100th Day Giveaway

Kim at Growing Up Teaching inspired me to give away an entire package of 100th Day center ideas and materials, which I'm selling at TPT.  I will pick three lucky winners out of a hat.  You get one entry in the hat for each of these steps:

1. Follow my blog  (1 entry)
2. Comment on this post, suggesting an idea for me to write about in future posts (I have SO many files that I want to offer - I just don't know what most people want)  (1 entry)
3. Mention my blog on your own site  (1 entry)

If you take any of these steps to enter the giveaway, make sure to tell me your email address so that I can send you the package if you're one of the winners.  I'll choose the winners at 7:00pm on Monday, January 16.  Good luck!

Now, for more about 100th Day...

I'm all about having children feel objects.  I really think that when our students are able to interact with things in a tactile way, the concepts really stay in their brain.  With that said, I had students place 100 Fruit Loops on a pre-made chart in rows of 10.  I laminated four of these and put them on the table in my Math Center.  I've also had parents come in on 100th Day, so they keep an eye on the students to see that they don't eat the Fruit Loops until 100 are on the laminated mat.  By the way, I designed this file to print out on legal size paper (8.5"x14"), to help fit all 10 rows on the page.

100 Fruit Loops

Another thing I did was to send this letter home, asking the parents to help their child create a 100th Day poster.
Letter 100th Day

Here are two pictures of sample 100th Day Posters made by my former students:

100th Day poster with each group of 10 as a stripe in a rainbow

100th Day Poster in columns of 10

Finally, here is a 100th Day certificate that you could modify and give to your students:

100th Day Award Blank