WHAT TO DO Divide children into groups of five. Have children appoint one person in the group as the recorder. The recorder prints all ideas on large piece of paper. When the allotted time is up, the groups share their lists with one another.
Duplicate items are eliminated from the lists and a class list is made.
The class counts the number of ideas collected. If there are less than 101 things listed, have a volunteer subtract the class total from 101 to find out how many more ideas are needed. Post a message on the Internet, asking other second-grade children to contribute to the list and choose the best ideas. Children can post messages on the online bulletin board or send email to second graders in the pen pal section. Post a call for other second grade classrooms around the world to share their ideas about what friends do on the IECC K-12 mailing list.