I am SO tired of doing the sorting out 10 of cheerios, m&m's etc. until you have a hundred things for snack, bring in 100 objects from home, what would you do with a hundred dollars, what will you look like when you're a hundred, etc. I've done the same thing for the last few years and it was fun for awhile but now I'm just bored with it!! Does anyone have some other ideas for 100's day?? I teach 1st.
making a 100 day necklace. You can use fruit loops and have the students count out 100 by 2's, and 5's and then make a pattern on a piece of yarn. You can also do this w/ beads. We always make a necklace.
I have each group of students (four in a group) create a design with 100 pattern blocks of their choosing. Then I take a picture and post it on the attached page. They need to fill out the bottom part by counting how many of each pattern block they used.
I have my kids bring in a collection of 100 things but then I put them on a table in the hall for everyone to see throughout the day. Lots of teachers and students love looking at them. I give out stickers or badges about their collections. Some other ideas include: have them do some exercising like 100 jumping jacks, or jump 100 times on both feet, run in place for 100 seconds, toss a bean bag 100 times, we make a books entitled "100 Days Smarter" and also I wish I had 100... we take 100 steps to see where it takes us in the school, we are quiet for 100 seconds (difficult for some) we link 100 unifix cubes to see how long it is, we put together 100 piece puzzles, make 100 cheerio necklaces, make 100 construction paper chains to hang in room, we read books sing songs and read poems about 100. We usually have a snack if not the one that everyone contributes 100 things for a trail mix then we use crackers and canned squirt cheese. For this snack each child gets 1 rectangular cracker such as a club and 2 round ones like Ritz. They place them on their paper plate to form the numeral 100. Then with the cheese they write the corresponding numeral on each cracker... 100!!! They love it!!!
It's a fun day!!! For more ideas go to: http://users.aol.com/a100thday/index.html for ideas gathered from teachers across the country.
It does seem that every class seems to do the same thing every year. Our 100th day is tomorrow. We are doing some of the 'same old stuff' like the snack, but we are doing some other things as well:
1 - Gather in a circle and count to 100, with each child saying a number until we get to 100.
2 - Ask the children to spread their hands so they can see ten fingers then use them to count by tens to 100 with each child flashing all ten fingers when it is their turn.
3 - Count by ones and with each group of ten, have children move their bodies in different ways.
4 - Have a large 100 number grid. Cover a space when the children's eyes are closed, then have them guess which number is covered. (This can also be done in small groups and the kids can take turns covering the numbers with Unifix cubes.
5 - Using a number grid have them discover a special message by coloring in these numbers that you call out: 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 26, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80. (This will make the number 100.)
6 - We see how many people can make 100 on an AR test. (I make stickers that say, 'AR 100')
7 - At recess take 100 steps.
8 - Be quiet for 100 seconds. (One of my favorites!)
9 - I downloaded a 100 Day Kit from an online site (A-Z teacher stuff) which had a cute book called 100 Arms and Legs about a centipede that we will read and use.
10 - We will write using the prompt, "If I had 100 arms and legs...
I do NOT understand!! Who says you must do the 100th day at all? I'm sure then that you have read the site that lists 240 ideas for the 100th day. Come on! It's so much fun. You can never be bored with it. We are talking about ONE DAY and this is 1st graders who get excited over a spider on the wall.
With the wealth of knowledge and ideas on the web, you are real hard to please if nothing suits you or you can't repeat a good idea doing something just a little perhaps to change it each time!
If you don't like it, do the 101st day and watch 101 Dalmations on DVD!
Smurfyteach, I just wanted to get some fresh ideas from colleagues on this board. I wanted to try something new and different this year to make it more fun, b/c a lot of stuff I do they usually have done in Kindergarten anyway. Not sure why you're so riled up about it!
I also love to do the 100 exercises. We do 10 jumping jacks, 10 toe touches ect... 10 different exercises, the kids have fun and it gets some physical fitness in.
We have a 100 piece puzzle contest. We have station rotations for 10 min. each. The puzzle contest is one of four stations. Each small group of students tries to connect the most pieces. It's great for cooperation!
Rita
you are me, my name is lisa and I teach first!
Anyway, I just wanted to support you and let you know I understand what you meant about being bored w/ what you have already done for 100th day! As teachers, we sometimes pull out the same old stuff and come here to get some fresh or at least different ideas! I didn't see you as being hard to please at all, just trying to come up w/ new ideas!
Many things I do have already been mentioned....just know you are supported!
I have my students flip a penny 100 times and record how many times it lands on heads and tails - I have a graphic organizer chart for this that they color in. It is fun.
We just had ours today and my second graders really liked finding 100 words around the classroom. We did many stations revolving around 100, and that one they liked best. They each got a clipboard and went around the room reading and writing words and putting them on a worksheet with 100 lines. They felt so grown up using the clipboards and seeing that they could actually find 100 words.
In the past I have done Find 100 Words That Begin Like Your Name.
They pour through books to find them and record them on the sheet.
After a while some of them get smart and grab a dictionary.
Depending on when your 100th day is...mine is Feb. 19th...have students make an autograph book using five sheets of printer paper folded in half and stapled between construction paper. Students must get 5 autographs per/page (5 on each folded half). This makes it easy to count by 5s or 10s. They love asking friends, family, and school faculty and staff. Have fun!
I love celebrating the 100th Day with my students...feels like a milestone and the kids love the anticipation up to the day! One thing that I do with my students is the 100 cup tower. Give each group of students 100 cups and see if they can build something without having it fall over...lots of fun and laughter to go along with this activity. We also make a giant 100 together as a class and hang it in the door way for all to see. Another thing we do is make 100th Day books (I wish I had 100 ___, I could eat 100 ____, I could never eat 100 ____, If I had $100 I would ___, My mom/dad tells me 100 times to___, When I am 100 years old I will ___.) Hope these are some "fresh" ideas you might be able to use. Enjoy your 100th Day
I read this on another board on this site...The T reads 100 words of a story and then the kids write an ending for it. After all is shared, then the T finishes the story. I am going to try that this year - I have a class that likes to write. Now I am in search of a good book for this activity, the one suggested is not available in our local libraries.
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My teammate and I show a slide show of elderly people (who may or may not be 100). We discuss the way they look (wrinkles, hair color/maybe baldness, glasses, etc.). Then the kids draw a portrait of what they will look like when they are 100.
They always turn out awesome and very detailed! We "frame" them and hang them in the hall...just in time for conferences.
We are doing a couple of the hundred day read alouds, hundreds day worries etc.... 100 exercises in the morning (10 jumping jacks +10 pencil jumps etc), Popping 100 kernels of popcorn for snack, fruit loop necklace, sharing 100 collections, writing 100 reasons why we love our school on little hearts and then they get put up in the shape of 100, stamping 100 stamps in the outline of 100, for another snack give each kid one wafer cookie and 2 oreos- it looks like the # 100, some shared reading poems and writing prompts.
01-29-2008, 01:54 PM
we link 100 unifix cubes to see how long it is, we put together 100 piece puzzles, make 100 cheerio necklaces, make 100 construction paper chains to hang in room, we read books sing songs
and read poems about 100. We usually have a snack if not the one that everyone contributes 100 things for a trail mix then we use crackers and canned squirt cheese. For this snack each child gets 1 rectangular cracker such as a club and 2 round ones like Ritz. They place them on their paper plate to form the numeral 100. Then with the cheese they write the corresponding numeral on each cracker... 100!!! They love it!!! 
For more ideas go to: 
I'm sure then that you have read the site that lists 240 ideas for the 100th day. Come on! It's so much fun. You can never be bored with it. We are talking about ONE DAY and this is 1st graders who get excited over a spider on the wall. 
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