Thursday, February 7, 2013
Many activities took place celebrating the 100th Day of school. The kindergarteners brought in 100th Day projects displaying objects ranging from buttons to shoes. Some of the projects were broken down in groups of ten’s and the student and their classmates counted to 100 by 10’s. Some of the classes made hats decorated with items grouped in 10’s.
Did you know that you could arrange ordinary crackers to look like the number 100? The kindergarteners discovered that a Club Cracker and two Ritz Crackers create the number 100 and the teacher added cheese spread before they devoured them.
When you were five were you able to create a castle with a fence around it in 20 minutes with 100 pieces of Lego’s? Two future Lego engineers accomplished this amazing task.
The first graders brought in a plastic bottle holding a mystery object in a brown paper bag. The students used many adjectives to describe this object and their classmates had to guess the 100 mystery objects in their bottle. Have you ever tried to counting out 100 blades of grass or sparkles in water? These were a couple of the mystery items. The goldfish, gummy bears, marshmallows, and candy were a big hit and someone had a tasty treat afterward.
The second graders impressed their peers with 100 words they can spell on a poster exhibited in the hallway. The learning does not stop at 100 days, the students and staff will continue to count until 175 days!