A Virtual 100th Day Celebration
So, when I was a 2nd grade teacher, I rarely celebrated the 100th Day of School. But this year, of all years, I feel like every classroom could use just a little extra celebration! If you have plans to party with your kids on your 100th Day, I have a virtual collection of games to share with you today! These work perfectly for distance learning, but if you are in the classroom, they also keep students socially distanced. Here’s a little more about my Virtual 100th Day of School Party!
How to Throw a Virtual Holiday Party
Step One: Invite Students
Ok, so the kids are going to be there anyways, right? It’s a school day. But, I believe in setting the stage and building anticipation, and sending an invitation just like it’s any outside-of-school party is a great way to get your kids really excited! You can choose to take a virtual invitation and email it out, or post it to your Google Classroom. Or, you can go so far as to print and mail them a few days in advance! If you are teaching in person, you can slip the invitations into folders or backpacks before students go home.
On the invitation, you can indicate whether or not you want your students to wear fun clothes that signify that it’s the 100th Day, to dress up like they are 100 years old, or any other fun theme your school typically does!
Step Two: Decorate!
Using Dollar Spot or other inexpensive and easy decorations, get your room ready for the party! I think this is an important step, even if you’re totally virtual. It simply helps everyone feel in the spirt of things.
The good news about the 100th Day of School, is there isn’t any particular theme that you need to stick to as far as decorations go. Any kind of butcher paper on tables, or streamers hung around the door frames will feel special! One extra touch that I think is sweet is to create a Bunting Banner of your students’ work. I have this 100th Day of School writing banner that you could complete before or during the 100th Day, and use as decor!
Step Three: Play Some Games
What is a party without games? Some digital games are the perfect thing to project on your screen (or SMART Board) and let students play! Each of my Virtual Party Packs comes with several game options for you to use with your class. This set includes 100 second challenges, would you rather prompts, mad libs, and a scavenger hunt!
Step Four: Calm Things Down with a Directed Drawing
After getting everyone so excited with party games, a calming activity is a great way to transition to the rest of your day, or get ready to wrap things up. This party set includes a ‘100 Monster’ drawing activity. This would be perfect as your math ‘lesson’ for the day, because students are drawing things in groups of ten to make a monster that has a value of 100. (10 arms, 10 eyes, etc.)
Step Five: Work in Some Writing!
After a fun, action-packed party, a great reflection piece for the end of the day is to write all about how far students have come in 100 days of school! What are they proud to know now that they didn’t know at the beginning of the year? What have they learned about so far this year? What are they looking forward to learning more about through the rest of the year? This is a great discussion piece to end your day!
What if I don’t have time to make games and invitations myself?
You’re in luck! I have pre-made slides and digital games prepped and ready to go in my Digital 100th Day Pack. There is enough content in this pack to create a really fun party for your students. And my hope is that purchasing a pack like this takes a lot of stress off of your plate!
