...97, 98, 99, 100

     On February 2, 2009, Ella C. Pittman held the annual 100th Day of School Celebration.  As students entered their appropriate hallways, teachers counted them one by one in search of the 100th person.  Two winners were declared.  Lexus, a fifth grader,  from the fourth and fifth grade hall and Patrick, a second grader, from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade hall were both awarded with a $20 gift certificate to Wal-Mart.  What an easy way to earn $20!  Neither student had a clue what they did until being told about our search for the 100th person on the 100th day of school. 

     In addition, teachers planned lessons honoring the 100th day of school celebration.  In Mrs. Lay's math class, students made a bag of gorp  (good old raisins and peanuts) otherwise known as trail mix.  Students created their gorp from peanuts, chex cereal, and m & ms along with four other items to choose from.  Once the bags were made with 100 items, students had to find the fractional amount of each item in addition to the decimal and percent equivalents of each.  As one student said, "This is why I like math; it's fun!"  And that is what it's all about.