{"id":653,"date":"2013-04-04T13:49:34","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T13:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andersons.com\/?p=653"},"modified":"2023-01-27T15:39:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T15:39:37","slug":"100-ways-to-celebrate-100-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/100-ways-to-celebrate-100-days\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Ways to Celebrate 100 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"100th Celebrate 100 Days \u2013 100 Ways!<\/p>\n

The 100th day of school will be here before you know it. Do you have plans to celebrate? Give your kids a sense of accomplishment and pride by celebrating this important day in the school year. If you\u2019re looking for ideas, we\u2019ve come up with 100 ways to celebrate.<\/p>\n

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  1. Sing 100 songs!<\/li>\n
  2. Do 100 jumping jacks.<\/li>\n
  3. List 100 healthy snacks.<\/li>\n
  4. Choose a local park, museum, or historical building that is 100 years old, as a class research it and\/or visit it.<\/li>\n
  5. List 100 books you have read collaboratively.<\/li>\n
  6. Write a 100 word story or poem.<\/li>\n
  7. List 100 new words to learn.<\/li>\n
  8. Plant 100 seeds.<\/li>\n
  9. Hand out 100 Days Smarter Ribbons<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  10. Run a 100 yard dash.<\/li>\n
  11. Write a story starting with; \u201cOne hundred years from now\u2026..\u201d \"100<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. Learn to say 100 in another language.<\/li>\n
  13. Learn 100 vocabulary words.<\/li>\n
  14. Go on a nature hike and collect 100 items. Then bring them back to class and create a piece of art, or story around them.<\/li>\n
  15. Write 100 letters or post cards to service men & women, or to children in another state or country.<\/li>\n
  16. Make 100 snowflakes to decorate your room.<\/li>\n
  17. Make a classroom quilt with 100 squares.<\/li>\n
  18. List 100 flavors of ice cream, either real, or invented. Then celebrate with an ice cream social.<\/li>\n
  19. Make silly glasses out of construction paper or tag board using the zeros in 100 as the eye holes.<\/li>\n
  20. Challenge students to perform 100 acts of kindness. Keep a classroom tally.<\/li>\n
  21. Create 100 legs for a bulletin board centipede. Use two different colors, on one have them write one thing they have learned, on the other one thing they want to learn.<\/li>\n
  22. Create a piece of art using 100 toothpicks and 100 gum drops.<\/li>\n
  23. Invite someone who is 100 years old to visit the classroom.<\/li>\n
  24. Invite someone who is 100 days old to visit the classroom.<\/li>\n
  25. Challenge children to make as many words as possible using the letters in ONE HUNDRED<\/li>\n
  26. Search magazines and newspapers for the number 100.<\/li>\n
  27. Tell 100 jokes.<\/li>\n
  28. Color and wear 100th day Hats<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  29. Make homemade bubbles, and challenge each student to blow 100 bubbles.<\/li>\n
  30. List 100 things you\u2019ve learned so far this year.<\/li>\n
  31. Everyone bring in 100 of something\u2026paper clips, marbles, cotton balls, etc.<\/li>\n
  32. Everyone bring in 100 coins, as a class count the money and choose a charity to donate it to, or use it to buy a much-needed classroom item.<\/li>\n
  33. Make a list of 100 important dates in history<\/li>\n
  34. Make a list of 100 influential people in history<\/li>\n
  35. Trace 100 feet from students, staff and teachers at school. Color and cut out, then hang them along the wall in the entrance hallway. Or create a path on the floor with them.<\/li>\n
  36. Collect 100 food items to donate to a food shelf.<\/li>\n
  37. Collect 100 pencils<\/a> to donate to a children\u2019s charity.<\/li>\n
  38. Collect 100 hats, or pairs of mittens for a local shelter.<\/li>\n
  39. Create a classroom poster using 100 colors, or 100 shapes.<\/li>\n
  40. Brainstorm a list of 100 round objects. (or square, triangle or rectangle)<\/li>\n
  41. Challenge students to make up 100 word or number problems with 100 in them.<\/li>\n
  42. Ask each child to list 100 words they know how to read or spell.<\/li>\n
  43. Read the book \u201cOne Hundred is a Family\u201d by Pam Munoz Ryan.<\/li>\n
  44. Make necklaces with yarn and 100 beads, pieces of cereal, pasta or candy.<\/li>\n
  45. Count to 100 by 1\u2019s, 2\u2019s, 5\u2019s, 10\u2019s, and 20\u2019s.<\/li>\n
  46. Count to 1000, 10,000, or 100,000 by 100\u2019s.<\/li>\n
  47. Estimate what the date will be in 100 days, then see who is closest.<\/li>\n
  48. Challenge kids to list 100 words that start with C. (the roman numeral for 100)<\/li>\n
  49. Read the book \u201cOne Hundred Hungry Ants\u201d by Eleanor Pinczes.<\/li>\n
  50. List 100 opposites.<\/li>\n
  51. Hand out 100th Day of School Pencils. \"100th<\/li>\n
  52. Send 100 pictures or cards to a local nursing home.<\/li>\n
  53. Make a paper chain of 100 paper links.<\/li>\n
  54. Find 100 important people in newspapers and magazines and cut them out.<\/li>\n
  55. Find 100 things you\u2019d like to learn more about in magazines and newspapers.<\/li>\n
  56. Learn a game children played 100 years ago.<\/li>\n
  57. Think of something nice to say to 100 people at school.<\/li>\n
  58. Challenge kids to find out what a group of 100 parrots, 100 whales, 100 skunks, or 100 lions is called.<\/li>\n
  59. Ask each student to write 100 on a piece of drawing paper and incorporate the numeral into a drawing.<\/li>\n
  60. Have kids put 100 words in alphabetical order.<\/li>\n
  61. Ask students to find out who was president of the United States 100 years ago.<\/li>\n
  62. Challenge students to think of as many addition problems as they can with a sum of 100.<\/li>\n
  63. Can students predict 100 things that will be invented during the next 100 years?<\/li>\n
  64. Play a game. The first child begins, “I went to the zoo and I saw one giraffe.” The second child continues, “I went to the zoo and I saw one giraffe and two bears.” Can students reach 100?<\/li>\n
  65. Ask children to guess which container — of pennies, golf tees, jelly beans, thumbtacks, etc. — has 100 in it.<\/li>\n
  66. Have kids write their names using 100 paper dots.<\/li>\n
  67. Read the book “I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words” by Michael Frith.<\/li>\n
  68. With kids, make a 100th day snack mix, using 100 raisins, 100 chocolate candies, 100 pieces of cereal, 100 peanuts, 100 pretzels, etc.<\/li>\n
  69. Ask kids to estimate which weighs more 100 rubber bands or 100 paper clips and check their estimates.<\/li>\n
  70. List 100 ways to improve our Earth.<\/li>\n
  71. As a group, write 100 compound words.<\/li>\n
  72. Create a treasure hunt with 100 clues for your class to follow.<\/li>\n
  73. Challenge your class to read 100 books.<\/li>\n
  74. With your students, create a mural showing what school was like 100 years ago, what it’s like today, and what it will be like 100 years from now.<\/li>\n
  75. Ask each child to finish the sentence, “One hundred is an important number because.\u201d<\/li>\n
  76. List 100 ways to be kind to others.<\/li>\n
  77. Survey 100 students to find out their favorite 100th-day activity. Show the results in a chart.<\/li>\n
  78. Collect 100 buttons, and have kids categorize them according to shape, size, number of holes, etc.<\/li>\n
  79. Have each student finish the sentence, “If I had $100, “<\/li>\n
  80. Have small groups of students flip a coin 100 times and record the results in a table or graph.<\/li>\n
  81. List 100 ways you could help someone.<\/li>\n
  82. Help each child write the numeral 100 with glue and sprinkle it with glitter.<\/li>\n
  83. Have a beanbag toss. Who can score 100 first?<\/li>\n
  84. List 100 kind words or deeds.<\/li>\n
  85. Challenge students to collect 100 autographs.<\/li>\n
  86. As a class project, make a solar system mural with 100 stars.<\/li>\n
  87. On separate index cards, write the numerals 1 through 100. Shuffle the cards, and have children put the numerals in order.<\/li>\n
  88. Color 100th Day of School Pennants. \"100th<\/li>\n
  89. Ask each child to bring to school one thing that represents 100 — a $1 bill, a 100-watt light bulb, a picture of an athlete wearing number 100, and so on.<\/li>\n
  90. Ask each student to finish the sentence, “If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you 100 times.\u201d<\/li>\n
  91. Cutouts 100 hearts and have students write one thing they love about school on each heart. String them from your ceiling.<\/li>\n
  92. Challenge each child to complete a 100-piece puzzle.<\/li>\n
  93. Read the book, \u201cOne Hundred Shoes\u201d\u00a0by Charles Ghigna<\/li>\n
  94. Make a hallway poster with 100 handprints.<\/li>\n
  95. Solve 100 Math Problems.<\/li>\n
  96. Play 100 games.<\/li>\n
  97. Find 100 cities on a map and learn about them.<\/li>\n
  98. Give each child $100 in play money <\/a>and hold an auction for trinkets, favors or fun projects.<\/li>\n
  99. Create a new alphabet of 100 letters instead of 26. Have students design the letters and share what they would sound like.<\/li>\n
  100. End the day with 100 seconds of silence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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