We had sooooo much fun with some special Dot Day activities!
International Dot Day was inspired by the book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds.
In this book, Vashti learns an important lesson about using her talents to leave her mark on our world! She learns that it just takes one mark to start something beautiful.
The students created some beautiful Dot artwork. They were given instructions to "Just make a mark and see where it takes you!"
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| Marker on coffee filters |
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| The students sprayed them with water |
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| We watched as the water spread the ink |
We also began writing pieces about how we could better ourselves to leave our mark in the world! We came up with a school, home, health, and community goal and finished off with a big dream!
The students made predictions and then raced to see how many Dots they could punch in a minute. They then had to create an equation and solve to find the difference between their prediction and actual results!
We ended the day experimenting with water "Dots" (drops). The students made a hypothesis as to how many drops of water would stay on a penny and then conducted an experiment to find out. They were shocked to watch the water drops stick together and cover the surface of the penny! Most had predicted the drops would roll off of the penny's edge.
Click on the link below to enjoy "The Dot Song"!
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