100th Day of School!!!

I'm not going to lie until I began student teaching I definitely forgot about the hype that comes along with the 100th day of school in elementary school. Since the first day of the school year we have been counting up to the 100th day and now, today, it was finally here! My co-op and I had a full day of 100 themed activities.

The students were allowed to dress as if they were 100 years old today rather than wearing their uniform. This is without a doubt an idea that I will be stealing for my own classroom one day. I'm not sure if there is anything cuter than seeing 6 and 7 year olds dressed up as old people.

I brought in a snack for everyone today to go along with the theme, 100 day cupcakes decorated in their school colors! They were definitely a hit! During snack I passed out comparison photos I made for the students of what they look like now and what they will look like when they are 100 years old. Everyone definitely got a laugh and I even had other teacher's ask for the template so they could use it in future years.

The entire afternoon was dedicated to 100 themed stations. At station 1 students had to create a patterned necklace using 100 fruit loops. At station 2 students had to construct anything they wanted to using 100 mini marshmallows and toothpicks. At station 3 students drew a line on a plastic cup where they predicted how much water 100 drops would accumulate to. Lastly, at station 4 students wrote using the writing prompt, "If I had 100 dollars I would buy...".

Surprisingly with all of the craziness the day entailed the students behavior was not an issue whatsoever.

Now onto day 101 tomorrow.