Happy Dot Day from Room 122!
On Friday, we celebrated International Dot Day at Fuller Meadow which is inspired by the book The Dot written by Peter H. Reynolds. The Dot is the story of a caring teacher who dares a doubting student to trust in her own abilities by being brave enough to "make her mark". What begins with a small dot on a piece of paper becomes a breakthrough in confidence and courage, igniting a journey of self-discovery and sharing, which has gone on to inspire countless children and adults around the globe.
We then made our own mark in the classroom by painting our own dots on paper plates! We rolled up our sleeves and each plate ended up looking a bit different then the one next to it!
We started the day by reading The Dot and brainstormed all the ways we are individually unique! The students had great answers! Some spoke about their families, their karate abilities, or some spoke about their specific personalities and how that made them special! I loved all the positivity and creativity in their answers! Sometimes it's fun to brag! ;)
We then made our own mark in the classroom by painting our own dots on paper plates! We rolled up our sleeves and each plate ended up looking a bit different then the one next to it!
Seesaw was our next stop for Dot Day, where we created our own dots in the drawing pad and uploaded them to our portfolio! We, of course, didn't forget to sign our names! I hope you had a chance to check them out!
Lastly, we met up with the entire First Grade Class and made our mark outside Fuller Meadow! When we were done, we made a giant "first grade dot" around all of our chalk dots!
I loved celebrating the uniqueness of our class and promoting confidence and courage in everything we do :) The students had a blast putting their special mark on each project that we did and it was so neat to see how creative they could all be!
-Miss Teixeira
be kind to one another
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