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100th Day Writing & A Freebie

February 9 By Linda Kamp 27 Comments

Last week marked our 100th day of school. Where does the year go? I thought I’d share some fun ideas for 100th day writing that include vocabulary building and writing personal narratives. Making “centenarian” self-portraits is always a fun project and a great starting point to get kids writing on the 100th day of school.

100th Day writing ideas for 2nd and 3rd grade-Students write personal narratives about when they are 100 years old then create these adorable self portraits!

This oldie but goodie project is always a hit!  It’s fun to read how students imagine themselves when they are 100 years old.

100th day writing portraits

Vocabulary Opportunities

Before we write, I begin by teaching vocabulary that I encourage students to use in their writing. Writing about the 100th day of school gives lots of opportunities for reading and writing longer words like retirement, geriatric, elderly, centenarian, senior citizen, and pension to name a few. We start by talking about “retirement”.  Most students have no idea what most of this vocabulary means and a few thought retire meant to “re-tire” a car, as in change the tire again.  (I do love that they remembered our lessons on the prefix re- though!) I project these charts as I introduce vocabulary and as students plan their writing.

 

100th day of school writing- Planning pages and vocabulary for students to use in personal narratives titled, "When I Am 100 Years Old."

Planning The 100th Day Writing

As students plan their writing I have them consider a few things. I ask questions like, “Where do you live?”, “Are you retired?”, “What was your profession?” “Are you married or do you have a family?”, and “What are your hobbies?”. By doing so students are prompted to think about several different aspects of their imaginary lives that they can include in their writing.

100th day writing portraits

 Making the Portraits

After we complete the writing, students make self portraits to show what we look like at 100 years old.  These are always so funny and I love how detailed my class gets while embellishing their clothing!

100th day writing portraits

When drawing the faces, I guide students in where to place their eyes by asking them to put their index finger on the top of their ear. I then have them slide their finger forward on their faces until they reach the corner of their eye. This helps them to understand that their eyes are level with their ears and helps to avoid ending up with eyeballs drawn in the middle of their foreheads.

100th day writing portraits

After making the heads and bodies, we used doilies to make ladies’ collars to give the portraits a vintage touch! Next, everybody added cotton balls to make the hair.

Making 100th day writing portraits

These 100th day portraits are always fun to make and a great way to incorporate narrative writing into your 100th day!

100th day writing with portraits
Click here for the templates and mini lessons for this 100th day writing project. 

100th Day Class Book

In addition to lots of 100th Day math and ELA activities we also made a class book titled Things I’ve Been Told 100 Times!

Free Things We"ve Been Told 100 Times class book

To continue our 100th day writing, everybody made a page to include in our class book with something they’ve been told 100 times!

Free 100th day class book example

The responses are always priceless and I can just hear their mom or dad saying it 100 times!

Free 100th day class book example

My favorite is,” I’ve been told 100 times to put the toilet seat down!” I have 5 brothers and I heard my own mother say that at least 1000 times!

FREE 100th day writing class book- The responses are hilarious!
I’ll send you the class book templates FREE! Sign up here to get them sent to your inbox.

 

For more 100th day language arts and math ideas head over to this post, 100th Day activities in 2nd and 3rd grade.

100th day of school activities for second and third grade.

If you like these ideas, why not share them with your teacher friends on Pinterest or Facebook?

These 100th day writing activities for kids are perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade narrative writing and making self-portraits for the 100th day of school. This post gives second and third grade teachers writing ideas and a free printable Things We’ve Been Told 100 Times class book. The writing project makes a great bulletin board too!

Happy 100th day, friends!

Linda

 

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Comments

  1. Rebecca H. says

    February 9 at 7:10 pm

    I love the kid's writing that says he's been told 100 times not to put his finger in a zoo animal's mouth lol! He sounds like he might be a bit of a handful!

    Rebecca
    Ladybugs Lounge

    Reply
  2. Mrs. Sheehan says

    February 9 at 11:03 pm

    These are adorable! We also did these portraits, they were so much fun to see and the kids' writing was hilarious!
    Maribel
    Learning In Wonderland

    Reply
  3. Jessica Lawler says

    February 9 at 11:58 pm

    Hi there,

    Those hundred year old portraits are SO cute!

    What wonderful ideas – thanks for sharing! My 100th day is coming up this week – my kiddos can't wait!

    ~Jessica
    Joy in the Journey

    Reply
  4. Susanne Powell says

    February 10 at 12:28 pm

    The portraits are just so cute! Fantastic ideas – thanks for sharing

    Sue
    SOS-Supply

    www,sos-supply.blogspot.com

    Reply
  5. Terri Paulson-Sasaki says

    February 10 at 3:31 pm

    I love your 100 day activities. I am your newest follower.

    Terri
    The First Grade Princess

    Reply
  6. Ms. Shope's Class says

    February 10 at 7:54 pm

    Great 100th day activities!!!

    Reply
  7. Linda says

    February 11 at 3:40 am

    Yes! I'd be a little nervous on a field trip to the zoo!

    Reply
  8. Linda says

    February 11 at 3:41 am

    Hi Maribel! Don't you just love kids' writing?

    Reply
  9. Linda says

    February 11 at 3:43 am

    Happy 100th day, Jessica! 80 more to go! Our kiddos sure do change alot in 100 days!

    Reply
  10. Linda says

    February 11 at 3:44 am

    You're welcome, Susanne!

    Reply
  11. AMC says

    February 16 at 1:11 am

    I love the "Things I Have Been Told 100 Times". Will be using that freebie next year – thanks for sharing!!

    Looking From Third to Fourth

    Reply
  12. Linda says

    February 16 at 2:31 am

    Hi Terri! Thanks so much for following!

    Reply
  13. ~DeAnne~ says

    February 17 at 9:34 pm

    Love it!! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

    I'm a new follower and can't wait to see what else you share! 🙂

    ღDeAnne
    First Grade and Fabulous

    Reply
  14. Barbara says

    February 24 at 4:45 am

    Nice to meet you, Linda. I love your 100 portraits!
    ❀Barbara❀
    Grade ONEderful
    Ruby Slippers Blog Designs

    Reply
  15. Bex Mawn says

    January 17 at 2:46 am

    So clever ! Thanks so much for sharing!
    -Bex
    Reading and Writing Redhead

    Reply
  16. Elyse Rycroft says

    January 18 at 6:03 pm

    Thanks Linda for sharing! Cute stuff!!
    Elyse 🙂
    Proud to be Primary

    Reply
  17. Jacqueline says

    February 1 at 2:10 pm

    I subscribed but am unable to get my “Things We’ve Been Told 100 Times” book freebie. Can you please e-mail it to me at jacquelineoguinn@gmail.com. Thanks! It looks so cute!

    Reply
    • Linda says

      February 2 at 6:33 am

      Hi Jacqueline,
      Thanks so much for subscribing! Be sure to check your spam, social, and promotions folders, especially with Gmail, for an email asking you to confirm your subscription that also contains a link to download the class book freebie.

      Reply
  18. Julie Kauffman says

    February 5 at 3:22 pm

    I wasn’t able to download the “Things We’ve Been Told 100 Times” book, and I really would love to have it for tomorrow. 🙂 I got your subscription email but when i tried downloading it, the network failed.

    Reply
    • Linda says

      February 10 at 7:42 am

      Hi Julie,
      I believe we emailed and you received the book, right?

      Reply
  19. Brittany says

    January 20 at 10:43 am

    I have tried to get the freebie emailed to 2 of my accounts and it hasn’t come to either. I checked spam and junk. Can you email it to brittany-murray@hotmail.com?

    Reply
    • Linda says

      January 20 at 1:31 pm

      Hi Brittany,
      Let me see if I can help you. On my end I show it was sent to your email address but not opened. I’ve sent it again so be sure to check spam, social, and promotions folders.

      Reply
  20. Peggie says

    February 25 at 8:06 am

    I would love the book templates please.

    Reply
    • Linda says

      March 1 at 7:41 am

      Hi Peggie,
      You can get the book templates by signing up in the form. that way they will be emailed to you.

      Reply
  21. Denise says

    February 25 at 10:10 am

    Can I please get a copy of Things I’ve Been Told 100 Times

    Reply
    • Linda says

      March 1 at 7:41 am

      Hi Denise,
      Yes! I have fixed the sign up form now. My apologies! Linda

      Reply

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