Our school system doesn’t start school until after Labor Day…so February is crazy with 100th Day, Valentine’s Day, and Presidents’ Day. Here are 100 ideas for the 100th day. Ok…I don’t have 100 ideas, but here are few.
1. 100th Day Books
2. A 100th Day Squiggle.
3. 100th day Exercises
Work in 100 exercises during the day. It’s not as hard as it seems.
10 jumping jacks, 10 toe touches, 10 sit ups, 10 kicks, 10 arm curls, 10 leg lifts, 10 squats, 10 twists, 10 knee marches, 10 seconds of running in place.
You can do it.
4. 100 Years Old
What will you look like when you are 100? OR what will your parent look like when they are 100 years old? OR what does a 100 year old look like? It doesn’t matter how you phrase it, they love it. They have very clear ideas about what a 100 year old will mean. I usually give my students a pretty simple template and let them go to town.
5. 100th Day Snack
Here’s an easy way to count to 100…and there’s a built-in reward…the snack! Students can count 10 pieces of 10 snacks.
10 goldfish, 10 m&ms, 10 pretzels, 10 cheez-It squares, 10 cheese balls, 10 candy corns, 10 valentine hearts, 10 popcorn kernels, 10 doritos, 10 gummy bears
I typically set up 5 stations with 2 snacks at each station. Give the students a Ziploc (c) bag and they count to 10 for each snack and move to the next station. Several on-line friends suggested 100 counting mats. They took a 12×18 construction paper with 10 circles. This is a great way to have students self-check their 100 day snack. If you do this, you will want to rotate bowls of the 10 snacks, so the students don’t move the mats.
6. We Know 100 Words!
When you announce to the students at the beginning of the day they will help you write 100 words throughout the day, they will think it’s impossible. “Collect” words as the day goes on: calendar time, math time, interactive read alouds, word wall words, history words…whatever you are doing, write it down.
7. 100th Day Collections
8. 100th Day Learning Style Projects
If you’d like your students to do a project that appeals to their learning style, try this. Some examples are listed below.
Visual/Spatial
- collect items
- draw items
- cut 100 items
Verbal/Linguistic
- write 100 words
- write a story with 100 words
- If I had $100…
Logical/Mathematical
- draw different ways to count to 100-do 100 dance moves
Aural/Musical
- play 100 beats
- write a song a to familiar tune
Physical/Kinesthetic
- do 100 exercises
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