By Mallory Wrage

For International Dot Day we red the book The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. It tells about making your mark on the world. One of the activities was using water colors and a Q-Tip; we painted pictures by filling in our initials with dots. This was pointillism. We also created a border in our embroidery hoop and put our name in the middle. We put #BU (be unique) in the middle, as well.

By Chris Utterback

We celebrated International Dot Day in 4-B to learn to MAKE OUR MARK OUR on the WORLD. We practice pointillism, created by an artist named Georges Seurat. S.O.S was one of the games for dots.

By Jasmine Pittman

September 15, 2016, was International Dot Day. It was amazing! The kids in 4-B at G-R Elementary did many activities, all related to DOTS! Mrs. Bailey set it all up.

One craft we made was these threader hoops. We each designed them with #BU (our theme at G-R) and have them hung above our lockers.

By Cael Knaack

The exciting news in 4-B is that Mrs. Bailey’s class learned about International Dot Day. It took place on September 15, 2016. They were hard at worked and did lots of activities. They learned about reading with a dot alphabet. They wrote down things that they could do to make a difference. 4-B learned about the people that changed our world. I hope you can make a difference and help our world.

By Devin Wrider

We learned about people who made a difference with dots. Samuel F.B. Morse made Morse Code, a system of dots and dashes for communicating. Louis Braille made Brailled, the system of reading for the blind. We designed our own #BU in an embroidery hoop. The games and puzzles that we did are Spot the Difference, Brain Benders, S.O.S., and Pipeline.

By Lyndee Moore

We celebrated Dot Day with games and puzzles: Spot the Differences, Brain Benders, S.O.S., and Pipeline. We celebrated Dot Day to learn about people who have made a difference and to think about how we might make a difference in our world.

By Michael Boyd

On September 15, 2016, it was International Dot Day. We celebrated in 4-B, and it was really fun. We learned about inventor Samuel F.B. Morse. He invented Morse Code. Morse Code is a system of dots and dashes. Louis Braille created the Braille System for the blind. We also colored an embroidery hoops and it was based on our theme #BU. We also played lots of games and puzzles. They were fun.

by Jaden Hansen

When I went into my classroom on September 15, 2016, Mrs. Bailey said it was International Dot Day. So all day we did activities. We painted dots with Q-Tips to make pictures. We had to make things out of dots in 10 minutes; it was so much fun. We learned about a man that lived in Reinbeck. A disease killed trees in our park. He helped plant lots of trees. When I heard about that I was amazed about what he did to make a difference. A blind man made a code for people who were blind. He made an alphabet code so that people who are blind can know the alphabet and learn. We also made fabric circles that we did a #BU sign in the middle and our own design on the outside of it to make a frame. That was International Dot Day in 4-B; it was so much fun that day. I wish it was like that every day, but it is not. But Mrs. Bailey is still the best teacher ever.

By Cameron Sieh

On September 15, 2016, we celebrated Dot Day. We also did activities. One was about how make our mark on the world. Mine was to make new friends. 4-B talked about people who made their mark.

By Carly Wilson

In 4-B we painted with dots! We learned about people and what they did, like Samuel F. B. Morse. He invented Morse Code. We designed our own #BU hoop. We played a game: invent lots of things out of dots. We drew a picture of how we would make our mark on the world.

by Silas Schellhorn

For International Dot Day we read The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. It is about making your mark on the world. We did embroidery hoops, now on display in the hallway. We designed our own symbol and how we will make a difference. We played games and did puzzles.

By Nattalee Brinkman

Mrs. Bailey celebrated International Dot Day with the 4-B Class. Why do you celebrate International Dot Day, you ask? Well, you celebrate it because you want to make a difference and make your mark on the world. They read the book The Dot from Peter H. Reynolds. They made designed to represent how to make a difference in the world. Nattalee Brinkman said, “I drew a lion because lions are bold, and you should be a bold person in the world.” 4-B also did a speed race when you had to make as many things out of dots as you can. One activity was pointillism – painting with dots. It was so cool.