Don’t you just love the fun of the 100th day of school? Counting the days of school is such a great, fun way to incorporate number recognition, counting skills, place value, and more!
My favorite count the days of school activity is to have the students count the straws. I love it because it sets the foundation for learning the abstract concept of place value. Let’s just face it, if kids are thrown this suddenly in first grade without any concrete foundations, a LOT of kids are not going to get this concept.
I’ve had students that struggle daily with math, and still grasp the concept of the tens and ones place halfway through a year of kindergarten. Then when we get to the 100th day of school! Bam, they get the hundreds place too! So if you are teaching primary students or homeschooling a k-2 student, and you don’t count the days of schools with straws, chains, or something similar….start! You won’t regret it!
Once they are 100 days smarter, they have a new view on life. Why not celebrate that with some 100 day glasses?
They can count to 100 by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s. This one is the splat to 100 sheet, where they count by 2’s and fill in the missing numbers on the splattered gum.
They can fill in the missing numbers on a hundreds chart of write all the numbers in a hundreds chart.
I made this unit for kindergarten to second grade, so I added some written-form printables in there for those second graders too. Also, these work for differentiating instruction. 😉
They can write about celebrating their 100th birthday.
They can think of ways to do kind deeds by having $100 to pay it forward. We want to encourage good citizenship after all!
(Drumroll) Teachers can save 100 hours of work with this no prep 100th day of school packet that is complete with fun crafts! Just print and craft! It includes several math printables incorporating that number 100, leveled Mini-Readers, writing craftivities, and extended writing activities too.
Find it here or click the image below. You can also search http://bit.ly/100DaysofSchoolNoPrep too.
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Would it be possible to just buy the crown?
Hi, Thanks for asking! I currently only offer in the packet right now mainly because of lack of time to break things up. It takes time since I would need to make a cover and such.