize drawing. Check it out!
Okay, now for a huge slice of trivia. On my way to work this morning, I learned that Prince William and Kate Middleton are celebrating their 100th day today! However, instead of counting up to 100, they’re counting down from 100 to the day they wed. I know, I know. This has nothing to do with teaching and kids; however, my ears certainly perked up when I heard the phrase “100th day!”
Hope your day is super fun!
Smiles,
Diane
After discussing Kansas symbols, children are given color sheets of a buffalo. After coloring the buffalo, ground coffee is sprinkled on th shaggy hump of the bison. The children love the smell and texture of the buffalo!
Using an inkpad, stamp and a 12×18 piece of paper each child makes 10 stamps, circles it, until he has 10 groups of 10.
I ♥ the 100th day of school! One of the activities I like the most is our “dollar dig”. Prior to the 100th day, I visit the bank and get several rolls of pennies. Then, I unwrap them and pour them into a small container. On the 100th day, I explain to my students that 100 pennies are equal to one dollar. Then, I let them have one chance to reach into the penny container and grab a handful of pennies. They grab what they think is exactly 100. Next they begin to put one penny onto each square of a hundreds chart to see how much they grabbed. Then, we make a chart of less than/more than 100. If they are lucky enough to have grabbed exactly 100 pennies, I give them a $1.00 bill to take home.
This is an activity they want to do over and over again!
-100 piece fruit loop necklace
-10 page book with ten objects on each page
-100 square hop scotch
-100 child line up
-take 100 steps
-be quiet for 100 seconds
-hide 100 chocolate kisses in the room
-100 piece trail mix
-100 thumbprint hats
-100 grid dice roll
-read 100 site words
-give groups a bag with 100 objects to make a sculpture with
For 100th Day of school we start a unit on Family. We talk about the stages of life for a human and brain storm things a person can do at each stage. We look at pictures of various people and try to esitmate how old they are. (I sometimes graph their responses.) Then we look at a lot of pictures of older persons and compare and contrast the differences between different males, then different females and then males and females.As an art peoject we make torn paper portraits of what we think we will look like when we are 100 years old. On the 100th day of school I invite a guest that is 100 years old (or as close to 100 as I can find)to visit our class and tell how things were like when they were 6 and 7 years old. We also bake 100 cookies or cupcakes to share with other classes and the children have to find ways to manage how many we have baked and how many more we need…we do this a day or two before so that they are ready to be shared on the 100th day of school. We guess how much room 100 children would take up in our class and then for the 100th day we invite 100 children to have a cookie in our classroom and help us celebrate the 100th day.
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I love celebrating the 100th day of school and since it’s in the month of February, I use it as a chance to decorate the wall outside my classroom! I have 100 hearts diecut out of pink and red construction paper and I give them to my students. We think of 100 different things we love about our school and we hang them up for everyone to see. My principal loved it last year and we had a good time too!
I also love the 100 day mark. My kids homework assignment is to count out 100 items with someone at home and bring it to school to add to our 100 day mix. As a class we count out each item (food) and add it to the mix in a big bowl. after the items have all been counted we mix it up and serve it to the class. The kids are always excited with this activity. We also make a 100 day hat that each child makesall by him/her self. The kids get to select their favorite stickers and add 100 of them to the hat. Some use the color dotters and count out 100 dots. We also have a parade. It is always an exalting day,but fun and well worth it. My preschoolers learn so much that day with counting.
I also love to celebrate the 100th day mark. My kids homework assignment the night before is to count out 100 items, 100 M&Ms, 100 raisins, 100 pretzels sticks, 100 favorite cereal, etc. with someone at home and bring it to school to be counted as a class and added to our mix. As a class we count out each item (food) and add it to a big bowl. After the items have all been counted we mix it up and serve it to the class. While the kids are eating I read a book about 100 Days in school. The kids are always excited with this activity. We also make a 100 day hat that each child makesall by him/herself. The kids get to select their favorite stickers and add 100 of them to the hat. Some use the color dotters and count out 100 dots. We also have a parade. It is always an exalting day,but fun and well worth it. My preschoolers learn so much that day with counting.