At our school,
the two grade one classes came together
for a day full of fun! Listed below are some of the things that we did.
Read Alouds:
We did several read-alouds throughout the day. Here are the titles of the books that we used:
Ø “ 100 Years Ago” by Donna Marriott
Ø “100th Day Worries” by Margery Cuyler
Ø “From One to One Hundred” by Teri Sloat
Ø “Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day” by Joseph Slate
Ø “How Much Is A Million?” by David Schwartz
Ø “How Much, How Many, How Far, How Heavy, How Long, How Tall is 1000?” by Helen Nolan
Gym:
In the gym, we did a measurement activity and then we did 100th day centers called, “100th Day Olympics”.
Measurement Activity:
Each child was asked to bring in a bag of 100 small objects (e.g. paperclips, stamps, Barbies, fruit loops, etc.). When we got into the gym, we asked the children to find a line on the gym floor and spread out their items on the line. The children counted as they created their line of objects. After they had laid out all of their things, we gave the children some gym equipment (e.g. bean bags, scoops, skipping ropes, bats, etc.) and asked them to see how many of the pieces of one type of gym equipment it would take to equal the length of their line of objects. For example, it took 11 beanbags to equal the length of my line of 100 Popsicle sticks. See the pictures below.
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The children enjoyed taking time to look at each others creations and to try measuring their lines of objects with more than one type of gym equipment.
100th Day Olympics:
This consisted of six centers: 100 fit for life, 100 hoolas, Score 100 in the bean bag toss, 100 bounces, 100 bucket toss, and skip to 100. The children stayed at each station for approximately four minutes. At the end of gym we cheered for all of the grade one Olympians.
100 Fit for Life:
· At this station, the children needed to do 100 things that would keep them fit for life.
· Some examples were: jumping jacks, wall jumps, 100 seconds of jogging, sit ups, or leap frogs.
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100 Hoolas:
· At this station, the children were given several hoola hoops. Their challenge was to move the hoola hoop in some manner 100 consecutive times.
· The children enjoyed exploring with the hoops. Some used them around their waists while others moved them on the floor and others moved them around their arms and legs.
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Score 100 in the bean bag toss:
· At this station, the students were trying to toss a beanbag into a hoop. There were three hoops set out in a line. The first hoop was worth 10 points, the second hoop was worth 50 points and the third hoop was worth 100 points.
· The points in this game really didn’t matter. The children enjoyed trying to get their bean bag into any of the hops.
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100 Bounces:
· At this station, the children were each given a ball. Their challenge was to bounce the ball 100 times without losing control of it.
· Some children chose to bounce the ball on the floor, while others chose to use the wall.
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100 Bucket Toss:
· At this station, the children were given several bean bags and they were asked to try and toss them into the buckets. The goal was to collectively try to get 100 bean bags in the buckets.
Skip to 100:
· At this station, the children were all given skipping ropes. Their challenge was to jump rope 100 times. This meant that they could lay the rope flat and jump over it, jump rope in the more traditional matter, or in partners, swing the rope low to the ground.
· The children enjoyed experimenting with the different ways to use the skipping ropes.
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How will I look when I am 100?
In this activity, the children were shown pictures of elderly people, young people, babies, and adults. They were asked to order them from youngest person to the oldest person. We then talked about how they could tell if someone was elderly or not.
After we were finished ordering our pictures, the children were asked to close their eyes and imagine how they might look when they are 100 years old.
The children were given a few moments to share with a partner and then they were asked to draw a self portrait of themselves at age 100.
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Math Centers:
During our math
time, we did five math centers: race to 100, measure it, fill the cup, be a
builder, and trail mix.
Below is a brief
description of each center and a picture.
Race to 100:
· This is a game that uses a two blank 100 charts, dry erase markers, and dice.
· The object of the game is to be the first one to color in your 100 chart.
· The children play paper, rock, scissors to decide who will go first.
· The first player rolls two dice, adds them, says the sum aloud, and then colors in the value of the sum on his or her 100 chart.
· The first player gives the dice to the second player and he or she rolls both dice, finds the sum and then colors in his or her chart.
· The players continue to take turns until one person has completely colored in the 100 chart.
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Measure it:
· The children worked in pairs at this station.
· The moved around the school with a chain of 100 paper clips. Their job was to measure things in the school to see if it was shorter, longer, or the same length as 100 paper clips.
· The children were also given sticky notes and pens and asked to record the things that were exactly the same length as 100 paper clips.
· A word of caution – it was very difficult for the children to keep the paper clips from getting tangled up.
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Fill the cup:
· At this station, the children were given Styrofoam cups, popcorn seed, pebbles, pasta, straws, and Popsicle sticks.
· The object was to see how much of the cup was filled when you put 100 things into it.
· The children were amazed that so little of the cup was filled with 100 popcorn kernels!
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Be a Builder:
· At this station the children were given a large tub of geometric wooden blocks.
· Their job was to create a picture or scene with 100 blocks.
· Some children worked in teams while others chose to work independently.
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Trail Mix:
· At this station, the children were given a zip lock bag and access to a large bowl filled with treats. (chocolate chips, pretzels, dried fruit, marshmallows, etc.)
· The goal was to fill the zip lock bag with 100 items.
· This was a favorite in my class!
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Class Book:
We made a classroom book using the frame:
If I had $100 I would buy ___________________________________________!
The children enjoyed this, and loved reading it together as a class.
Combined Centers:
For the last hour of the day, the two grade one classes combined and did five centers together. We had several parent volunteers come in to help us run the centers and thus, we were able to see all of the children hard at work.
The centers were as follows: 100 things I am thankful for, story time, 100th day hats, 100 piece necklace, take 100 steps.
We let the children stay at each center for approximately ten minutes. Listed below is a brief description of each center and a picture.
100 things I am thankful for:
· At this center the children were given a large stack of magazines and an 11X17 piece of paper.
· The children were asked to cut out 100 things that they were thankful for and glue them to their page.
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Story Time:
· At this center, the children sat down and listened to the parent volunteer read one or more 100th day stories.
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100th Day Hats:
· At this station, the children were asked to create 100th day hats. The goal was to use 100 objects.
· We gave the children fun foam shapes, feathers, pom poms, and stickers.
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Make a Necklace:
· At this center, the children used 100 fruit loops to make a necklace.
· We encouraged the children to group the fruit loops in groups of ten.
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Take 100 Steps:
· At this center, our parent volunteer took the children down the hall. As a group, they predicted how far they thought 100 steps was and they marked it with a piece of tape.
· After predicting, they each confirmed by walking out 100 steps.
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100 Seconds of Silence:
To finish off the day, we challenged the children to give us 100 seconds of
silence. It was much harder than it sounds.
