Will we ever get to 100 days??

In North Carolina we have been pummeled by these past 2 weeks with ice, snow, and temperatures that refuse to get above freezing. Last week we were out of school all week and here we are on Monday morning still sitting at home. I am hopeful that we will be back in the building soon since it is supposed to be in the upper 30s and 40s all week.

Since I am back in 5th grade this year, I decided to revamp my 100th Day of School activities. In 5th grade, students get to celebrate their 1000th day of school. Most counties go to school for 180 days per year (or the equivalent of that in hours), so the 100th day of 5th grade is the 1000th day for them.

 

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My 1000th day packet has students figure out how they have been in school for 1000 days and then make $1000 words by assigning each letter of the alphabet a value. I also have a decimal version included where they make $10.00 words. There are also a few writing activities including a what would you do with $1000 prompt and a letter to yourself on the next 1000 days, which will be in high school.

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This activity has students read about what life was like 1000 years ago and compares it to life now. Then they complete a 3-column chart that has them compare life 1000 years ago to now, and then predict what they think life will be like in another 1000 years.

         

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I used this pizza activity when I taught 4th grade and students were learning how to connect fractions to decimals. They create a pizza with 100 toppings from the options on the page and then determine the fraction of each topping. They then model the fraction as a decimal on the decimal grid.

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This 100th day packet has been around since I first started teaching 3rd grade, but has been updated throughout the years. The cover page allows students to color each section of the 100 as they complete the task. Activities in the packet include: coloring stars for 100 seconds, a hundreds grid activity for primary and upper elementary, 100th day poem, drawing circles for 100 seconds, top 10 lists for primary and upper elementary, roll a die and flip a penny 100 times, and a writing prompt for primary and upper.

Hope everyone has a Happy 100th Day of School (whenever that may be!)