
Similar to the 100-second activity is the 100 Workout. They soon realize that 100 seconds isn't all that long. Since 100 is such a “big” number to the students they think there is no way they could do it. The first time I ask them to do a task for 100 seconds there is some exasperation. Not only do the students love these 100-second activities but it is a great way for them to get an idea of time concepts. You can set a timer, or play 100 seconds of fun, upbeat music while students complete the challenge! Students will stand up and complete activities like clapping, jumping jacks, and hopping on one foot. Some of the movement activities include seeing how many exercises students can do in 100 seconds. I love to use the Google Slides resource for this because it is so easy to project on the front board. We generally complete these movement activities as a class. There's no better way to burn off some of that energy than with 100th Day movement activities. One of the favorite 100th Day of School math activities is always the 100 Find & Count activity. Then they use this to help them write out the numbers from 5 to 100. I like to have students start by using a yellow crayon to color in the 5's and 10's columns on the hundred chart. However, this activity paired with a one hundred chart makes a great way for students to explore the concepts. Depending on where we are in the year, we may or may not have covered skip counting by 5's yet. I also like to include a skip counting by 5's activity during our day. The students love the Boom Card activity and it is a great way to reinforce the concept of counting by tens. Later in the day when we do 100th Day centers I also use the skip counting digital activity. Then we complete the cut and past skip counting activity. Eventually, someone will think of skip counting and they will be amazed that they could to 100 in just a few seconds. Without fail they start counting by ones in a speedy fashion. I like to challenge my students to see if they can count to 100 really quickly. This is another key concept that goes right along with the 100-day theme. Take it one step further with a skip count activity which has students practicing counting by 10’s up to 100. For those students that are still struggling with the numbers, having the review first really helps them. Then I send students off to complete their own printed hundred chart. It's a great way to kick off the 100th Day of School by counting to 100 together. I love to start by completing the digital missing numbers activity as a class in the morning. You can complete this activity as a class, individually or with partners. If you haven't taught all the way to 100, no worries! Use this time to focus on the number patterns you see on the hundreds chart and then challenge them to use the patterns to fill in the chart. It's such an important skill for our young students. This will help them practice counting, writing out their numbers, and with overall number sequencing. Students will navigate a hundred chart, filling in the missing numbers as they go.
