Surfin' Through Second: Search results for 100 ways to make 100

Aloha friends! I hope your week has been moving along nicely. Today marked the 100th day of school for us. Time sure is flying by.

On Wednesdays we have a short day which made it the perfect day to celebrate.

We started off the day by sharing our Mystery Bags.

I glued this onto some white craft bags and sent them home on Monday. The students had to find 100 items to place in the bag and then write 3 clues. I had the students sit in a circle and share their clues. We then passed the bags around the circle and tried to guess what each student brought.

The kids really enjoyed sharing and guessing.

It was a great way to use our senses as well.

Click here to download in Google Docs.

Next we had some fun writing about ourselves.

I gave each student a sheet of paper and told them to write their name in the middle. Then I challenged them to write 100 things about themselves! I let them sit wherever they wanted and they had a great time chatting with friends and sharing ideas.

I was amazed at how engaged they all were for a full 30 minutes, lol! They really enjoyed it. They didn't come close to writing 100 things, but they were happy that they could work on them another time.

I then did some reading. I shared a few of my favorite 100 day books.

The Wolf's Chicken Stew is one of my favorites and so cute. We read it and then discussed some other items that the wolf might make for the chicks. I created a template and had the students finish it.

They wrote some really cute answers, but we ran out of time before lunch and I forgot to take pictures! If you would like a copy of the writing template just click on the picture above to grab it in Google Docs.

After lunch we had some 100 day math activities. First I shared the recipe for our 100 Day snack.

I sent a note home last week asking for each student to bring in 200 pieces of a small snack item. Not every child brought something so it was just enough for our class of 21. I set out 10 plates and placed the different items on each one. I called a few kids back at a time and they counted out their snacks.

All the snacks were quite tasty! The kids at their seats were keeping busy with 100 ways to make 100.

Just click on the picture to grab this one too.

These activities took us through our short afternoon quite quickly.

My second graders have a great concept of place value and hundreds, but it's always fun to reinforce the concepts. All my kiddos left smiling and although I didn't get 100 hugs, 20 was good enough for me!

I hope you can use some of these ideas and activities with your class as well.

When is your 100th day of school?

Aloha friends! It feels like when the weekend comes I have so many things to share about our week.

Today I wanted to share a few freebies with you from our 100th Day of School.

We started off our day with our 100 Day Mystery Bottle activity that I got from Darlin' In First.

I found this little gem and it was such a fun activity that you should check out, especially if you have older students who have done some of the other 100 Day activities.

I sent home directions on Wednesday along with all of the materials. I made my own bottle and showed the kids exactly what to do. It was so fun watching them read their clues and make guesses about what was inside their bottle!

I wish I had taken more pics of some of the clues and answers, they were a real hoot! Definitely a great activity for higher order thinking!!

After this activity we had math and we had several activities to keep us busy.

We read 100 Hungry Ants

and The Wolf's Chicken Stew

Both are really cute and the kids love hearing them.

Then I introduced our 100 Day snack activity. The kids love any cooking activity and I try to do something once a month.

Basically the kids get to make a trail mix of 100 items. I found this idea in a book somewhere years ago and I do not claim this to be my own. I just can't remember who to give credit to. I have 10 bowls with 10 different items. They count out 10 items from each bowl into their bag.

Here is the recipe if you would like a copy in Google Docs.

Can you guess what Derdnuh is??

While a few kids were making their snacks, the other students were at their seats decorating their recipe page and working on ways to make 100.

100 Ways To Make 100

I really thought this would hold them for much longer, but I had a little guy finish this in less than 10 minutes!! When I announced to the class that he was finished and I was so proud of him, it got really quiet while everyone tried to complete theirs quickly.

On the back of this sheet I made a 100 chart for them to fill in and then play Roll to 100 with it.

If you would like copies of any of these items just click on the links to grab them.

One more freebie for you today. I drew this frame to help make my recipe page. If you would like it to create something of your own then just click on this link to grab it.

Do you celebrate the 100th Day of School? What activities will you be doing this year?

Oh I almost forgot! I just installed a new Pin button that appears when you hover over one of my pictures. You can click on it and pin it right from here!! I think it's cool, but what do you think about it??