Counting to hundred

"Leticia", Mr. Thomas called, "it's time to wash your hands and set the table for dinner."

"21,22,23,24,25," Leticia finished counting. 

"I am coming".

Leticia happily walked into the kitchen and went right to work. She set the table for her family.

"What have you been up to?", Mr. Thomas asked."You've been in your room the entire time since arriving home from school."

" I'm counting to figure out what I have 100 of," Leticia replied." I have 119 sticker, 104 books, and 102 pennies, but only 74 crayons."

"Why do require 100 things?", Mr. Thomas wondered.

"Tuesday is the 100th day of school," Leticia chirped. " As a 100th day project, everyone needs to gather 100 of an item and present them to the class."

"Maybe your mom, brother and I can assist with this project, but first we need to eat. Can you get Tyson and tell him it's suppertime?"

                       100 of something

After the family cleaned the dishes, they talked about Leticia's Project. First, Leticia showed them a large piece of paper. It measured 20 inches on one side and 20 inches on the other. In total 100 squares were marked on the giant paper grid.

"I have to glue 100 objects into the 100 squares, Leticia worried.

"If you use your head, that could be easy," Tyson replied.

"It might be easy," Leticia said, "but I want it to be special, not easy. My teacher requires our projects to show creativity. I want mine to highlight something about animals and nature."

"Oh, I see, so gluing down crayons or pennies wouldn't work," Mrs. Thomas said.

"Guess buttons and bottle caps are out too", Tyson blurted.

"Yeah." Leticia smirked, "now you see."

"Well," Mrs. Thomas said, "let's put our heads together and brainstorm. What have you been doing in 100 days of school?"

"Well, our teacher tells us a new fact about animals everyday" Leticia answered. "I think animals are extremely cool.

                    Making little books out of paper

"What do you enjoy about animals?" asked Tyson.

"I enjoy everything about animals," Leticia said with a smile. "I like facts about them. I love listening to my teacher while she is telling us facts, and I love reading facts myself too." "But facts won't fit on the project grid." Leticia looked at Tyson and frowned.

"We could help you make tiny doll-sized books out of craft paper. Little books might fit on the grid," Tyson said, "and that wouldn't take long."