100th Day of School

 

 

Suggested Activities for 100th Day:

 

Have the children make a collection of 100 items and display them on a poster board.

Make up your own trail mix using 100 items of each ingredient

• Work with a buddy and traced each others' feet. Each of the children colored and decorated one foot, and then combined with the other children in other classes, we taped the footprints down the hall and marked off every 10 feet until we reached 100, so the children could see exactly how many 100 footprints are. The children really enjoyed this.

• Make several boxes of Jello "Booberry" flavored jello (it is blue in color). We pour it into a shallow glass pyrex plate and let it set for a little while. Before it completely sets, we insert 100 red candy sweedish fish. We count as we insert them. We then let the jello completely set. When set, you have a 100 fish aquarium. While it is setting we make an ocean mural. I have 100 clip art fish for children to color. We glue them one by one onto our ocean mural while counting. When finished, we eat our jello aquarium scene.

 

Sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle Dandy"

Verse 1:

I can count up to 100,
It's so easy if you try.
I can't believe that since we started school
100 days have gone by.
Now let's all count up to 100
Come on try it once with me
We'll finish up with 99,
And last we'll say 100
Let's start out with 1, 2, 3.
(then count as a group to 100 by 1's)

Verse 2:

I can count up to 100,
It's so easy if you try.
But this time instead of using 1's,
I'll try to count it by 5's.
Counting this way is much faster
So it doesn't take as long.
First say 5 and then say 10,
And end up with 100,
Come on and join in my song.
(count as a group by 5's)

Verse 3:

I can count up to 100,
Now I'll try it once again.
But this time instead of 1's or 5's,
I'll try to count it by 10's.
Counting this way is the fastest,
It is also lots of fun.
First say 10 and then say 20,
End up with 100,
Our song is almost done!
(count to 100 by 10's)

Hold a school wide contest entitled "Guess which jar has 100 pieces of candy". Each student is given a ballot prior to coming into my classroom and after they view my students 100th day projects (collections of 100), they get to guess which jar has the 100 pieces in it by dropping their ballot off in a basket next to that particular jar (and there are 3 jars of candy.) Then they go out into the hallway and walk of the 100 footsteps that are laminated on a roll of paper and taped down to the hallway floor. They count the footsteps and they walk on the roll as they return to their classrooms. At the end of the day, announce the winning jar # of candy, and distribute one piece of candy to each winner. Their name and room # are on the ballots.

 

• In a group have the children decide the fastest way to cut 100 squares the same as a sample square from a piece of paper. (Or have the squares pre-cut.) The group uses the 100 squares to make a picture. Can also be an individual project.
• If it is near Valentine's Day, make 100 Valentine cards for local nursing home residents.
• Snack - Use one pretzel and two oval crackers to make the numeral "100". Using a oval template a little smaller than the cracker, cut two pieces of cheese to go on the crackers.
• Clip 100 paper clips together. With a partner measure things in the room that are as long, shorter than, and longer than the paper clip chain.

   Sing the following song to the tune of "Ta-ra-ra boom de ay"

  It's the 100th day.
  So shout hip-hip hooray!
  We'll count and eat and play,
  On the 100th day!

  See all we've collected.
  100's on display.
  Join in the fun and say,
  Hooray for the 100th Day!

   Sing this over the PA at the beginning of the day.

• Each child estimates how long his/her collections will be if he/she lays them end to end. They place a piece of tape at the beginning and at the end of their estimate. They then check their estimate by actually laying out their collections. An alternate is for them to work in pairs and to verbally guess which of the two collections will be longer, and then they check their guess.
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• For Phys. Ed. Do and count 10 sets of:
  • sit-ups
  • touching the toes, then the shoulders, the waist etc.
  • jumping on both feet
  • jumping jacks
  • wiggles all over
  • hops on one foot, then on the other
  • bounces of a ball
  • claps
  • shrugs
• Can also use the Phys Ed. movements individually as actions during transitional moments during the day.
• Before the 100th day our students make posters by each stamping 10 times on a piece of paper. Children each stamp 10 times till we get to 100 on each poster. We write "Happy 100th Day!". We post them around the school.
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• Students draw a picture of how they will look when they are 100 years old. (These are hysterical!) They also write about the picture.
  • Another idea is how many times can students write their name in 100 seconds - predict, then actually do it.

  Have the students break into groups and put together 100 piece puzzles. You can do this activity with the entire school (250 students). After we finished with the puzzles, we used some of them as prizes and took the rest to the Assisted Living Center.

  On the 100th day of school we put together a list of 100 things in which we are thankful for. I encourage the students to be very creative and thoughtful as they come up with their ideas. The word "things" does not really mean material items.

  Have the students illustrate and write about each of these four topics: 100 miles, 100 dollars, 100 pounds, 100 years. Share with the class. It is very interesting to see the perceptions the students have!

  • Estimate how much space 100 popcorn kernels will take up (unpopped). Then using an air popper, pop them and estimate how many will pop and how much space they will take up. I also like to take the lid off the air popper and let the popcorn fly out the top. I have the students sit in a circle way around the popper and put a small piece of paper (one half of a 3x5 card) with their name on it around the popper. If a piece of popcorn lands on their paper, they get a prize. The popcorn doesn't go very far from the popper, just don't let the kids get too close in case an unpopped kernel flies out.
  •  Have the kids eat 100 pieces of popcorn and write their numbers each time they eat until they get to 100.
  • I divided the class up into equal groups of 3 or 4 children. I then gave them a bag with 100 pattern blocks in it. They were to cooperatively create a design using the blocks in their bag.

  We plan 10+ centers worth 10 points each. The children's goal for the day is to complete all ten and earn 100 points! We make a record sheet for them to mark each center as it is completed. (Children work all day in these centers instead of our regular 45 minute center time.) Any centers over 10 are extra points for the day. Some center ideas include:

  • Each student illustrates a picture of how he/she will look at age 100.
  • Using the number line we have made from day 1, students count 100 items.
  • Students stamp numerals 1 to 100 using rubber stamps.
  • Students type numerals 1 to 100.
  • Using a lite-brite, children create a design using 100 lights.
  • Students complete 100 addition facts.
  • Students complete a 100 piece puzzle.
  • About a week before our l00th Day, I have each child bring in $2.00 in order to purchase a white t-shirt. Then with the help of parent volunteers we paint 20 handprints or l0 sets of handprints on the front of the shirt leaving a space at the top of the shirt (around the collar) where we paint "l00 Days". Then the children wear the shirts on the l00th Day! We also parade around the school "showing off" our shirts as we are singing l00 Day songs. And of course we take pictures of each class in a group picture for the yearbook! 
  • Another activity we do is after I've made a GIANT ladybug (bigger than the kids), the children then cut out black construction paper dots (discuss how many dots each child would need to do to equal l00), then have them glue the dots on the ladybug in rows of 5 (count by 5's). Then I make a giant leaf that says "Our l00 dot ladybug" and put the leaf and the ladybug in the hallway with our display of our other l00 activities.

           Hold a 'Penny Harvest'. Each child was asked to bring 100 pennies.

  • The students estimated how much 100 pennies would weigh, how high they could stack 100 pennies, how many pennies it would take to outline a child, and what the grand total amount would be of the pennies.
  • There were many math activities we could do with the pennies: number of shinny pennies vs. dull pennies, find your birth year on a penny, if 100 pennies weighs so much, how much would 200, 300 pennies weigh, graph pennies by date, etc.
  • We then donated ALL the pennies the students in the whole school had brought to a local charity. 

  As each child entered the door on the 100th day, they were given a number. Then, all through the day a timer went off every 10 minutes. At that point someone would choose a name from a hat and the person with that number got a small prize. Every 100th minute, the winner would get two small prizes. All the children enjoyed the anticipation and we counted by tens every time the timer went off and kept a record on the blackboard. I made sure that I was outside during recesses with the timer and the prize box. We stopped after every child had at least one prize.

  • 100 Day Crowns
    1. Cut a crown to fit each child's head
    2. Have 10 rubber stamps and stamp pads available. Each child stamps each of the 10 stamps 10 times. Then children can count the sets of 10 by tens to 100.
    3. Children wear their 100 crown during the 100th day celebration.
  • Ask each child to dictate what they would buy with $100. Then the children illustrate their items and display on a classroom bulletin board.
  1. Make a lei necklace using any kind of cereal with holes (Cheerios, Fruit Loops, etc.).
  2. Take a piece of yarn (or use red rope licorice) and tightly wrap a piece of masking tape at one end (this aids in threading the cereal).
  3. Thread 10 pieces of cereal on the yarn, then add a short piece of straw, add ten more pieces of cereal, then straw, etc. until you have 100 pieces of cereal on your necklace. You're teaching place value: 10 tens make 100!
  4. Wear your lei to lunch, then eat your lei at lunch if you want!

   

  1. Read the book 100 Hungry Ants
  2. Predict how far 100 steps would take you ...to the gym? ...to the lunchroom?

Some other activities we do for the 100th Day of school include:
                          

-  What can you do in 100 seconds?  Time yourself and let us

know. How many times can you jump rope in 100 seconds?


-  What 100 objects could you fit in a 5 oz. cup?

    100 beans? peanuts?

-  How tall is a stack of 100 pennies?  100 nickels?

    The coin of your choice?


-  Make number sentences that equal 100.

  
-  Where would a 100 step walk take you from your house?

    From your classroom?

    From your bedroom?



-  Toss a coin 100 times and graph the results... head and

tails.


-  Create word problems where the answer is 100.  


-  How much water is contained in 100 ice cubes?               

- Measure the height of 100 pennies in centimeters.

- Do 100 Math problems.

- 100 words cut out of a newspaper

- do 100 piece puzzle

- 100 photos of us as a child

- draw 100 items on paper

- sing a 100 word song

- fill in 100 squares on a graph paper


We made a chain with 100 links. Estimated its distance.

Then we took an actual estimate.


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