100th Day Fun (and a freebie)!

Today was the 100th Day and I decided to have some fun with my students!

Last week, I sent home an assignment for families to create a 100th Day project together.

100 toothpicks, 100 smiley faces, 100th Day t-shirt with fingerprints

100 Day Swedish Fish, 100 Day rainbow, 100 day penny plates, 100 googley eyes, 100 pennies, 100 conversation hearts 

100 kittens, 100 stars/stickers, 100th Day man made with beans, 100 cotton balls, 100 cereal snacks, 100 popcorn kernels, 100 Day Monster, basket made out of 100 paper shreds

Then, we ventured onto 100th Day activities that you will find in my 100th Day Mini-Unit pack!

If I had 100 dollars....

100 year old pictures!!

Use Aging Booth (free Android, 99 cents iPhone)

Sorry the black blocks somewhat defeat the purpose of these images, but I just wanted to make sure I am keeping my kiddos confidentiality.

Writing 100 words

Writing 100 words. 

100 Exercises!

100 Exercises

100 Exercises

Alli crossing out her exercises as she goes.

Grab that freebie here...

Click to grab that freebie here.

This is one page out of my Mini-Unit, but I'm sharing on Google Docs for free! If you enjoy it, check out the whole unit!

Students working on their 100 addition and subtraction facts.

Making Words with "ONE HUNDRED DAYS"

Our school made a 100 Day train, each teacher did 4 train cars.

Our cars:

-100 Fingerprints

-100 Owls

-100 Pom-poms

-100 Magazine Words

We had a ton of fun today and the kids really enjoyed celebrating the 100th day!



Thursday Planning... Always the Most Tedious Day of the Week!

So, lesson plans are due tomorrow at 4:00, but this is what mine look like at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday morning. My feet are DRAGGING to be productive this week on school work. My mind has been wrapped up in finishing my Kindergarten Morning Work Packs (which I'll blog about at the bottom). 

As you can see, my template, standards, and targets are just fine... but I'm missing a LOT of chunk!!! 

Next step. Finally finish lesson plans during planning. YAY!! 

Monday through Friday all ready to go! 

Emailed to my curriculum specialist already. 

After lessons are done, I can create my piles of copies I need to make. 

These are usually copied during my lunch time or planning time. 

Then... 

I gather my centers activities for a laminating and cutting party. 

One of the Kindergarten assistants went to Sam's for me last night to get me the bulk pack of laminate for just $20. 

Walmart... $14 for 50 sheets

Sams... $20 for 200 sheets

Only problem is I don't have a membership to Sam's.  

And this paper cutter is my BEST friend.

My boyfriend's mother gave me this. She is a retired art teacher and didn't need it anymore. I cannot express how much time this cutter has saved me since I started using it.  

Phew.... what a long day. I feel like with teaching, lesson planning, laminating, and cutting, my day flew by really quickly, but at least I'm ready for next week! 

I'm certain that the reason I was so slammed with work today was because I kept pushing it off all week. I have been so excited about creating a Kindergarten Morning Work set for my Kindergarten friends and my TPT friends! 

Check them out.

You can grab one sample freebie from each of the sets if you click each link then click Download Preview once at the page! 

Made for Quarter 1 

Made for Quarter 2

Made for Quarter 3

Made for Quarter 4

Thanks for reading!! 

MLK Research Project

We are out of school today, but on Friday (and continuing on tomorrow), my students did Martin Luther King Jr. research in our Open Library schedule.

I found this research paper in a Teacher's Helper catalog. 

It is for any African American during Black History Month, but I decided to pull it for my MLK research. 

I called ahead to our librarian, Ms. Million, and she set up a lesson for my kids during open library.

She outlined the paper for the kids up here focusing on key words in the questions.

We used a website called PebbleGo.

It isn't free, however, I would suggest requesting it from your school if you have any funds available. 

At Pebble Go, you can research animals, science, biographies, and social studies topics!

Ms. Million had the website on the ActivBoard for students who were struggling to find a specific topic. She would show the students where to find it on this page. 

The students worked with their partners and went to work.

Their research skills and reading skills were really challenged, but they found out all about MLK Jr. on their own! They were very proud of themselves.

Here Comes the 100th Day!!

We are currently at day 93, so here we come 100! I just finished my 100th pack and I wanted to share some sneak peaks! 

I'm hoping that this will chill my kids out on the 100th day! They will be so wound up, so my fingers are crossed I can get their energy out with this! 

I would upload my Age Booth image, but it is SO embarrassing. Whenever I am with my girlfriends or other groups of friends, we always Age Booth each other! 

I hinted to my students that I was going to show them what they would look like when they were 100 and they did NOT believe me!! 

This activity will be a front/back page activity and I will time it to see how many words they can get in a set amount of time! 

And here is a FREEBIE link to a new blogging/TPT friend of mine, Faith Wheeler. Her blog is amazing! And her recent post with a FREE February book report is to die for! I cannot wait to get it started in my classroom!