Thursday, September 17, 2015

Making Our Mark and Celebrating International Dot Day

This week we are celebrating International Dot Day.

What is Dot Day?

International Dot Day is a celebration of creativity and innovation. It is based on the book The Dot by Peter Reynolds.

In the book The Dot, Vashti doesn't know what to draw. In frustration, she just puts a dot in the middle of the paper and gives up. As the story continues, Vashti realizes that even a dot can become something very special and that she can create amazing things. She needed to make her mark to see where it would take her.

Watch the video below for the story The Dot.

We read the story The Dot together and talked about what we learned. Making something new can be frustrating and even a little scary, but it is worth the risk. Each of us has our own way of creating something, and each person's way is unique and special.

To celebrate Dot Day, we started by making dot t-shirts. First we put dots all over the shirt, in any way we wanted.



Then, our parent volunteers helped us by turning them into tie-dye t-shirts. Each shirt is wonderfully different!






We also made dot posters. The instructions were simply "make a dot". It was great fun to see the different dots everyone made.






On our dot paper we wrote how we want to make our mark. Check out the video below to see the pictures we made and how we are going to make our mark.



After we wrote how we hope to make our mark, we Skyped with a class from Texas and a class from Pennsylvania. We shared with each other the dots we created. It was fun to see how other classes celebrated Dot Day and to learn a little bit about them.






Happy Dot Day!

Please tell us in the comments below, how are you going to make your mark?

31 comments:

  1. Dear Class,
    I'm going to make my mark by becoming WWE wrestler.
    It will be awesome.
    Mason.T

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    1. Dear Mason,

      I think you will make an amazing wrestler. You do a great job at whatever you set your mind to, and you have such a great attitude. Keep it up!

      Mrs. Essenburg

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  2. Dear class
    I'm going to make my mark by listening at school and not blurting.

    Addison H

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  3. Dear class,
    I'm going to make my mark by becoming a veterinarian or any job that involves any kind of animals.
    Dot day was fun. We did two dot day skypes. We shared our dot day pictures.
    Lainie

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  4. Dear class
    I´m going to make my mark by being a cardiologist.
    meredith.

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  5. Dear class,
    I´m going to make my mark by being famous for parkour & art!!!!
    What about you?!!PARKOUR!!!!!

    From Mason W

    (I love school!)

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  6. Dear Class,

    I'm going to make my mark by being the best teacher I can be.

    Mrs. E

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  7. Dear class,
    I´m going to make my mark by drawing.
    And adding more brawing.
    And drawing on the back. By Ethan.H

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  8. Dear Class
    I'm going to make my mark by singing I love dot day. By Kaitlyn.

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  9. Dear Class
    I am going to make my mark by being smart.

    Jordan.R

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  10. Dear Class,
    I'm going to make my mark by helping the world.
    I'm going to make my mark by helping nature as well as helping the world. :.)

    Julian

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    1. Dear Julian,

      I hope you enjoyed Dot Day! Julian, I think that is a marvelous way to make your mark. Helping others and helping the world will make things better for everyone. I like to think that as a teacher I am helping the world too by teaching kids. What do you want to do to help the world?

      Mrs. Essenburg

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    2. Dear Julian,

      I loved your shirt from dot day I just thought it was cool

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  11. Dear class,
    I'm going to make my mark by being kind in school.
    Being respeck full in school.
    Play outside,and read.
    omar

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  12. Dear Class,
    I'm going to make my mark by being a vet. A singer and a dancer. I had a great time at dot day.We did lots of fun crafts.We did tie die. We made posters and had lots of fun!
    Riley

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  13. Dear Class,
    I am going to make my mark by being a teacher I hope!

    Selena.K

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    Replies
    1. Selena you would be an excellent teacher! Kind-hearted and a great leader!

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  14. Dear Class,
    ¨I am going to make my mark by being an engineer.

    Camden

    Dear Class,
    I am going to make my mark by being an engineer

    Camden


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  15. Dear Class,
    I`m going to make my mark by being the best in class & be kind & make friends
    (Shiloh)

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    Replies
    1. Im gonna make my mark by being the best mom to my beautiful Shiloh.

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  16. Dear Class,
    It is fun. Ii love this class. I`m going to make my mark by being a football player...... Andrew
    # Pinewood
    I love school.

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  17. Dear Class,
    I,m going to make my mark by going to school.

    Avery M

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  18. Dear class,

    I am going to make my mark by,dancing, painting,and being a future animal doctor.

    Cordelia

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  19. Dear class,
    I am going to make my mark by drawing, being a animal shelter volunteer, dancing, being a doctor and being a scientist.

    Dorothy

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  20. Dear Class,

    I am going to make my mark by being a veterinarian and helping animals.

    Lauren

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  21. Dear Class:

    Your goals are inspiring! All of you have natural talents and gifts to make a meaningful mark in our world. Keep aiming high!

    Great job on your t-shirt dot art!

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  22. I plan to make my mark by being a terrific mom to Selena and her two sisters. I also plan to finish my second college degree soon and help people to find their happiness in life!

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  23. Amazing aspirations Class! You guys are a true inspiration!

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  24. Dear Class,
    I am going to make my mark by working hard, being diligent and being the best mom I can be.
    Sincerely, Cordelia's Mom

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  25. This class is the best I've ever had. Your the best teacher I ever had. Thank you for your awesome teaching!
    #Jack$on

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  26. Dear Mrs.Essenburg

    I would also like to help the world:)But what I want to be is a lawn mower person!
    If you wanted to help the world tell me what youd be;)

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