100th Day Writing

One of our favorite traditions on the 100th Day is dressing how we think we’ll look when we are 100! There is grey hair, canes, walkers, and wrinkles galore! We usually start the day with writing about what we want our life to be like when we are 100!

100th Day Stations

We spend the majority of the rest of the school day working in centers and completing 100th Day challenges. I got inspiration from Catherine (The Brown Bag Teacher) and Cara (The First Grade Parade) for a centers sticker chart! I put students in teams of 2 or 3. As they complete each center challenge, they receive a sticker to add to their chart! Students went crazy over these stickers, and I love that they could take the sticker charts home and use them to share with their families about all the activities they did that day!

100th Day Station 1 Read 100 Books

I absolutely adore this idea from Catherine! I made an anchor chart, and at the beginning of the day we discussed how we could use teamwork to complete this challenge! We figured out that if each member of our class reads 5 books, we would get to 100. I left the chart up and set markers out, and as students finished a book (or 1 chapter of a chapter book) they could add the title to our chart. When students visited this center, they got cozy with pillows and stuffed animals to read, read, read!

100th Day Station 2 100 Cup Structure 

This classic 100th Day activity is always a favorite for my firsties! I simply set out a basket of 100 plastic cups and let students build! I love all the creative and different ideas they come up with for their structures!

100th Day Station 3 Hershey Kiss 100s Chart

I first saw this idea from Cara and was so excited to try it out with my kiddos! I labeled the bottom of Hershey kisses with a dot sticker and wrote numbers from 1-100. (Confession- I may have used the same Hershey kisses the past 2 years so I don’t have to label new ones!!) Students work with their partner to pick a kiss from a basket and place it in the correct spot of the 100 chart. I made this activity a little more challenging for my first grade friends by giving them a blank 100 chart to use. They loved challenging their brains and I loved that they were building their number sense!

100th Day Station 4 100 Pattern Block Creation

Students begin by counting out 100 pattern blocks from a basket. I give them the suggestion to make 10 piles of 10 to help keep track! After counting out the blocks, they are free to build and create!

100th Day Station 5 100 Chart Puzzles

To create 100 Chart puzzles, take a 100 chart and cut into pieces. I print my 100s charts on different colors to keep them from getting mixed up. I cut some charts into bigger pieces and some charts into smaller pieces for different levels of challenge. I love using rainbow order for everything in my classroom, so students know that red is the easiest level and the puzzles get more challenging as they move through the colors of the rainbow. They love trying to get all the puzzles completed before time is up! Template for making puzzles is included in my 100th Day resource.

100th Day Station 6 100 Coin Flips

Students first make a prediction of which will win- heads or tails. Then, they flip a coin 100 times and record their data! In my 100th Day resource I included 2 versions of this activity. In one version, students record their data with tally marks. In the second version they color in a chart! After completing flipping their coin 100 times, they count their totals for heads and tails and write an equation the equals 100!

100th Day Station 7 Write 100 Words

Students grab a recording sheet and a clipboard and walk around the room searching for any words to write! Students can also write words they know- names, sight words, etc!

100th Day Station 8- Roll and Race to 100

100th Day Station 9 100 Marshmallows and Toothpicks