The 100th Day of School

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Looking for ideas to celebrate the 100th day of school in your classroom? The Internet is the perfect place to find and share ideas. Start your tour at Joan Holub's 100th Day of School Web Site. Holub is the illustrator of a book called The 100th Day of School — and to help celebrate this special day, she'll answer 100 questions about her work. She'll also post teacher suggestions for 100th day activities on her site. Her site includes a list of fun books to use in your celebration of the 100th day.

At another 100th Day of School Web site, you can peruse a search engine of Web sites that feature 100th day celebration ideas, or choose from a list of activities from this very Web site to plan a special 100th day celebration. These activities are submitted by users. So, after you try out a few with your class, you can have your own students submit their 100th day ideas.

You'll find great activities for slightly older students at the Global Classroom's 100th Day site. This site is a repository of suggestions from teachers around the world! And the EDUDEAF: Fun and Educational Activities for the 100th Day of School site has detailed instructions for games and activities that kids of all ages will enjoy.

The 100th Day of School!
Fellow teacher Andrea Spillett recommends 100th day of school ideas and reading materials. First year teachers will see how fun and it is to celebrate this occasion. New teachers can use Spillett's activities to teach math, literacy, phys ed and more.

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