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Volume 3 Issue 02
January 17, 2005
The 100th Day of School
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on a familiar teaching theme. Hopefully you will find a new activity idea or two -- or a new twist
on one of your old favorites! Since I know you are very busy, I'll be short and sweet -- like most
of activities I suggest.
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 CELEBRATE
100 DAYS OF SCHOOL!
100 days of school!
I’ve learned a lot so far.
Sorting, counting, adding,
The sun’s a big, hot star.
Learning letters and their sounds,
Many new words to know,
We’re all busy learners--
Stay ‘round and watch us grow!
Use this poem as a springboard for your 100th Day celebration. You may wish to change some words
to adapt it to your program or add a verse of your own. Have fun!
Susan LaBella
Editor, Early Childhood Education Newsletter
REMEMBER OTHERS
--- Encourage children to bring in canned goods. When you have 100 cans or items, donate them to
a local charity.
--- Invite children to use paper, lace, glitter, and stickers to create 100 valentine cards. Arrange
for the group to deliver them to the children’s unit at a nearby hospital, senior citizens’
complex, or nursing home; or mail them to servicemen and women around the globe.
ESTIMATE IT
--- Use a cart or some helpers to take 100 books to the gym. Invite children to estimate how far
100 books might reach when placed end to end. Let children lay out the books and compare their estimates.
--- Have children trace their feet. Cut out 100 footprints. Have students guess how far in your
building 100 footprints will go. Mark off every ten feet with tape.
--- Fill bags with 100 pennies, 100 pieces of pasta, 100 pieces of cereal, and 100 of some other
things. Ask children to guess the weight of each bag and arrange the bags from heaviest to lightest.
Then weigh the bags and chart your results.
IMAGINE IT
Make copies of a 100-dollar bill. Give one to each child and ask him or her to imagine what he or
she would do with all that money. Invite children to illustrate their responses.
READ IT
Read to children The
Wolf’s Chicken Stew, by Keiko Kaska. Count all the things the wolf makes for the
hen and her chickens. Follow up by making 100 pancakes. Place them in stacks of 10. Encourage children
to count them by 10s. Then serve them with a choice of toppings.
WRITE IT
Talk about opposites. Then prepare “Our Book of 100 Opposites.” First, choose themes
for opposites, for example things on the ground/in the air or hot things/cold things. Elicit opposite
responses from children and list them in the booklet. You can record 50 hot things on one page of
a spread and 50 cold things on the facing page of the spread. Continue with an opposite theme on
each spread. When your booklet is complete, share it with other classes.
Check out the following Web sites for more
background and activities.
Strategies That
Work: 100th Day of School Celebration
This archive from Education World offers dozens of activities.
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/strategy/strategy020.shtml
Happy 100th Day!
You’ll find songs, poems, literature suggestions, and activities -- all related to the 100th
day of school.
http://www.theteachersroom.com/100thday.htm
Walt Disney’s
101 Dalmatians
Here’s a great follow up lesson to your 100th day celebration.
http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/w/waltdisneys101dalmations.html
100th Day of School Collections-More
If you haven’t yet done collections of 100 with your class, this site offers some good tips.
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/65.shtml
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