FREE 100th Day of School Activities for Upper Elementary



The 100th day of school is a great milestone for students in the school year. It's a day to celebrate  all the hard work they have accomplished throughout the year, and encourages them to finish the rest of the year strong.

Below you'll find four FREE, low-prep, 100th Day of School printables.  They include math, STEM, Social Studies, and persuasive writing tasks to help you review standards, while allowing your kids to have some fun commemorating this special day. I've included some 100th day of school read alouds too!  Who said the 100th day of school was only for the younger kids?

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1. Math Activities for the 100th Day of School

Need a differentiated math task on the 100th day of school? Keep it basic with groups of ten, or make it more challenging by breaking up those groups with more difficult combos. Make sure to have some scratch paper and manipulatives nearby.

picture of math worksheet for the 100th day of school that challenges students to make different combinations of 100 using addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication

2. STEM Activities for the 100th Day of School

Use building blocks to review math concepts? Check! Challenge your students to create a structure using exactly 100 Legos, and review a few math concepts while you're at it. It's more challenging than you might think.

picture of Lego structure and 100th day of school worksheet to review math concepts such as area, fractions, decimals, and right angles
3. Writing Activities for the 100th Day of School

Combine geography and opinion writing when you ask your students to determine tourist destinations 100 miles away from your town.  Then have your students create a writing piece, script, or commercial to persuade others to visit their destinations.

picture of 100th day of school worksheet that asks students to research tourist towns 100 miles from their locations and create a tourist advertisement
4. Social Studies Activities for the 100th Day of School

100 days may go by quickly, but 100 years can sure see a lot of changes. Your students can research inventions from 100 years ago, converse on what they look like in the present, and hypothesize what the same invention will look like 100 years in the future.

picture of 100th day of school history worksheet that asks students to find inventions from 100 years ago, realize it present function, and hypothesize what the invention will look like 100 years in the future

5. 100th Day of School Read Alouds (mostly math themed) 

Counting On Katherine by Helaine Baker is based on the real Katherine Johnson, the mathematical genius that helped safely land the Apollo 13 spacecraft.

A Grain of Rice by Helena Pittman shows what can happen with the principle of doubling numbers for one hundred days.

How Much Is a Million? by Steven Kellogg is for any kid that loves science and numbers, especially big numbers.

Jake's 100th Day of School by Lester Laminack details what happens when Jake forgets his collection of 100 family photos for the 100th day of school. With his quick ingenuity, he is ready to tackle the 101st day in stride.

Nothing Stopped Sophie by Cheryl Bardoe is based on the real life Sophie Germain, the famous female mathematician and architect that didn't let anything stop her from becoming great.

The 100th Day of School From the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler is about the silly antics the students have to repeat 100 times for the 100th day of school.





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