On Monday we celebrated International Dot Day. We had a great time! We started the day by changing into our dot day t-shirts. Just to get into the mood. The front of the shirt has the students name in a colored dot. Then on the back it says, International Dot Day with the date, 2T (it has each of the students names on a colored dot) and How will you make your mark?
Then we watched the interactive story, The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. You have to buy it and it was not cheap but the kids liked it. There are discussion questions you can have the students answer or write about. We can also listen to the author explain how he gets his ideas for writing. He is very inspirational and the kids really understand him.
Then the kids put their ideas of how to make their mark on the world on the backs of these cards. Then we put the cards in a tub so the kids will be able to pick one out when they need a little push.
Then we discussed what is the one mark they would like to make on the world. Really think about what they like to do and how they can make the world a better place. Then they used the iPads to type up their plans and draw a picture to support it. Some of their ideas are below. Then we used a program called present.me (you can find it here) to show the student work on one side of the screen and then the students telling how they will make their mark. It turned out really neat and I would do it again for another project this year. (I would post it but I am not sure that putting my kids on here is the best idea.)
The last project we did was a collaborative dot created on HUGE paper. This was one of the creations. They turned out really well and now we need to find a place to hang them. The kids made sure they signed their work just the like Vashti in the book, The Dot. Their work was amazing!
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