The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
We celebrated International Dot Day inspired by Peter H. Reynolds by first watching The Dot. The story is about a girl named Vashti who said she couldn't draw. When her teacher told her to "make a mark and see where it takes you," Vashti started to see herself as an artist.
We celebrated "Dot Day" to show that we are all super creative in our own way. The Dot encourages us to express ourselves.
We all got a piece of paper and then we drew a dot of our very own. It was fun! We painted and colored. Some of us added glitter, gems and poof balls. All of our dots were different. It means that we are all unique.
In the afternoon, we visited other classrooms to do Dot Activities. In Mrs. Reimann's room, we made dedication dots to dedicate to a person who has inspired or challenged us. The dots looked like squares until we cut them out to look like circles. After we cut them out and wrote our dedications, we gave them to Mrs. Reimann to hang up.
In Ms. Jackson's class we drew pictures combining math, dots and graphic art. It was hard at first, but once you got the hang of it, it was rally fun! We had two choices. We could draw dots an connect them or we had to make a shape and draw circles in it. We got to use graph paper and got to take some home.
When we went to Mrs. Davis' class, we spent our time adding decimals so they became whole numbers. We placed chips on a chart numbered to 100 and made a picture. We also did logic link puzzles. We graphed our favorite book genres using dots as well.
In Mrs. Snyder's class, we "dotted our I's." Peter H. Reynolds wants the world to become a more creative place. We did our part by celebrating the specialness we have been gifted with. Every I is unique because I is you! Every individual has their very own character traits, personality, talents and values. We reflected on what makes us special and unique and why it is so important to recognize this in ourselves. We are the only one who can be us on earth! We wrote about our special gifts on a colorful dot to celebrate us!
All of our dots are hanging in the Hilliard Crossing Hallway!
We celebrated "Dot Day" to show that we are all super creative in our own way. The Dot encourages us to express ourselves.
We all got a piece of paper and then we drew a dot of our very own. It was fun! We painted and colored. Some of us added glitter, gems and poof balls. All of our dots were different. It means that we are all unique.
In the afternoon, we visited other classrooms to do Dot Activities. In Mrs. Reimann's room, we made dedication dots to dedicate to a person who has inspired or challenged us. The dots looked like squares until we cut them out to look like circles. After we cut them out and wrote our dedications, we gave them to Mrs. Reimann to hang up.
In Ms. Jackson's class we drew pictures combining math, dots and graphic art. It was hard at first, but once you got the hang of it, it was rally fun! We had two choices. We could draw dots an connect them or we had to make a shape and draw circles in it. We got to use graph paper and got to take some home.
When we went to Mrs. Davis' class, we spent our time adding decimals so they became whole numbers. We placed chips on a chart numbered to 100 and made a picture. We also did logic link puzzles. We graphed our favorite book genres using dots as well.
In Mrs. Snyder's class, we "dotted our I's." Peter H. Reynolds wants the world to become a more creative place. We did our part by celebrating the specialness we have been gifted with. Every I is unique because I is you! Every individual has their very own character traits, personality, talents and values. We reflected on what makes us special and unique and why it is so important to recognize this in ourselves. We are the only one who can be us on earth! We wrote about our special gifts on a colorful dot to celebrate us!
All of our dots are hanging in the Hilliard Crossing Hallway!