Kindergartners in Massapequa School District celebrated the 100th day of school by engaging in a host of activities that spanned across the curriculum, reinforcing their understanding of the triple-digit number.
Youngsters, with the assistance of parent volunteers, busily honed their fine and gross motor skills by cutting, coloring, gluing, stacking, drawing and exercising in ways that marked the number 100. They played number games, made number charts and practiced math concepts such as grouping by tens to make 100 and counting to 100 by ones, fives and tens.
They examined weights and measures with activities such as measuring the length of a paper snake and testing the weight of objects compared to the weight of 100 pennies. They developed their English Language Arts skills as their teachers read books about the number 100, such as Ten Apples up on Top, by Dr. Seuss and then stacking 10 “apples” on top of their own heads. They also wrote or drew pictures about what the number 100 means to them, and sang songs about the number. After completing their crafts and activities, the students proudly wore their 100th-day creations, such as necklaces made of 100 beads, 100th-day crowns and 100th-day stickers or T-shirts and snacked on special 100th-day treats. Some classes also decorated goodie bags and filled them with 100 goodies by choosing 10 each of 10 different items.
-Submitted by Massapequa Public Schools
