Dot Day

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The Dot by Peter Reynolds is a good story to share with students because it gives a good message of everyone can be an artist. Even if you say you're not very good at art but art can be just about anything. The dot project allows students to have creative freedom and to have some fun with watercolors, crayons, markers, and oil pastels. First, you're going to take a coffee filter and cut it into any shape, can leave it as a circle, or make a snowflake. Second, you're going to lay the coffee filter on a piece of aluminum foil, take a white crayon, and start drawing a design. You can also use markers and oil pastels to make your design. Lastly, you're going to take watercolor paint and paint your dot. Make sure to use colors that mix well together and do not make brown. I made a heart and wrote have courage and be kind. I drew different lines and dots around the quote. Took blue and green watercolors to paint with. 

Extension Project 

For one activity you can have your students create their own planets and you can hang the planets up around the room creating your own classroom solar system. You can connect this to both science and ELA lessons. You can have the kids look at the 9 different planets and learn about the solar system along with a writing project. You can have the students write about their planet talking about what is on their planet, what does it look like from a bird eye view, and when you land on the ground? Telling a story from an astronaut's point of view discovering this mystery planet. 

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