September 15th is International Dot Day! Dot Day is a day based off the book The Dot by Peter Reynolds. We discussed how you can leave a mark on the world to make it a better place. Each student decorated their own dot to reflect themselves and how they will leave a mark. Then, we used the Quiver app to make their dot come to life in 3D.. how cool!!

In the midst of celebrating Dot Day, we remembered that one of our coding robots is named DOT!!! We just had to celebrate by taking selfies with Dot! We even made one of our art dots into the robot Dot and made Dot come to life using the Quiver app! Check out these big smiles with our favorite small coding robot, Dot!

And of course, we had to get some class Dot selfies!

What a super fun day celebrating how we will make an effort to leave our mark to make the world a better place! <3

Yesterday was the first day of school and we had a BLAST getting to know each other and establishing a classroom culture of family, kindness, and learning. I know it’s going to be a great year!

We started the morning with having some very special visitors outside our window. How very special to see deer outside our classroom window in the middle of the city!

This afternoon we got to create our own classroom virtual posters on what is expected in various places around the school. I didn’t give them any lead other than think about the type of environment you’d want to be a part of in the classroom, hallway, and cafeteria. Check out the app smashes they made using the class iPads!

They did a fabulous job sharing the iPads and learning a new app on the very first day of school. And look how creative! It’s definitely going to be a GREAT year! Stay tuned. 🙂