100th Day of School at ECES!

Last Friday, February 7th, was a very special day at Eastern Christian Elementary School! Many students were anticipating this day since the first day of school back in August, and it finally arrived – the 100th day of school! Kindergarten-3rd grade students celebrated the 100th day of school in a variety of different ways. Check out this list of 100 things that students and/or teachers at ECES did on the 100th day of school! (See if you can guess which ones are things we do every day!)

1. Dressed up as “100-year-olds”
2. Laughed at teachers dressed up as “100-year-olds”
3. Greeted friends and teachers
4. Walked through decorated doorways
5. Stepped through a giant cardboard cut out of the number 100
6. Had classroom devotions
7. Danced to oldies music
8. Balanced on one foot for 100 seconds
9. Whispered the alphabet repeatedly for 100 seconds
10. Wrote the alphabet repeatedly for 100 seconds
11. Counted to 10 repeatedly for 100 seconds
12. Clapped hands for 100 seconds
13. Recited pledges to the USA flag and Christian flag
14. Counted by 1’s to 100
15. Counted by 2’s to 100
16. Counted by 5’s to 100
17. Counted by 10’s to 100
18. Made a list of 100 words
19. Made 10 groups of 10
20. Put 100 Fruit Loops on yarn necklaces
21. Read “The Night Before the 100th Day of School”
22. Created designs with 100 pattern blocks
23. Wrote 100 tally marks
24. Completed 100 chart puzzles
25. 100 jumping jacks
26. 100 squats
27. 100 high knees
28. Read God’s Word
29. Put our names on our papers
30. Wrote about what life will be like when we are 100
31. Listened to classical music
32. Played “POP” (a counting game)
33. Made pizza pan sized chocolate chip cookies with 100 chocolate chips
34. Cut, shared, and ate giant chocolate chip cookies
35. Recited our weekly Bible verse
36. Made rainbow colored 100th day headbands
37. Read “The 100th Day of School”
38. Worshipped God by singing praises
39. Enjoyed indoor recess games
40. Played with friends
41. Completed Mrs. Veenstra’s “jungle” obstacle course in the gym
42. Swung on the rope
43. Balanced on the balance beam
44. Ran through the “waterfall”
45. Hopped through hula hoops
46. Jumped over jump ropes
47. Imagined what we will look like when we are 100
48. Wrote and illustrated a class book: “Things We’ve Been Told 100 Times”
49. Completed the sentence “I would want 100 _____, but not 100 _______!”
50. Flipped over a deck of cards and added the numbers until we reached 100
51. Solved a division puzzle that looked like the number 100 as a finished product
52. Used 100 connecting cubes to create something
53. Rolled the dice and added numbers until we reached 100
54. Raised our hands to ask questions
55. Colored a crown that said, “I’m 100 days smarter!”
56. Wrote on post it notes to complete this sentence: “On the first day of school I couldn’t ____________, but on the 100th day I now can!”
57. Washed our hands for 100 seconds
58. Ate snacks 100 minutes into the school day
59. Wore glasses
60. Wore buns in our hair
61. Wore suspenders
62. Wore pearls
63. Wore our parents’ (or grandparents’) clothes
64. Put baby powder in our hair
65. Walked with canes
66. Walked with umbrellas
67. Wore shawls
68. Wore caps
69. Wore bow ties
70. Wore wigs
71. Wore fake mustaches and beards
72. Wore curlers in our hair
73. Endured headaches from wearing buns, wigs, and curlers in our hair
74. Colored and assembled 100th day glasses
75. Read “Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten”
76. Prayed to God
77. Ate lunch 100 minutes after snack time
78. Counted 100 pennies
79. Counted 20 nickels
80. Counted 10 dimes
81. Counted 4 quarters
82. Looked for patterns on a hundred chart
83. Wrote in missing numbers on a hundred chart
84. Made 100th day hats
85. Attended “specials” classes (Computers, Music, PE)
86. Practiced writing and identifying numerals
87. Counted 100 popsicle sticks
88. Wrote what we would do with $100
89. Took 100 steps in the hallway
90. Wrote about what we want to be remembered for when we are 100
91. Sang about the 100th day of school
92. Gave thanks for 100 blessings in our lives (and could have continued!)
93. Stayed quiet for 100 seconds
94. Took class pictures
95. Colored pictures of what we would look like as “100 year olds”
96. Glued cotton balls on our “100 year old” projects
97. Cut construction paper, doilies, and lace for our “100 year old” projects
98. Completed STEAM challenges with 100 Legos
99. Shared our favorite school memory in the last 100 days

And finally #100: Reflected on all that we’ve learned in the last 100 days!

By: Jenna Beverly

Jenna is a preschool teacher at Eastern Christian School.

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