100th Day of School

That once-in-a-school-year day is just around the corner. If you’re a kindergarten teacher, you and your class may have been counting every school day in anticipation. Get ready for the 100th day of school!   Your elementary students will enjoy these exciting cross-curricular activities:

Math Patterns to 100

You can use what you already have in your classroom, or raid the supply closet to make patterns. Have your students make a pattern of their choosing with100 items. Whether it be a simple ABAB pattern, or a ABCD pattern, students will be able to practice counting and skip counting to 100! What follows is a list of items you might use for this fun math activity:

• beads
• stickers
• rubber stamps (and ink pads)
• scraps of colored construction paper, cut into squares or other shapes
• buttons
• paperclips
• tissue paper scraps
• sequins

100 Facts of Science

Your students will enjoy learning about their favorite animal, flower, and more with this fun science research activity. This is a great lesson to complete in the library or computer lab. Have your class choose their favorite thing in nature, whether it be their favorite insect, mammal, reptile, tree, fruit, or vegetable! Then, instruct your students to do research on the topic and compile 100 facts about their wonder of nature. Once their research is complete, give students the opportunity to create a flier, book, or poster board listing their information. Students can format them on a single sheet of paper on the computer, with various images from the Internet. Or, students can write one fact per quarter sheet of paper with drawings (front and back to save trees!) and staple them together. Lastly, if you have more time and supplies, students can create a poster board with their 100 printed facts. 

Reading Books about the 100th Day

There are many books dedicated to the 100th day of school. Whether your students are in kindergarten or sixth grade, they will definitely enjoy reading one of these great books:

• 100 Days of School by Trudy Harris
• 100 School Days by Anne Rockwell
• The Night Before the 100th Day of School by Natasha Wing, Mindy Pierce
• Emily’s First 100 Days of School by Rosemary Wells
• Young Cam Jansen and the 100th Day of School Mystery by David Adler, Susanna Natti
• The 100th Day of School by Angela Medearis, Joan Holub
• 100th day of School by Melissa Schiller
• Happy 100th Day by Susan Milord
• Jake’s 100th Day of School by Lester L. Laminack

A Gallery of 100

Invite your students to bring in a collection of 100 things from home. Some ideas include: rocks, beads, buttons, stickers, and more! Have them gather all 100 items in some kind of display. For example, students may want to put their items in a jar. Or, some may get creative, and glue their objects on a piece of paper or cardboard in the shape of the number 1-0-0. Students should bring in their display of 100 items by the 99th day. In class, allow students to create a small tag to go next to their piece, including their name, type of objects, and why they chose those items. The next day, gather all of the displays on each student’s desk with their tags. Allow students to walk around with a notebook, silently observing each piece, and writing notes about what they see, like, or find interesting. Note: Make sure they do not bring in anything valuable. 

More Resources for the 100th Day of School:

How many ways to get to 100?
Students must use their math skills to figure out how many ways they can add or subtract to get to 100. A helpful tip is for students to think of 100 as $1.00! This is a great activity for upper elementary students on the 100th day of school.

100th Day Quilt
This fantastic printable provides you with 100 different patterned squares for students to cut, color, and paste into a beautiful and unique quilt.

Counting to 100
Now that your kindergarteners have had plenty of practice counting to 100, test their counting skills with this fill in the blank chart. Your class must fill in the blank numbers all the way to 100!