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50+ Ideas for the 100th Day of School
There are lots of ways to note the 100th day of school. Here are fifty of our favorites. Many of these activities will challenge both lower and upper elementary students as they build better number sense for "100." Enjoy!
1. Jump rope 100 times.
2. Build the tallest house of cards you can using 100 cards.
3. Flip a coin 100 times. Make a graph showing the number of heads and tails.
4. Roll a pair of dice 100 times. Create a chart showing how many times each number came up. Make a graph based on the chart.
5. Find someone who is at least 100 years old. Ask them what life was like when they were your age.
6. Find out which weighs more - 100 nickels or 100 quarters
7. Have everyone in your class try to throw a tennis ball 100 yards. Measure each throw. Calculate the average throw.
8. Count by 100s to 10,000
9. Recite multiplication facts up to 100 (10 x 10) with your eyes closed!
10. Guess how much 100 jelly beans weigh. Then weigh them and give a prize to the closest guess. Don't eat the jellybeans!
11. Separate 100 jellybeans by color. What percentage of the total is the most common color? What percentage of the total is the least common color? Don't eat the jellybeans!
12. Without using a calculator, figure out how many jellybeans each student would get if you divided 100 jellybeans equally among all the students. Don't eat the jellybeans.
13. Blindfold a student and have him/her pass out the proper number of jellybeans. What is the probability that the first jellybean handed out will be the most common color? (Think about this one!) EAT THE JELLYBEANS!!
14. Measure the height of your classroom ceiling. How many classrooms that size could you fit into a structure that was 100 feet tall?
15. Measure the space required for a student's desk and the aisle around it. How big would your classroom need to be to hold 100 desks with the same spacing?
16. Weigh the classroom dictionary. If postage costs $3.50 a pound, how much would it cost to mail 100 dictionaries?
17. Count backwards from 100 to 0 by sevens. See who can do it most quickly.
18. Count from 0 to 100 by fours. See who can do it most quickly.
19. Make a list of 100 words that end in "-ly"
20. Name 100 birds.
21. List 100 boys' names.
22. Name 100 American cities.
23. Name 100 cities NOT in America.
24. Estimate the length of a row of 100 nickels. Measure a row of 100 nickels to check your estimate.
25. Have everyone in the class close their eyes. Start a stopwatch and ask students to say "now" when they think 100 seconds has passed. Prizes to the winner!!
26. See if you can hold your breath for 100 seconds!
27. Figure out what a 100 second Super Bowl commercial would cost if broadcast time sells for $2.3 million per minute.
28. List 100 things that had not been invented 100 years ago.
29. See which student can walk the greatest distance (laps around the gym??) backwards in 100 seconds.
30. Try to do 100 sit-ups or push-ups!
31. Separate students into pairs standing 15' apart. See how many can toss a tennis ball back and forth 100 times without dropping it.
32. Collect 100 cans of food for a local food bank.
33. Write a story that is 100 words long.
34. Build a structure using 100 toothpicks or popsicle sticks.
35. Figure out the date that is 100 days after your birthday.
36. Use 100 seconds to make as many equations as possible that equal 100.
37. Bring in a recipe from home. Adjust the quantities to feed 100 people.
38. Write a story about what you would do with $100.
39. Write a story about what your community will be like in 100 years.
40. See if you can bounce a tennis ball on a tennis racquet 100 times.
41. Learn to say 100 in as many languages as possible.
42. Find a town or city that is 100 miles away.
43. Find the height of a stack of 100 pennies in centimeters.
44. Estimate how far 100 students would reach lying head-to-toe on the floor.
45. Figure out about how many days there are in 100 hours.
46. Estimate how much popcorn 100 kernels would make. Pop them to see whose estimate is closest.
47. Build a project using 100 Lego blocks.
48. Figure out how many of each denomination of bill would be required to total $100.
49. Estimate the cost of 100 gallons of root beer, bought in 2-liter bottles that cost $1.10 each.
50. Figure out about how big a patio you could make with 100 paving stones that are 2 feet by 3 feet.
Below are some ideas from other web sources for the 100th day of school. If you wish to narrow this list of resources for a specific topic and grade level, try entering your topic and 100th day as search terms in the TeachersFirst keyword search, setting the grade level you seek, as well.
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Mrs. Meacham's Classroom Snapshots - Jessica Meacham
Grades
K to 4tag(s): alphabet (86), behavior (46), copyright (51), dr seuss (11), graphic organizers (39), guided reading (47), handwriting (16), iwb (32), literature circles (5), organizational skills (125), preK (289), professional development (164)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and use this site throughout the year for downloads and classroom ideas. Explore the site for ideas that can be modified and used in your classroom. This site is ideal for a new teacher, substitute, or seasoned professional.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Virtual Field Trip - Utah Education Network
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1 to 12tag(s): animals (322), baseball (36), biomes (138), business (58), charts and graphs (197), civil war (144), dinosaurs (55), egypt (67), field trips (13), immigrants (22), immigration (60), japan (60), maps (298), mayans (14), medieval (27), mexico (33), multiple intelligences (9), musical instruments (51), nutrition (159), olympics (51), painting (66), probability (141), religions (68), rocks (52), russia (36), sports (99), statistics (127), tessellations (6), test prep (97), virtual field trips (55), volcanoes (66), water cycle (32)
In the Classroom
Immerse your students into your studies with a close up in depth look through virtual field trips. Visit places where time, money, and mileage inhibit your dreams for bringing your students into wondrous worlds. Find ways to visit where your class has never gone before. Create a personalized field trip to meet your every need with the detailed tutorials given. Find ways to motivate your most reluctant learners. ESL/ELL learners will appreciate the visit. Reach all types of learners through a class visit. Use field trips as a whole class anticipatory guide, a center activity, a home connection, or even as extra credit. Challenge your gifted students to be guides to their own learning. Make your class go global!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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100 Snowballs Game - ABCya!
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K to 4In the Classroom
This site would be perfect for the 100th day of school activities! Use in a computer center and have students group the snowballs into different size groups and count how many are in each pile. Have students create a scene using the 100 snowballs then write a poem about their creation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Counter Square - Ambleside Primary
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K to 5tag(s): multiplication (212), number sense (96)
In the Classroom
Have students add up sums of counters placed onto the 100 chart. Use this site to teach younger students HOW to count to 100 and the value/idea of 100. Demonstrate multiples of factors when teaching multiplication facts. Use on the interactive whiteboard or projector when teaching number sense to highlight odd and even numbers. Highlight prime numbers when learning prime and composite. Make this an interactive whiteboard center for students to practice or challenge each other with multiples questions. Visual and tactile learners can get "in touch" with numbers!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Featured Topic: 100 Ways to Represent the Number 100 - mathwire.com
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K to 5tag(s): counting (113), literature (272), money (185), numbers (198), place value (54)
In the Classroom
Share the interactives on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Try some of the suggested activities and video the projects. Share the vidoes using a site such as Teachers.TV reviewed here.Comments
There are so many great ideas for 100th day on this site! I'm looking forward to teaching the "Bundle Song" to my students!Lauren, TN, Grades: 0 - 1
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The Teachers' Corner - The Teachers' Corner
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K to 12tag(s): fractions (228), nutrition (159), parts of speech (67), phonics (71), speech (89), themes (12), writing (365)
In the Classroom
Although this site has a TON to explore, one of the best places on this site is the daily writing prompt section (find seasonal prompts at the Seasonal Items link). You can share them on your interactive whiteboard or projector with a picture and fact about the day and a question requiring a written answer. This is a great discussion starter or activating strategy with any grade level and it can already be posted when the kids enter the room or used as a prompt for blogging. Whatever subject area you teach, if you are looking for some new strategies to reach your students, check out this site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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100th Day of School Games and Activities - Apples 4 the Teacher
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K to 5tag(s): counting (113), literature (272)
In the Classroom
Are you planning for the 100th day of school? Visit this one-stop site and find books to read to your class, math activities for counting and multiplies, interactives to share on your projector or interactive whiteboard, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Suggested Activities for 100th Day of School - Tammy Payton
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K to 5tag(s): black history (56), counting (113), writing (365)
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Find some new ideas to celebrate the 100th day with your class. This site offers many interdisciplinary activities for you to co-teach with the music teacher, physical education teacher, or others.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Hip Hip Hooray for the 100th Day - Deborah Schecter
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3 to 6tag(s): coordinates (30)
In the Classroom
Print off the grid for your students. Project the page on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Have students work with a partner at their seats.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Max's Math Adventures - Scholastic
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K to 3This site features two activities that are perfect for your 100th day celebrations: Counting Coins (counting to 100) and A Sweet Story (estimation up to 100). This site requires both Flash and Adobe Acrobat. You can get both from the TeachersFirst Toolbox page.
tag(s): addition (228), counting (113), estimation (48), subtraction (188)
In the Classroom
This site includes numerous "ready to go" math learning center activities. Share the activities with your students on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have students practice their math independently. The two "100s" activities are perfect additions to your 100th day celebration. You may want to list this site in your class newsletter and on your class website so students can practice these basic foundations of math at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Celebrating the 100th Day of School - Scholastic
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K to 8tag(s): counting (113), density (24), estimation (48), literature (272), mass (23), measurement (175), money (185), probability (141), sorting (11), spelling (169), volume (53), writing (365)
In the Classroom
Check out the activities in the areas that you teach. Most require minimal preparations. Use the writing prompts as the starting point for your 100th Day celebration. Share all of the prompt options on your interactive whiteboard or projector, then allow students to choose which prompt to write about. Why not share the lesson ideas with your class a few days before the 100th day and allow students to vote for their favorite lesson idea. Or allow cooperative learning groups to try the activities on their own.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Celebrate the 100th Day in 100 Ways - Education World
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1 to 5In the Classroom
Take advantage of the MANY ideas at this site. Divide students into small groups and have each group choose one (or more) of the activities to complete as a group.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Wolf's Chicken Stew 100th Day Celebration - Amy Koch
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K to 3In the Classroom
Follow this easy lesson plan (and don't forget a griddle or two). Check out the related sites for more ideas to use on the 100th day!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Themes and Literature Circles - Literature Learning Ladders
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1 to 8tag(s): literature (272), literature circles (5), themes (12)
In the Classroom
Use the thematic Internet links for web quests and teacher resources as part of an interdisciplinary or team-taught unit. Share the reading lists with your school library/media specialist for featured displays. If you want to really generate student enthusiasm have the class create a wiki on the theme, including book reviews and informational pages on the topic. Don't know about wikis? See the TeachersFirst Wiki Walk-Through to get started.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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