INTERNATIONAL DOT DAY BUNDLE Reading Writing STEM Art Games Research Activities

SAVE 50%!...This 67-page (+3 PowerPoints +Collaborative Poster) Dot Day MEGA Kit includes LITERALLY EVERYTHING YOU NEED (AND MORE!) to celebrate Dot Day (or WEEK!) with your students! Reading passage, CCSS-aligned questions with Answer Key, 6 writing prompts (2 narrative, 2 informative, 2 opinion), Revising & editing checklists, Online research activity, Art Activity, (with rubric) 8 Creation Stations (with PowerPoint), 8 STEM Challenges (with PowerPoint), 5 Just for Fun Games/Activities, 26 Minute to Win It Games (with PowerPoint that has timer), Video Links and Supply Request Letter are all included!

***THIS IS A BUNDLE, SO THE SEPARATE ACTIVITIES SOLD ON TPT ARE ALL BUNDLED TOGETHER. THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES A BONUS FILE WHICH IS THE SAME THING, BUT EVERYTHING IS TOGETHER IN ONE FILE. THIS MAY BE EASIER FOR YOU TO ACCESS AND ORGANIZE ***

What is Dot Day? International Dot Day is celebrated every year on the 15th of September. This holiday was created by a teacher named Terry Shay back in 2009 as a way of celebrating creativity, courage, and collaboration. The whole event is inspired by a children's book called The Dot, which was written by Peter H. Reynolds.

Table of Contents

• 1-2 Table of Contents
• 3-9 Teacher Directions
• 10 Supply Request Letter

11-29 Reading, Writing, Research

• 12 Video Links: These optional videos can be used to supplement your lesson
• 13 Aboriginal Dot Art Reading Passage: Read the passage about Aboriginal Dot Art
• 14 Passage Questions
• 15 Aboriginal Dot Art Passage Answer Key
• 16 Writing Prompts
• 17-18 Narrative Writing Prompts
• 19 Narrative Revising/Editing Checklists & Color-Code Key
• 20-21 Informative Writing Prompts
• 22 Informative Revising/Editing Checklists & Color-Code Key
• 23-24 Opinion Writing Prompts
• 25 Opinion Revising/Editing Checklists & Color-Code Key
• 26-27 Writing Paper
• 28 Research Page: It includes space to do both structured research and creative research. An answer key is included as well.
• 29 Research Page Answer Key

30-42 Art & Creation Stations

• 31 Aboriginal Dot Art Activity: Students will create their own Aboriginal dot painting that represents themselves, their culture, and their story.
• 32-33 Aboriginal Dot Art Supplements
• 34 Aboriginal Dot Art Rubric
• 35-38 Dot Creation Stations: 8 Creation Station direction cards, all supplements needed, and PowerPoint directions are included!
• 39-42 Dot Creation Station Supplements

43-53 STEM & STEAM Challenges: 8 Dot STEM/STEAM Challenges with directions, supplements, and PowerPoint directions are included!

• 44 One Page Wonder
• 45 Paper Dot Challenge
• 46 Dot Tower
• 47-48 Impossible Challenge
• 49-50 Basketball Catapult
• 51 Scavenger Hunt (can use these items for Dot Day Team Poster and Self Portrait)
• 52 Team Poster
• 53 Self Portrait

54-60 Minute to Win It Games: 26 Dot-themed Minute to Win It Games with directions, supply lists, and PowerPoint (with timer!) are included!

61-67 More Dot Activities: These are simply even MORE fun, thematic activities!

• 62 It’s Not a Dot Challenge
• 63 It’s Not a Dot Examples
• 64-65 Dots & Boxes Game
• 66 The 9 Dot Puzzle
• 67 Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte Coloring Page

Attached Minute to Win It PowerPoint

Attached STEM Challenge PowerPoint

Attached Creation Station PowerPoint

Attached Pointillism Block Collaboration Poster

***THIS IS A BUNDLE, SO THE SEPARATE ACTIVITIES SOLD ON TPT ARE ALL BUNDLED TOGETHER. THIS PRODUCT INCLUDES A BONUS FILE WHICH IS THE SAME THING, BUT EVERYTHING IS TOGETHER IN ONE FILE. THIS MAY BE EASIER FOR YOU TO ACCESS AND ORGANIZE ***

Writing Prompt Info

2 Narrative, 2 Informative, and 2 Opinion Writing Prompts are included. Two prompts for each type of writing are included-one related to The Dot book and one related to the Aboriginal Art reading passage.

Writing Prompts are provided in two formats:

•Prompt Choice Board: All prompts on one page

•Prompt With Lines: Students respond to prompts on provided lines

Writing Tools that are included:

•Revising and editing checklists for each type of writing are also included.

•Color-coding Chart: Students color code writing to ensure it has all required elements...and help the teacher with grading!

•Writing papers: A big dot and extra lines if they need more space.

Creation Stations

1. •Pollock-Inspired Marble Art
2. •Shrinky Dinky Dot Bag Tag
3. •Hole Punch Mosaic
4. •DIY Dot-to-Dot
5. •Dots and Squiggles
6. •Morse Code
7. •Pigpen Cipher
8. •Pointillism Collaborative Poster (This BIG POSTER is made up of 24 pages that can be put together OR it can also be done as a small coloring sheet instead.)

STEM/STEAM Challenges

1. •One Page Wonder
2. •Paper Dot Challenge
3. •Dot Tower
4. •Impossible Challenge
5. •Basketball Catapult
6. •Dot Day Scavenger Hunt (can use these items for Dot Day Team Poster and Self Portrait)
7. •Dot Day Team Poster
8. •Self Portrait

Minute to Win It Games

1. •Dot Stack
2. •Cookie Stack It Up
3. •Dot Toss
4. •Ping Pong Bounce
5. •Dot Catch
6. •Candy Sort
7. •Defy Gravity
8. •Penny for Your Thoughts
9. •Wanna Spoon?
10. •Name That Dot
11. •Marshmallow Windstorm
12. •Face the Cookie
13. •Suck It Up
14. •Spray Off
15. •A Quarter Stuck In Teeth
16. •Roll the Dice
17. •Nose Mover
18. •Chopstick Race
19. •Penny Hose
20. •Dot Face Challenge
21. •Ponginator
22. •Top of the Head Balance
23. •Rolo With My Homies
24. •Little Tweezy
25. •Human Ring Toss
26. •Ka-Broom

Ways to Use

•Have a Dot Day...or week!

•Pick and choose which activities you want to do...or do them all!

•Stations around your room.

•Rotate from room to room to complete one activity in each room.

•Do one activity each day for a week.

•Do activities as a whole class.

•Can even be used by a sub!

Ways I Use It In My Classroom

I like to work with other teachers in my school and let the students rotate from room to room. We start by all reading the book, The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds (or watching it here). We then read the passage and answer the questions in our homerooms. Students then rotate to the following activities. When finished, they come back to their homeroom to do the writing and research activities.

•Room 1: Minute to Win It

•Room 2: Art Activity

•Room 3: STEM

•Room 4: Creation Stations

Related Resources

Check out the “Dot Day” section of the Megan Memories store for these related resources:

Dot Day Resources:

• Dot Day Everything You Need Activity Kit <---This is great if you love this MEGA Kit, but you don't quite need it all!
• Minute to Win It
• STEM Challenges
• Reading, Writing, Research
• Aboriginal Dot Art
• Writing Bundle
• Creation Stations
• Fun Sheets
• Art Integration-Read, Research, Create
• Dot Day MEGA Unit!

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