The Dot by Peter Reynolds.

 

Every art teacher and their dog know what "The Dot" is.  It is a great story to use at the beginning of the school year because it tells the student's to be confident in who they are and what they can do!  First grade painted dots however they wanted in my class this week.  Here is a video on the book in case you are interested in the story.    http://youtu.be/t5mGeR4AQdM

Who are you project.

Fourth and fifth grade did a spectrum study that involved personality.  The students simply used marker with this one.  They had to discover several positive things about themselves in order to complete this project.  Amazing how much you can learn about a person by looking at their art.