Monday, February 12, 2007
100 Day Books
This Tuesday, February 12th, our school will celebrate its 100th day of school. The 100th day of the school year is a special day students in our school look forward to. Celebrations and activities help children grasp the number and reflect on the community they’ve built as a class in the past hundred days together.
Try reading some of these books with your classes.
In The 100th Day of School by Angela Shelf Medearis, the children learn 100 spelling words, plant 100 seeds, bake 100 cookies, and "do everything the 100 way" to celebrate this special day.
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten by having her children bring one hundred of something to school, including a one hundred-year-old relative, one hundred candy hearts, and one hundred polka dots.
Mr. George Baker, by Amy Hest, is one-hundred-years old and still learning. Each day this man rides the bus with his six-year-old neighbor to school to learn to read.
The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis is a classic story of the relationship between Michael, a boy, and his one-hundred-year old aunt. Michael’s mother wants to throw out the battered old box that holds the pennies, but Michael understands that the box itself is as important to Aunt Dew as the memories it contains.
The Doll People by Ann M. Martin would make an enticing read aloud for a second or third grade class. In this chapter book, a family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for one hundred years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls arrives and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor.
The following math books teach the concept of one hundred:
From One to One Hundred by Teri Sloat
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinezes
Chicka, Chicka, 1,2,3 by Bill Martin, Jr.
Let’s Count by Tana Hoban
Only One by Marc Harshman
Don’t forget the folk tale “The Sleeping Beauty.”
And the new book that inspired my writing this list is The American Story 100 True Tales from American History by Jennifer Armstrong.
This collection of three to four minute stories introduces a cast of personalities throughout our country’s history from 1500s to 2000.
The tales will certainly hold readers' attention.
Try reading some of these books with your classes.
In The 100th Day of School by Angela Shelf Medearis, the children learn 100 spelling words, plant 100 seeds, bake 100 cookies, and "do everything the 100 way" to celebrate this special day.
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten by having her children bring one hundred of something to school, including a one hundred-year-old relative, one hundred candy hearts, and one hundred polka dots.
Mr. George Baker, by Amy Hest, is one-hundred-years old and still learning. Each day this man rides the bus with his six-year-old neighbor to school to learn to read.
The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis is a classic story of the relationship between Michael, a boy, and his one-hundred-year old aunt. Michael’s mother wants to throw out the battered old box that holds the pennies, but Michael understands that the box itself is as important to Aunt Dew as the memories it contains.
The Doll People by Ann M. Martin would make an enticing read aloud for a second or third grade class. In this chapter book, a family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for one hundred years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls arrives and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor.
The following math books teach the concept of one hundred:
From One to One Hundred by Teri Sloat
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinezes
Chicka, Chicka, 1,2,3 by Bill Martin, Jr.
Let’s Count by Tana Hoban
Only One by Marc Harshman
Don’t forget the folk tale “The Sleeping Beauty.”
And the new book that inspired my writing this list is The American Story 100 True Tales from American History by Jennifer Armstrong.
This collection of three to four minute stories introduces a cast of personalities throughout our country’s history from 1500s to 2000.
The tales will certainly hold readers' attention.
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