Our First 100 Days

What can your class accomplish in 100 days? Get to know each other and keep track of what happens at the beginning of your school year—or any 100 days!

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  Start a daily class diary! Every day for 100 days, create a new page with highlights of the day. With 100 days, everyone in your class will get several turns to contribute! Here are a few ideas for creating a group journal using Crayola® Erasable Colored Pencils. • Number each day in big bold colors at the top of the page. Write about special events and highlights. • Include your name and introduce yourself. What are your hobbies? What’s your favorite school subject? Draw a self-portrait, your pets, or sport. • Choose a new word for the day. Define and illustrate it. • What’s happening with the weather? Record the temperature. Draw the sky: cloudy, sunny, a rainbow! • List homework assignments. Absent classmates can check for their homework when they return.

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  At the end of your 100 days, celebrate your accomplishments together!

Benefits

• • Students get to know each other by contributing to a daily class journal. </P>
• • Children track the weather, build vocabulary, and record other information about each school day. </P>
• • Students gain organizational and recording skills that benefit each other. </P>

Adaptations

• • Have a spelling bee with all of the vocabulary words that are in the book at the end of the 100 days. </P>
• • Make a comparative weather chart. Determine the percentages of clear, cloudy, and rainy days. How does your weather compare to the climate in other parts of the country or world? </P>
• • Make charts to organize information. What is the ratio of cats to dogs? Who has more pets, girls or boys? </P>
• • Children with special needs often find it easier to write and draw with ultra-smooth Crayola Slick Stix™. Provide large sheets of paper for their journals. </P>
• • Assessment: At the end of each week, as a class review the content to see how fully each day’s events were captured. </P>