Amazingly, we have now been in school for 97 days, and are looking forward to our 100th day of school this week. Because we are now really counting down to our 100th day, we are doing lots of activities involving numbers. Today, all on their own, Lucas, Jake and Jonathan found page 100 in our First Encyclopedia. Lucas copied the numbers from our number chart, and Daniel, Jeffrey and Matthew counted the number of puzzle pieces that they used in building the car puzzle. Jeffrey counted to 100 following the number chart in the book 100 Days of School, by Trudy Harris. And counting by 10's on our abacus was a popular activity. And as you can see, a big game of War was played. The boys carefully evaluated each "hand," determining which card was the biggest number, to see who won each hand. But best of all, it was a cooperative game - as soon as someone was without any more cards, the cards were reshuffled and dealt out again.
The children also began to share their collections of 100 "whatevers," telling us how they counted out 100 objects. Counting 10 groups of 10 seems to be the most popular method. It is great fun to see another side of the children as they share their special collections and speak in front of their classmates. We will continue sharing - and counting- as the week goes on!
Alison Davis
Great photo.
ReplyDeleteAlison is convinced that the 100th day marks the end of the school year. Not sure how she'll feel on day 101.
It is an exciting week for the scientists!
So cute! That came up in class today, and we assured the kids that school will continue. In fact, we talked about perhaps continuing to count the days of school.
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