Wonder Wednesday - Making OUR Mark
*A bit overdue, but I wanted to share the fun we had during the middle of September.
*Each year, around September 15th, we celebrate International DOT Day.
*I read the book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds to my fourth graders.
*We then talk about the lesson, message, and theme of the story. I want them to know how important it is to make their OWN mark on the world.
*After the discussion, each student chooses a colored dot and glues it anywhere they want on a large sheet of paper.
*Each student then creates some sort of picture, image, symbol, or design with the DOT included in that creation.
*We had such a fun time with one of our first art projects of the year. The artists were certainly creative and are definitely going to make THEIR own mark on the world around them.
*Here are the artists and their creations...
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