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The Dot

To start this project we listened to a book read out loud called The Dot by Peter Reynolds. We then used coffee filters and various materials to create our own dots. We were able to experiment with oil pastels, crayons, markers, and watercolors to see what would mix and blend and what would not; for instance the oil pastels and crayons would not bleed and would show through the watercolors.

An extension activity would be to have the students make many different coffee filters with various numbers. The students would then make filers with different mathematical signs and use the numbers to practice math facts.

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