100 Chart Games & Activities for Beyond the 100th Day

Inside: Discover several 100 Chart games and activities to use on Day 101 in kindergarten or first grade.

Working with the 100 Chart

When the 100th day of school ends, that’s when we really begin to use our 100 chart to better understand place value, counting patterns, and how to read numbers beyond 20.

Included in this post are several 100 chart games and activities that you might try during the second half of the year, as part of your daily calendar routine or within your math workshop and centers.

100 Chart Games and Activities

You might choose 1-2 games to try for awhile until children get really good at them, and then add new ones into the mix.

Missing Number: Turn over one card from the 100 chart and ask children to figure out the missing number.

Mystery Number: Choose one number and give children clues, such as, “It has 3 groups of ten hiding inside it and the second digit is equal to the number of fingers I have on one hand.”

Switcheroo: Switch the positions of two numbers and see if children are able to spot them and put them back in the correct position.

100 Chart Hunt: Remove cards from the 100 chart (equal to the number of students) and hide them around the classroom. Challenge children to find the cards and place them back in the correct position on the chart.

Incorporate this “100 Hunt” into your Valentine’s Day celebration with a 100 Grid Kiss Hunt or St. Patrick’s Day Festivities with a 100 Grid Coin Hunt. The kids love these!

One More and One Less: Choose a target number and have the children tell you the number that is one more or one less than the target number. Create even more of a challenge by asking them to find the number that is 10 more or 10 less.

Same and Different: Hold up two number cards (i.e. 25 and 35) and ask children to tell you how the numbers are the same and how they are different.

Counting On: Give a child a pointer and have them close their eyes and point to a number on the 100 chart. Together with the class, count on from that number to 100. Further challenge the class by counting backwards to 1 or counting by 2’s, 5’s or 10’s.

Number Grid Games: These Number Grid Games are a fun way to continue working with the 100 chart and provide independent practice at math centers. Included are several versions of 3 different games, so you can teach the directions once and they can continue to play the games over and over with new themes.

Big Benefits

Most of these games and activities take only a few minutes of time each day, but the payoff can be big as children begin to understand how our number system works.

And because you are playing games, they won’t even realize they are learning!

For more math ideas and activities, check out the Growing Math Thinkers category in the Roots & Wings Resource Library.