Saturday, February 6, 2010

100!

Yesterday was the 100th day of school, and the first graders celebrated in style! They wore "100 days" hats (and made a special one for principal George Ortman), decorated the classroom, and each of them brought 100 of something. I enjoyed celebrating with them and seeing their collections of 100 things, which I thought you might find interesting too.

Several students brought toys...

Parker and Russell both had 100 pieces of Lego



Christian had 100 snap together blocks



and Yalena had 100 small toys.



That's Becky with Yalena...she was one of several kids who brought seashells...

Dylan had his in a bucket



Hannah had hers in a tin. That's Whisper with her beads, and Alexander with his stuffed animals (yes, he brought 100 stuffed animals!)



I was seriously jealous of Mason's collection of 100 whole scotch bonnets!



Cole brought in 100 white beans, which I wanted to cook and eat!



It was a fun event to celebrate the 100th day milestone. Maybe we adults should take a lesson from these kids and celebrate little things along the way in our lives, too.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just curious if you did anything with the 100 object other than share them. I've used this with a lesson in non-standard vs. standard measurement. We "guess" who's objects will create the longest and shortest lines, then we line up our 100 things and talk about why everyone's is different and how we can make them all the same (standard). We always have a great time with 100 day. Thanks for sharing.

Ocrakate said...

I'm honestly not sure what - if anything - else the first graders did with their 100 objects. Just knowing Mary Ellen (the teacher), I would bet that they did several activities around the 100 theme and the items the kids brought, but I don't know for sure because I was only there for about half an hour out of their 100th day.