RICHMOND —
Heather Fain’s Glenn Marshall Elementary first-grade class celebrated the 101st Day of First Grade dressed as the 101 Dalmatians.
"Everyone celebrates the 100th, and Ms. Fain likes to be different," Fain said.
Each of the students wore homemade shirts with 101 spots. In class, they made paper ears with 101 spots and dog collars with 101 pieces of Honeycomb cereal. In addition to the 101 day themed activities and snacks, each student gave themselves puppy names which varied from “Snowball” to “Fred.”
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Noah Dunaway, “Kaden the Puppy,” sticks his tongue out in concentration while finishing his Dalmatian class activity. Kaitlin Keane/Richmond Register
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Heather Fain, first-grade teacher at Glenn Marshall, dances the "Count to 100 Macarena — Plus One" on the 101st Day of First Grade.
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Kenyatta Hardge, "Wild the Puppy," sits with this 101 pieces of Honeycomb cereal dog collar around his neck in Heather Fain’s class as part of the 101st Day of First Grade celebration.
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Heather Fain painted puppy faces on each of her first-graders as part of their 101st Day of First grade celebration, which included a bright red tongue as shown on Shaianne Smith, or “Snowball the Puppy.”
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Brian Ambrose, “Rock the Puppy,” flaps his paper puppy ears on the 101st Day of First Grade at Glenn Marshall.
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Shaianne Smith, “Snowball the Puppy,” passes out blank paper dogs to be decorated as an activity during Heather Fain’s 101st Day of First grade celebration.
January 29, 2013
First-grade "puppies" celebrate 101st day of school
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