The 120th of school came on our first snow day of the school year. Then it was icy so we missed the 121st day of school. So on Monday, when we finally returned it was technically the 122nd day of school but hey we are in first grade so we pretended all day that it was the 120th and went so fast I barely remembered we had had school that day.
The kids had a blast as we built our way to 120 counting by 2's, 5's and 10's. Together we made a pizza counting by 5's. Then we made a monster counting by 2's. We got into small teams and made towering ice cream cones and counted by 10's. It was a lovely way to start the day.
We made our own trail mix that had some of their favorite treats. The students had to be able to make 120 using the amount of ingredients in their snack bag. They loved the snack and it was a good way to see who could make 120 with multiple addends. Many students kept it simple by putting 10 or 20 of each snack type but others made it way more challenging by adding my 5's.
We spent some time making a crown that showed 120 dots. The crowns either had 10 streamers with 12 dots on each or 12 streamers with 10 dots on each one. They students loved making them and wore them all afternoon.
Celebrating day 120 was a nice alternative to the 100th day. Our kindergarten classes have a huge celebration on the 100th day numbers so it was nice to make this a special day for our first graders. Common core has first grade learning up to 120 so that is how we chose this number to celebrate this year. The best part of celebrating for the kids was taking a well deserved break from the normal routine. We love a reason to celebrate!
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