Dot Paintings

In Mrs. Goff’s class, the students are learning about nouns (Person, Place, or Thing). Today I will teach the students how to create a dot painting of their favorite “Place.”

Materials:

• Tempura Paint
• Q-tips
• Paper Towels
• Water cups
• Pencils
• White Paper
• Paper Plates

Lesson Plan:

1.  Gather the students on the button rug to review what nouns are. (9:50-9:55)
2.  Introduce the objective -powerpoint (9:55-10:00)
3. Show on overhead camera (10:00-10:05):
1. How to draw the scene
2.  How to dip, q-tips in paint, how to make spots, and how to wipe off q-tip
3. Pass out paper
4.  Give students time to create (10:05-10:40)
5.  Clean up (10:40-10:45)