I’m 100 Days Smarter! Candy Graphing Grid Activity Mats Kit
Congratulations on your purchase of this Really Good Stuff® I’m
100 Days Smarter! Candy Graphing Grid Activity Mats Kit—a
fun 100th Day activity to foster sorting, counting, and graphing.
This Really Good Stuff® product includes:
• 32 I’m 100 Days Smarter! Candy Graphing Grid Activity
Mats
• 100 Smarties® Rolls
• This Really Good Stuff® Activity Guide
Preparing the I’m 100 Days Smarter! Candy Graphing Grid
Activity Mats Kit
Before using the I’m 100 Days Smarter! Candy Graphing Grid
Activity Mats Kit, make copies of this Really Good Stuff®
Activity Guide and file the pages for future use. Or, download
another copy of it from our Web site at www.reallygoodstuff.com.
Place the Smarties® Rolls in a bowl and keep them handy for the
graphing activities.
Introducing the I’m 100 Days Smarter! Candy Graphing Grid
Activity Mats Kit
On 100th Day, distribute the Activity Mats and explain to
students that they are going to use the Activity Mats for some
fun 100th Day graphing activities. Have students count the
circles on the Activity Mats and share the number they found.
Tell students that they are 100 days smarter than when they
started school and that they are real “smarties.” Explain that
they are going to use individual Smarties® to place in the graph
on their Activity Mats. (You may want to make a transparency
of the Activity Mat to use for demonstration purposes.)
Distribute the Activity Mats and have your students complete
one or more of the following graphing activities.
students to decide on their favorite—just one. (Have them
save the remaining candy pieces in the Roll for the next
activity.) Write the flavors on the board, survey the class’s
favorites, and tally them. Have students transfer the tallies to
the graph on the Activity Mat by coloring the appropriate
number of circles in each column.
Ask students which flavor was liked the most and which flavor
was liked the least. Expand the activity by asking more
questions, such as Which flavor was liked second best? and
How many students participated?
Sorting and Graphing by Color
Divide the remaining Rolls evenly among students. Have them
label in pencil the first six columns along the x-axis with the
colors of white, yellow, pink, green, purple, and orange. Tell
students to open their Roll and place the candy pieces in the
circles above the correct colors. Ask students whose graph
shows that they have the most white candies, yellow candies,
pink candies, and so on until all of the colors have been
addressed. Then ask the same about whose graph has the
least and the same. Expand the activity by asking more
questions, like Who has more pink than green? and Who has
less orange than yellow? Have the students count to see how
many candies they had in all.
Ask students to remove the candy from their graphs, one piece
at a time, and color in the circle to represent the color of the
candy. When all of the pieces are removed, allow students to
eat their Smarties® or supply each student with a zippered
plastic bag to take them home. Display the graphs on a
bulletin board titled We’re 100 Days Smarter!
Whole Class Graphing
Cooperative Group Graphing
Counting by Tens
Each Smarties® Roll contains 10 candy pieces. Place the bowl
of Rolls on a table and call students up to choose a Roll and
say the numbers to count to 100 by tens. For example, the
first student would choose a Roll, set it on the table and say
10. The next student would choose a Roll, set it next to the
other one, and say 20, and so on until they have counted out a
group of 100 candy pieces. Then the next student starts again
to count out another group. Continue until all of the Rolls have
been sorted into 10 groups of 100 candies each. Point to each
group as you tell students that 10 groups of 10 equals 100
Rolls or 1,000 pieces of candy. Return the unopened Rolls to
the bowl for additional activities.
100th Day Group Graphing
Copy the 100th Day Group Graphing Reproducible. Divide
students into groups and give each student an Activity Mat
and each group 10 Rolls of Smarties®, a paper bag, and a copy
of the reproducible. Have students write their names on the
reproducible and label in pencil the first six columns with the
colors white, yellow, pink, green, purple, and orange. Tell each
group to open the Smarties® and dump them into the bag,
resulting in 100 pieces of loose candy. Explain that the
members of each group are to take turns drawing out one
piece of candy from the bag and placing it in the appropriate
column on their graphs. They are to keep drawing until all 100
pieces have been placed. Afterward, direct the groups to
analyze their graphs and fill in the information on the
reproducible.
Graphing Flavors
Tell students to label in pencil the x-axis on the Activity Mat
with the flavors of orange cream, pineapple, cherry, strawberry,
grape, and orange. Have students take out crayons to match
the colors: White for orange cream, yellow for pineapple, pink for
cherry, green for strawberry, purple for grape, and orange for
orange. Distribute a Roll to each student and tell them that
they are going to taste each color of candy and decide on their
favorite flavor: Indicate that as you announce the color of a
Smartie®, they are to taste it. While they are savoring the
taste of each Smartie®, tell them the flavor of it. Then ask
Ask students to remove the candy from their graphs, one piece
at a time, and color in the circle to represent the color of the
candy. Have students throw out the handled candy and supply
them with an unopened Roll to eat. Allow each group to share
its findings with the class and then display the graphs on a
bulletin board titled Group Graphing for Colors.
100th Day Graphing Certificate
Copy the 100th Day Graphing Certificate Reproducible, fill in
students’ names, and award them for a job well done!
All activity guides can be found online:
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100th Day Group Graphing Reproducible
100th Day Graphing Certificate Reproducible
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