For the kids at my school, Monday was the 100th day of school. When I taught primary grades, this was an important day - not to be forgotten. These last few years teaching intermediate though, it is prime time to be prepping for state testing so the pressure seemed too big to take a day to have some fun. This year, I have been trying to take some of the pressure off myself and remember that I teach kids. And kids like to have a little fun so this year the 100th day of school did not pass us by without notice! My 5th grade GT students happily took on the challenge provided by Hodges Herald - 100 problems. To be honest, it took us the 100th and the 101st day of school to complete all of them, but it was great review of concepts we have covered this year (and a couple that we hadn't which made for a good challenge!)
Students were allowed to work in partners or by themselves. They had to show their work and approve their answer with me before they could add it to our 100's chart on the board. When we had completed the last 2 problems (which ended up taking the whole class' brain!) everyone got a prize (a new pencil because at this point in the year they ALL NEED one!)
The best thing about this resource: it can be downloaded for FREE at TeachersPayTeachers.com. Follow this link to use it in your own classroom or click on the file picture below. (FYI... there is no answer key so either do some math practice yourself or leave your email in the comment section, and via email I'll show you my work!)
Students were allowed to work in partners or by themselves. They had to show their work and approve their answer with me before they could add it to our 100's chart on the board. When we had completed the last 2 problems (which ended up taking the whole class' brain!) everyone got a prize (a new pencil because at this point in the year they ALL NEED one!)
The best thing about this resource: it can be downloaded for FREE at TeachersPayTeachers.com. Follow this link to use it in your own classroom or click on the file picture below. (FYI... there is no answer key so either do some math practice yourself or leave your email in the comment section, and via email I'll show you my work!)