The Otters Make a Mark
/This week our focus was on creativity and the artist within each of us. We read The Dot by Peter Reynolds which shares the story of a girl who does not see herself as an artist until her teacher challenges her to “make a mark” and sends her on a journey of creativity and self-discovery. After reading the story we used different mediums to create dots each day. We used watercolor paints, tempera paints, chalk on paper and chalk on the sidewalk. We also watched a video with a dot song created just for International Dot Day – check the Watch and Listen tab to see us singing along. On Friday, we celebrated International Dot Day which is named for the book we read and is celebrated by students in 169 countries around the world! One student summarized the theme of The Dot and Dot Day by saying that it shows us to “see how your imagination can take a blank piece of paper and turn it into a masterpiece.” We concluded Dot Day by having a gallery walk to admire our masterpieces and all of the unique ways that we could create with just a dot. It was dotastic!
