I hinted in our 100th Day of School Activities post that another 100th day activity was coming. Well they’re ready! Our Mystery Letters for the Hundreds Chart Pack is HERE! {You can find the download at the end of this post.} My kids tested some of them out for me this weekend {hehe}, so here we go! Can you tell I’m excited about this one?
Now, if your 100th day has already come and gone, don’t fret. This fun print-and-go activity will work ANY time of the year.
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Mystery Letters Hundreds Chart Pack
Included in this 53-page pack are Hundreds Chart Mystery Letter pages for both upper and lower case letters. And as you’ll see in a minute, these pages will not only reinforce numbers and letters, but get kids practicing some handwriting, too!
Just a quick side note: Yes, my hundreds chart goes to 120 and that’s not a mistake. NJoy is brilliant at counting to 100. But after 100, it’s a little hit and miss. I wanted something that would stretch him a little more.
Here’s How our Mystery Letter Hundreds Chart Works
1. Simply print off the page of choice. At the very bottom of each page is the answer, so you’ll know which letter page you are printing off. If you don’t want your kids/students to see the answer, simply scribble it out before you hand it over. {I did.}
2. Ask the child to cover or color the numbers {IN ORDER} on the hundreds chart that they see in the box at the top of the page. ORDER MATTERS. I’ll tell you why in a moment.
This was the page I gave to MBug {whose name starts with M}. MBug is only 4 years old and while she REALLY wanted to join in and fun, this activity is a little over her head. So instead of focusing so much on her reading and recognizing numbers, I made it into a fine motor activity.
I read the numbers, showed them to her, and helped her locate them on the hundreds chart. She took our small letter beads and covered each number. If you don’t have these particular letter beads, try pony beads, small pom-poms, mini erasers, little stickers {like the kind made for incentive charts}, or even
Do-a-dot paint. The squares are just a little too small for the Power Magnets or counters, even though we tried.
Why ORDER Matters
I have arranged the numbers so that they are in the order of how kids should form the letter when they write it.
For example, my Kindergartner always begins his O‘s at the bottom instead of at the top when he writes. Any time I can reinforce that letter should start at the top, I do! So, I gave him the O page and asked him to color the numbers in order.
3. Once the child colors/covers the numbers, he comes up the top of the page and writes the mystery letter in the space provided. Hehe. Gotta sneak in some handwriting somewhere.
More Ideas You May Enjoy:
- 100th Day of School Activities Pack
- Roll and Write Handwriting Packs
- Grab a Handful: Exploring Greater Than and Less Than
- 101 Alphabet Activities & Printables for Kids
Enjoy Teaching!
~Becky
What a wonderful packet of information and how much fun! Thanks for sharing 🙂
You are welcome. 🙂 Thank you for your sweet comment!
I am so excited to use these with my preschool kids, especially to stretch some of the kids who need more of a challenge. I love how they form the letter the way they should write it. Even though some of my kids are reading, they still need help with letter formation. Thank you for so many awesome printables! We are loving them!
Wonderful! You are very welcome!
SO awesome! Thanks very much!
I’ve downloaded and saved dozens upon dozens of printables in the last two years of preschooling, but this one has me excited like no other. My 4yo recognizes numbers up through 30 since we do calendar work every day, but beyond that he almost always reverses the numbers (reads 71 as seventeen, for example). Add in the letter formation, which he’s working hard at, and it’s perfect! Thanks!
Aw, thanks! You’ve made my day. 🙂
wow! what a great idea! thank you!!
Love this! Thanks for sharing.
Lexie Robinson
You’re welcome! 🙂
God bless you, dear. I’m a missionary in Paraguay teaching older girls who haven’t been to school and this will help me tremendously. Thank you for being willing to share what God has shown you.
You are very welcome. Thank you for your encouraging word. 🙂
Thank you so much!!!! Very nice of you to share!
You’re very welcome!
Terrific! Can’t wait to try them! Thank you!
You’re welcome! 🙂
I am excited to try this out next year!!! Until then, I am passing your website to families for a summer challenge. With schools closed this year, I know many are planning to continue at-home learning to combat learning loss. The only thing I can think of to make this better would be to have one master hundreds chart and pages with the number keys maybe as half sheets to reduce printing. Thank you for another terrific free resource!