Every teacher has a book to read to their own grade level along with a treat for each child. If you are reading "If you give a mouse a cookie" you pass out cookies to the children you are reading to. About every 20 minutes the children move to a different classroom and you have a new class to read to. In my case, we have seven 2nd grade classrooms, I will read the same book 7 times. Once to each class. The students enjoy not only the treats but having teachers read to them that they do not normally get to hear.
Our 100th day will be the last week of January. I'm very lucky to have my 100 year old grandmother who is willing to come and talk to K-2(I teach 2nd and my youngest is in K). The kids are going to brainstorm and write down some questions that I can give to her ahead of time to think about her responses. I'd like to give the kids a little update as to what exactly happened 100 years ago ie the cost of things, what was popular, other famous people who were born, events, etc. I've gone to the History Channel but I'm looking for more general facts. Thanks for your help.
Hello from St. John's, Newfoundland - Canada's most easterly province.
I'd like to hear from other classes celebrating their 100th day of school.
This is something new I am trying for the 100th day of school. I hope to hear from 100 classes or schools by our 100th day of school. I am printing off all the e-mails we receive and then I am plotting all the schools on a map of the world.
Today is supposed to be our 85th day of school but we have a snow day.
I will be posting descriptions and pictures of the ways we celebrate the 100th day of school on our school web site. If you wish to see some of the things we did please visit our website at [link removed].
Here are some other things that we have done in the past in grade one for the 100th day of school. We obviously have not done all of these things in any one year. We vary the activities from year to year and we are always looking for new books and new ideas. Hope you found some of our ideas useful.
1. About two weeks before the 100th day, I pass each child a little booklet entitled 100 words I can read. This booklet has 100 empty lines in it. Each child has to write 100 words that he/she can read in the booklet. I encourage them to print things like their names, colour words …
2. Read The 100th Day of School – by Angela Shelf Medearis
3. Read 100 Hungry Ants – by Elinor J. Pinczes
4. Read the Wolf’s Chicken Stew – by Keiko Kasza
5. Read 100th Day Worries – by Margery Cuyler
6. Read 100 Days of School – by Trudy Harris
7. I have ordered another 100th Day of School book from Scholastic – it hasn’t yet arrived. It is called The 100th Day. It is another Hello Reader. I couldn’t see the author name in the Scholastic Flyer.
8. We skip count to 100 by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.
9. The children make a picture, model, ornament … out of 100 of the same item. Last year some children made little boxes out of Popsicle sticks, necklaces out of 100 Cheerios, Froot Loops… One child made a snowman by gluing 100 mini marshmallows on a piece of blue construction paper.
10. We make a treat to share. Everyone has to bring in 100 pretzels, mini marshmallows, Cheerios, corn chips, chocolate chips. We mix it all together in a huge bowl – count all the hundreds and then share it out. We have to avoid M & M’s and peanuts due to severe peanut allergies in our school.
11. We make paper hats out of newsprint. Each child has to make 10 sets of ten on their hat. To do this we use the Crayola mini stampers.
12. I ordered lovely 100th day of school stickers from a company in British Columbia called Smilemakers. The stickers are quite large and the company delivers promptly. That aren’t very expensive either !
13. The children write a few sentences about what they would do if they had 100 dollars. The sheet the children would do this work on would have a 100 dollar bill photocopied at the top of the page. The picture would be cut out of it and a picture of the child inserted.
14. Working in groups the children have to put together puzzles with 100 pieces.
15. Pass out 100th day of school certificates
16. Blow up 100 balloons and decorate the entrance to the school with the 100 balloons and a banner announcing the 100th day of school.
17. Children bring in collections of 100 things – 100 pennies, 100 stamps, 100 stickers…
Some of our 3rd grade teachers are having the students collect 100 signatures by the 100th day of school. They can only collect from people they know...NO STRANGERS! Two of our forth grades have been working on a postcard project and have collected over 100 postcards from around the world! Rachael Creswell Oak Grove, Missouri
On 1/22/02, Catherine Phillips wrote: > Hello from St. John's, Newfoundland - Canada's most > easterly province. > > I'd like to hear from other classes celebrating their 100th > day of school. > > This is something new I am trying for the 100th day of > school. I hope to hear from 100 classes or schools by our > 100th day of school. I am printing off all the e-mails > we receive and then I am plotting all the schools on a map > of the world. > > Today is supposed to be our 85th day of school but we have > a snow day. > > I will be posting descriptions and pictures of the ways we > celebrate the 100th day of school on our school web site. > If you wish to see some of the things we did please visit > our website at [link removed];
I may seem stupid. But, I do not know the meaning of the 100th day of school. My 6 year old son seems to think it is the last day of school. I assure him it is not. Please, will someone explain the significance?
On 1/23/02, Amy wrote: > I may seem stupid. But, I do not know the meaning of the > 100th day of school. My 6 year old son seems to think it > is the last day of school. I assure him it is not. > Please, will someone explain the significance?
My first graders also think that the 100th day is the last day of school! It took a lot of talking about it during the last 2 weeks but they finally understand that it isn't. Our class has been working with place value, tens and ones, etc. and we use it as a day filled with number activities. January can also be a long month and it's a celebration that the kids and I look forward to to "spice up" a long winter. Hope this gives a little insight.
Basically we use the 100th day of school to celebrate the fact that we have been in school 100 days. Most school years average 180 days. The primary teachers use it to show how to carry over to the hundreds column, add, subtract, groups items. Alot of teachers will ask students to bring in 100 small items. They might spend the day sorting, counting, categorizing, etc... We usually put together 100 piece puzzles, do 100 addition, 100 subtraction, 100 multiplication, and 100 division problems, write 100 sentences... It is really a fun filled day where the students are learning, but don't really realize it:)
On 1/23/02, Amy wrote: > I may seem stupid. But, I do not know the meaning of the > 100th day of school. My 6 year old son seems to think it > is the last day of school. I assure him it is not. > Please, will someone explain the significance?
I saw an idea to do 100 word speech and end it with "This was a one hundred word speech." Does anyone have one all written up to let me borrow? Thanks-Tina in OK
On 1/24/02, Tina in OK wrote: > I saw an idea to do 100 word speech and end it with "This > was a one hundred word speech." Does anyone have one all > written up to let me borrow? Thanks-Tina in OK 100 dogs 100cats 100 heads for 100 hats 100women 100 men 100's more than 5 or 10 100buttona 100coats 100 sails for 100 boats 100cookies 100 cakes 100 kids with bellyaches 100 shoes 100 socks 100 keys for 100 locks 100 puddles mighty dirty 110's even more than 30 100 daughters 100 sons 100 franks for 100 buns 100 trees 100 plants 100 picnics 100 ants 100 is a lot to count 100 is a large amount 100 kisses 100 hugs 100 bats 100 bugs 100 bees 100 birds this poem has 100 words! Hope you enjoy- Mimi from Chadwick school in CA
I'm currently student teaching and trying to come up with some ideas for a great 100 day bulletin board slogans, Can anyone recommend one for me? Thanks Traci
I made a big 100 out of the bulliten board paper. I used die cut hearts to make the numbers. I then cut the center out of the last zero. The kids had to crawl through that zero to enter and leave the room that day. They loved it and it lasted the whole day-even with snow gear on!
I make tshirts for my own children each year. Each year I use a different slogan.
"wild about 100 days"- with animals and animal prints "100 dazzling days"- with jewels and crowns "100 days smarter"- with math problems that =100 "100 days of learning" - with different subjects "I survived the 100th day"- with a rollercoaster "100 days- 80 left until summer" with beach stuff
I am on the search for my next tshirt, so let me know if you find anything clever! Thanks. Heather
We're supposed to have our 100th day celebration on Friday and my kinderkids are really excited. However, due to the weather, school was closed today. I feel that my kids are going to be really disappointed if we have to move back the date again. This is the 2nd change in date. Are there any 99th day activities we can do so that they're not quite so disappointed? Thanks!
Hi! I found a package of 100 small ants and am wondering if anyone has any great ideas I can do with them to go with the book 100 Hungry Ants. Thanks, Sarah
On 1/23/03, Renee' Roberts wrote: > On 2/09/02, Sarah K/1/WA wrote: >> Hi! I found a package of 100 small ants and am wondering >> if anyone has any great ideas I can do with them to go with >> the book 100 Hungry Ants. >> Thanks, >> Sarah > > Hey Sarah, There is a a book "One Hundred Hungry Ants" by > Elinor J. Pinczes that I read to my first graders and we do > activites with the ants where we put ants in rows like the > book and count by 2's, 5's, and 10's etc. to 100. Hope this > helps. Renee'
On 2/10/02, Catherine Phillips wrote: > Greetings from Eastern Canada, > > I have been trying to get 100 e-mails by the 100th day of > school. I need only 7 more to reach that goal. Our 100th > day is on February 19. > > I would really appreciate hearing from you ! > > Catherine Phillips > Grade One > Viriginia Park Elementary > St. John's, Newfoundland > Canada > A1A 3H9
Hello, I've just discovered your e-mail. I'm a French teacher but I teach English here in a comprehensive school in France . The youngest pupils are 11, they are very interested in English-speaking countries. They have been learning English since September. What about your pupils? How old are they ? What do they like ? Our school is a secondary school not far from Dijon, France. Dijon is a very old and very nice city which used to belong to the Dukes of Burgundy who at times were more powerful and much richer than the King of France. The buildings are very old and well kept-for. Factories here produce " mustard, blackcurrant liquor and cakes..." The pupils here study English as a second language, only very few of them study German. Most of them play football ( not Amercian football), some do judo or karate. The lessons part of the curriculum are French, English + a second foreign language in the third form (13-14 years old), history and geography, civic education, technology, mathematics, music, art, P.E...
On 2/10/02, Catherine Phillips wrote: > Greetings from Eastern Canada, > > I have been trying to get 100 e-mails by the 100th day of > school. I need only 7 more to reach that goal. Our 100th > day is on February 19. > > I would really appreciate hearing from you ! > > Catherine Phillips > Grade One > Viriginia Park Elementary > St. John's, Newfoundland > Canada > A1A 3H9
Some of our 3rd grade teachers are having the students
collect 100 signatures by the 100th day of school. They can
only collect from people they know...NO STRANGERS!
Two of our forth grades have been working on a postcard
project and have collected over 100 postcards from around the
world!
Rachael Cres...See More