"Two more days until the 100th day!" The excitement was buzzing in the Kindergarten classroom as students eagerly awaited the 100th day of school. Building up to it, students were anxiously awaiting seeing Zero the Hero again, and seeing all the wonderful activities we planned for them. We promised them not a day but an entire week's worth of celebration - and celebrate we did!
I loved watching their reaction walking into the classroom, full of streamers hanging over the door, a "congratulations!" sign greeting them as they entered the classroom. A few of the students even made T-shirts with different representations of tens to celebrate the occasion. During number corner, we had a ceremony to celebrate the bundles of tens being regrouped as one bundle of 100. The students clapped and celebrated with Zero the Hero. I overheard Ceanna at her table as she counted 100 objects saying, "I love you 100." Meanwhile, Zollie hangs up the 100th segment of our class DoodleBug, saying, "Happy 100th day, DoodleBug." What can I say about the joy this class brings into math? It's nothing short of beautiful. They certainly employ the habit of "Responding with Wonderment and Awe." Every day, they demonstrate an openness to the little and big surprises life brings, the beauty of mathematical patterns and relationships. I hope they will keep this positivity and energy as they continue their journey into 1st grade and beyond.
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