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This day, learning comes in hundreds
STEVE LYTTLE
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They counted 100 M&M's, or 100 Skittles. They made 100 carrots from red cloth, then marched behind a pet rabbit riding in a wagon.
And they learned.
"The whole idea was to participate in activities built around the number 100," said Lisa Cantrell, principal at Reedy Creek Elementary School, one of several CMS schools that observed the 100th day of classes Wednesday in a variety of special ways.
At Reedy Creek Elementary, kindergartners held a parade. Older students lined the hallways, cheering and enjoying the show.
Teacher Krista Moore's class put a pet rabbit in a cage, then hauled the cage in a wagon. Students wore rabbit ears and bunny tails and carried some of the rabbits they made. A sign at the front of their class read, "100 Carrots For A Rabbit."
"This was co creative," said Cantrell, who became Reedy Creek's principal in September and was enjoying the school's annual 100th-day parade for the first time. "It was a team effort by our teachers. They thought up the themes and surprised us."
Older students at the school participated in other 100th-day projects.
In kindergarten, the lessons involved counting to 100 and learning to sort objects in groups of 10. Older students participated in more advanced mathematics activities.
A similar event took place Wednesday at Morehead Elementary, in the Research Park area. Kindergarten students decorated T-shirts with 100 small items, then paraded around the school while they counted to 100.
At Hidden Valley Elementary, off Sugar Creek Road, first-graders conducted a series of experiments. They studied how many jumping jacks they could do, or how many laps they could run, in 100 seconds. They also tried to write their names as many times as possible in 100 seconds.
The program took a slightly different direction at Sharon Elementary, near SouthPark. First-graders there dressed to look like they were 100 years old. And each student brought 100 pieces of cereal, so they could eat breakfast together. In addition, 100 kindergarten students lined up in a hallway to see how many feet their line extended.
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