Dear Families,
Friday is our 100th day of school. If you are looking for a quick and fun activity for your child to do on their snow day today you could have them count out 100 of something. This is optional, but if your child wants to, he/she could find something around the house (pennies, cheerios, Legos, Post-its, buttons, crayons, etc.) and count out a collection of 100 to share with our class on Friday.
Your child will bring these items back home after school on Friday. If your child chooses to do this, challenge him/her to predict what they think 100 will look like before they start counting. How could we count 100 items if we don't want to count by ones? Can we group the items into 5s, 10s or even 25s? If so, how many groups would there be in 100?
Encourage your child to estimate; would 100 cheerios fill an entire bowl? How heavy would 100 pennies be? Do they actually have 100 trading cards, or do they have more or less?
As an additional challenge; ask your child to find another 100 of something else and then compare the two groups of 100. Look at the differences between the two groups. What do you notice? 100 is the same amount, but it looks different and feels different depending upon what the objects are, or how it is presented.
Enjoy the snow day!
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