100th Day

Hello all!  It has been way too long since I posted last.  I didn't realize that I haven't done any posting since September....yikes!  There has been lots of happenings in our classroom.  I wanted to let you all in on our special 100th day of school and what activities we did.  The kiddos had an absolute blast!

I always send home a note beforehand asking for the students to bring in 100 items to make a snack mix.  They love the mix and it usually lasts us a few days.

 I had my students fill in a blank number grid, writing their numbers from 1 -100.  I keep these grids to put into their 5th grade memory books.

We did special 100th day stations all afternoon that day.  Here are the stations that they got to participate in:

 This station was stringing Fruit Loops onto yarn by groups of 10 to 100.

 This station was coloring and cutting out a 100 puzzle that they got to take home.

 This station was a roll and color grid to 100. They each had a dice and they colored in how many squares they rolled on the dice until they filled up their whole chart.

 This station had a jar will 100 small circles.  They used mini stamps to make 100 stamps in their jars.

 This station was making a cup structure using 100 Dixie cups. They were trying to use all of the cups in a pyramid without making the cup fall.  Too fun!

 We did this coloring sheet as a fun activity after lunch.

 I am a class book addict.  We made these two books on the 100th day as well.

I don't know why this picture is sideways....

We also made "100 Days Smarter" crowns when they came to school and they were able to wear them all day.

We had so much fun on the 100th day, which was the end of January, and they learned so much.  This is one of my favorite days of the school year and I love planning different things for them to do on this special day.

100th Day Fun!

On Monday we celebrated our 100th day of school.  It is hard to believe that we are already in February.  As my baby bump grows, it is amazing how my students respond to me with being helpful and better behavior (for the most part).  Here are some of the fun things we did for our 100th day celebration:

I asked each student to bring in 100 edible items to add to our special snack mix for the day.  It was an interesting mix of things for sure!  Here are 2 of my kiddos adding their baggie to the mix.   They loved this special snack and asked if we could do something like this again.

Eating our snack...

 I bought these 100th day posters that the students got to personalize.  They had a counting by 2's connect-the-dots, a list of things they have 100 or more of in their house, I wish I had 100 ...., and a 100 balloon pattern of their choosing.  They loved having free rein on this project and the posters turned out great, with every one being different.

Another thing that I always do is ask the students to bring in 100 small items to glue down onto a grid.  I then hung these collections up in the hallway (sorry, forgot to take a pic of this).

Some other things that we did were putting 100 small stickers onto a gumball machine to practice fine motor skills, a "If I had 100 dollars I would buy..." writing activities, and a number grid fill in to 100.  I always enjoy this special day of school and I think my firsties had a good time this year too!