It's 100 Day (finally!)

On the first day of school I taped a foot on the blackboard saying that this was the first day of school. We would be counting every day that we came to school and put up a foot for each day. Later on that week (the next day?) we started counting down how many more school days until the 100th day of school. With about 40 school days to go, we started putting an arrow underneath feet indicating how many days we had left. This was the second most exciting day of the year -- the last school day before 100 day!

One more day!

Also mentioned almost immediately was that they had to dress up like they were 100 years old. Check out all the canes we came up with! (good thing canes aren't a normal accessory in Grade One, they prefer to use them as swords)

Another key element of our day is inviting 100 (or more) guests into the classroom. The whole school came in for a half hour visit and to help out with some activity. Grade 6 helped us out counting the 100 items we brought to school.

Grade 2 were our next visitors. They helped us put together 100 piece puzzles.

This group put their puzzle together first!

Grade 5 came in and helped us with our 100 Day boooklets. You should see all the things we can apparently buy with $100! They also helped us come up with things we would like 100 of (candy a popular choice) and what we wouldn't want 100 of (apparently 100 siblings would be a little too many)




Grade 3 helped us with one of our favourite activities -- necklaces with 100 fruit loops. It was sticky, but the best part seemed to be polishing off all the leftovers before they were finally permitted to eat their necklaces. (I had to get a photo of more than just string around their necks!)






In came Grade 4 to make our room look more festive. They helped us make chains that were 73, no wait, 100 links long.

Ahhhh. A very brief moment of peace and quiet.

...because in came our next visitors! Grade 7 helped us to put 100 hand prints on our 100 Day sign.

We tried hard to keep the paint on our hands and the sign. I'm sure you know we weren't entirely successful. Those ties had a nasty habit of drooping right into the paint!

Strangely, some students didn't recognize me when they first entered school to find Oma J greeting them at the door. I can't imagine why.