100th Day

Thursday was the 100th day of school! I enjoy making this into a super special day full of fun (and learning) for my students. Here’s a peek into our day.

The students were greeted with this sign,

 

and a streamer curtain at the door. They walked into the classroom saying “Whoa!” and “Wow, what is this?”

(Pardon the blurry picture.)

Their faces were full of smiles, and that made this teacher’s heart very happy!

For one student, the day was even more special because he had earned enough stickers to trade in and use the teacher’s chair for the day!

 

In Bible class, we did sword drills, looking up verses that contained the word “hundred.” The student who found the most Scriptures got a prize.

Since it was a special day, we moved desks into groups after we were done with spelling pretests and Language.

Each student colored 1/4 of a poster with 100 puzzle pieces on it.

 

There were some very creative posters when the pieces were put together.

 

 

Although the students might have told you that we didn’t have math, they spent 1/2 hour estimating, adding, subtracting, using money, and learning about ordering from catalogs.  

Each student was given a school supply catalog, and told that they had $100 to spend. They had to buy at least three things, and their goal was to get as close to $100 as they could without going over.

One of my mathematicians was only $0.05 away and received a prize for his hard work! Several others were less than a quarter away.

Throughout the day, we did quite a few other fun activities. We did 100 exercises (20 jumping jacks, 10 jumping high fives, 10 stretches, etc.). The students guessed which of three bags of jelly beans had 100, and how many jelly beans were in the other two bags. Two students were only 1 jelly bean off in their guesses, so they each got a prize.

 

We ended the day with several 100 yard dashes.

One of the students commented that they were glad we had a whole day where they didn’t have to learn anything!

 

But it thrills my heart to know that not only did they learn quite a few things, but they also will have memories to last them for a long, long time!