100th Day of School!

We're still lookin' good at 100 years old! :o)

On the 100th day of school, we got to dress up like we were 100 years old!

WHAT WOULD YOU BUY WITH $100?

We each got $100 in "funny money" to spend at www.toysrus.com!

Thank you to Mrs. Newingham for this wonderful idea!

GREAT BOOKS TO READ ON THE 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL!

From How to Get Your Child to Love Reading by Esme Raji Codell

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

*Have the kids come to school dressed up like they are 100 years old!

*Brainstorm "100 Things We Have Learned in Third Grade"

*At the 100th minute of school, have the students see how many times they can do the following in 100 seconds:
-write name on notebook paper
-stay quiet & freeze
-jumping jacks
-touch toes, then shoulders
-write 100 in as many ways as they can (words/numbers/number sentences/base-ten)
-addition problems
-subtraction problems
-multiplication problems

*Write 1 googol (1 followed by one hundred zeros)

*Quiz the students on 100 of their past spelling words

*Spelling bee - 100 most commonly used words or 100 most challenging words

*Make a graph of the dates on 100 pennies

*Write a class story using 100 words

*Collect 100 items to donate to a local food pantry

*Have the students write about something that their parents have told them to do 100 times!