1,000th Day

When students are in 5th grade, they hit the big 1,000th day of school. On average, students spend 180 days per year in school. By the time they complete kindergarten through 4th grade, they have attended 900 days of school. This means, on the hundredth day of the school year, 5th graders get to celebrate quadruple digits, the big 1-0-0-0!

Just like the 100th day of school is a milestone for elementary grades, upper grades love to celebrate, too. With the help of our creative 5th grade teachers, the Janesville 5th graders spent last Thursday celebrating their 1,000th day of grade school. Throughout the day, students participated in the following activities to celebrate:

Game of Spoons to 1,000: Similar to the regular game of spoons, place in a small group to try to collect a sum from all 4 cards that equals 1,000 while racing to not being eliminated when someone else collects theirs and a spoon.

 Race to 1,000: With a partner, move around a gameboard following specific skip counting directions to reach the 1,000th square first.

1,000th Day Escape Room: Complete 6 separate tasks in a small group that include puzzles, math problems, and research to collect a code that will allow you to escape.

Place Value Treats: Create the number 1,000 by placing specific cookies into each place value.

1,000 Second Break: Celebrated their hard work over the past 1,000 days with a friendship snack mix and 1,000 seconds (16 2/3 minutes) of free choice.

Janesville JCSD  teachers helped make this day an occasion to remember!