Last week we celebrated the 100th day of school in my classroom, Kinder-Craze style. My students had a blast learning, counting and demonstrating their newly acquired knowledge of numbers and quantities up to 100. My camera was nearby throughout the entire event and I am so excited to share the day's highlights with all of you!
On the 100th day, my students arrived at school dressed in style. Each child was given an at-home assignment to create a shirt decorated with 100 objects in preparation for the big day. This was a great way for the children to work creatively with their parents and express their interests. The children showed off their newly created t-shirts during our classroom fashion show.
Check out some of their great fashions for the 100th day of school!
Ever since last year's blog post about the 100th day of school, I have gotten dozens of questions from readers wanting more information about these t-shirts. Specifically, fans want to know how I word the letter to my classroom parents, explaining the details of the t-shirt assignment.
I always copy the 100th Day T-Shirt Letter onto brightly colored paper (so it is sure to grab the attention of my classroom parents). I also staple a 1/2 sheet of paper for the fashion show to the letter. Students work with their parents to complete the form explaining what decorations were used and why the student selected those items. Download a FREE editable template of my 100th Day of School letter to help you set up your own classroom fashion show.
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Of course, my students weren't just showing off their t-shirts on the 100th day. The kindergarteners also created hats at school that proudly proclaimed themselves to be “100 Days Smarter.”
I copied the hat template onto white paper and mounted the pages onto brightly colored construction paper. The printable contains one hundred circles inside of the number 100. Students can decorate these circles with crayons, small bingo dotters, markers, or stickers. It's a great opportunity to work on fine motor skills while also helping students to understand 100 as a quantity.
My students looked so stinkin' cute in their completed 100th Day of School Hats.
You can purchase 100th Day of School Hat from my TpT store.
Math wasn't the only subject covered in my lesson plans on the 100th day of school. The class also worked together to write 100 words. My students were on a mission to complete the entire list of 100 words. They got so excited, that the completed list had a few repeated words, but their enthusiasm was precious!
My students also tried to read 100 books! We didn't quite reach our goal, but our half day of school was action-packed. They worked hard and loved recording a tally mark each time a new book was read.
Each child in the class also write all of the numbers from 1 to 100.
This was a major accomplishment that was several weeks in the making. My students gradually worked their way up to writing all of these numbers with the help of my Differentiated Count & Write to 120 pack.
You can purchase Count & Write to 120 in my TpT store.
The number writing pack pairs well with Differentiated Number Mazes from 20 to 120. Together, these two products help students count, recognize, and print their numbers up to 120 by focusing only one one new decade at a time.
Of course, our 100th Day celebration wouldn't be complete without the task of building a tower with 100 plastic cups! I first discovered this wildly popular idea from Joyful Learning in KC. My students LOVED working together to build a structure with all those plastic cups.
Our final activity for the day was an opportunity to practice skip counting and release a little pent-up energy. We played hopscotch in the classroom!
I created the hopscotch game on the back of a Twister mat.The grid was created with Scotch Expressions Masking Tape
I printed and laminated multiples of 10 from 0 to 100 and used the same masking tape to attach the numbers to the mat. I like this temporary option because it allows me to easily change the spaces on the mat as we learn new skills in class (such as skip counting by 5s or 2s).
You can download Hop by 10s Skip Counting Numbers in my TpT store for FREE.
My students had an absolute blast as they hopped their way from zero to 100.
It was a very “hoppy” 100th Day of Kindergarten!
When is your 100th day of School? Do you celebrate in a special way? Please share your ideas in the comments… I'm already planning for next year's celebration! You'll also find more great ideas for your 100th Day festivities in these blog posts. Click an image for more inspiration!
More than Math by Mo says
February 17, 2014 at 10:23 pmThanks for sharing some great ideas! I love celebrating 100th day!
-Monique
More Than Math by Mo
Jodi says
February 18, 2014 at 4:51 amWhat a fun day!!!! Your students are very lucky to have you!
❀Jodi
Fun In First
Jacqueline Harbison says
February 18, 2014 at 5:06 amLooks like you all had so much fun! Love the 100 word idea- great for collaborative writing! I teach Pre-K and I think I could adapt this so that it’s similar to “write-the-room”. Thanks so much for sharing your exciting day and great ideas!
Jacqueline
I is for Inspire
Pspetralia says
February 18, 2014 at 5:59 amGreat ideas! I love the fashion show. I’m sure the kids had a blast!!
Pam
Mrspspecialties.blogspot.com
KinderKapers says
February 18, 2014 at 6:16 amLove LOve Love it! I so want to do the tee shirts next year, and the hopscotch is going to find it’s way into one of my lessons!!
Terri Izatt
KinderKapers
Steve Welch says
February 18, 2014 at 6:26 amYour blog is beautiful. I always enjoy checking out what your class is up to. Our 100th day is tomorrow. Thank you for sharing!
Lee Ann Rasey says
February 18, 2014 at 12:02 pmLooks like a very fun day! How do you keep the skip counting mat from sliding as they jump on it?
Pam says
February 18, 2014 at 3:15 pmHi Maria! I enjoyed reading this blog post and finding some new ideas to implement next year for our 100th Day! (We already had ours this year) just a quick question for writing 100 words. How does that work? Is it an ongoing task, like over a period of a few day? And do you let the kids write a word as they think of one or is there a certain way you do this? Thanks!
Maria Manore says
March 8, 2014 at 7:55 amHi Pam,
The list of 100 words was something I did spontaneously! I put up a big piece of paper and invited kids to add to it when they had free time. There was no system. It was very independent and they just and to take turns so one person didn’t hog the whole chart. About 1/2 of my class was obsessed with filling the list! We did it all in one day (and I teach 1/2 day so that tells you how quickly they filled it). Next year I would emphasize the rule that they need to try harder not to duplicate words, but this was an excellent way to boost their word knowledge and enthusiasm.
Jennifer White says
February 20, 2014 at 1:36 pmLove it all, Maria!!
Jennifer
First Grade Blue Skies
Heather VanKuiken says
February 21, 2014 at 5:54 pmOur 100th day is on Monday! I am so excited!! I am buying your hat right now- so cute! AND definitely doing hopscotch, only not as pretty 😉 I also spread 100 pennies around the room so right when they walk in they have to find all of them. Last year we got stuck on 99 and couldn’t find the last anywhere… (so I tossed an extra one on a shelf). I found it months later- ha! Thanks for the ideas!
Heather
The Land of I Can
Maria Manore says
March 8, 2014 at 7:56 amHi Heather, I LOVE the idea of hiding 100 pennies in the room. My kids would be so busy and engaged! I will definitely have to remember that idea!
Barb says
December 31, 2014 at 11:58 pmi love all these activities. Thank you for the ideas!
Kim Vij @ The Educators' Spin On It says
January 19, 2015 at 10:36 amSo many terrific ideas for the 100th Day of school. Sharing on our Pinterest Boards. Can’t wait to see what you plan this year.
Karen says
January 23, 2015 at 11:10 pmGreat ideas! Love the literacy integration! I give my kids large 100 charts and they place Fruit Loops color coded by tens onto the chart and then string them to make a necklace. I send large pieces of vinyl tablecloth cut in rectangles home in a ziplock bag with a note for them to put 100 items on it and tie it around their neck to wear as Zero the Hero! They look adorable in their super hero capes! Last year one of my girls had 100 cookie crisp cookies glued to hers! I have no idea how they got them on! We decorate car stock glasses that are in the shape of 100 to wear as our super hero masks:)
Karen says
January 23, 2015 at 11:10 pmGreat ideas! Love the literacy integration! I give my kids large 100 charts and they place Fruit Loops color coded by tens onto the chart and then string them to make a necklace. I send large pieces of vinyl tablecloth cut in rectangles home in a ziplock bag with a note for them to put 100 items on it and tie it around their neck to wear as Zero the Hero! They look adorable in their super hero capes! Last year one of my girls had 100 cookie crisp cookies glued to hers! I have no idea how they got them on! We decorate car stock glasses that are in the shape of 100 to wear as our super hero masks:)
J T says
January 9, 2016 at 12:55 pmThanks for posting this! Great, fun ideas!
Leannerm9 says
April 4, 2016 at 8:20 pmWe spread 100th day out over a couple of weeks leading up to 100th day. We try to read 100 books, we make hats writing out 100 numbers (some students write 100 many times, others try to write lots of different numbers from the hundreds chart. We also have our VIP student bring in a Collection of 100 items on their specific day, avoiding too much chaos. They count each item on the hundreds carpet too. We also do 100 exercises to help use some of our extra energy. Because we do this over a couple of weeks, we get to try many different exercises. This year, we went on a 100 step walk and took pictures of us where we ended up and recorded it on our school map. 100th day lasted almost all of February!
Tripti Pandey says
March 14, 2018 at 5:37 amliked your ideas so much,thanks for sharing.