Dot Painting

Joanna McNeilly
Dot Painting
27-8-13
LESSON SUMMARY Dot Painting
Day & date: Monday the 26th,

Tuesday the 27th, Wednesday
the 28th
Class: Grade 4
Supervising teacher: Mrs Rundle
Topic:
Context:
Aboriginal dot painting.
The students have been learning

about indigenous Australians. Last
week they did totem poles.
Aims/Outcomes:
AusVELS
At the end of this lesson

students will .
The diversity and longevity of

Australias first peoples and the
ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Straigt
Islander peoples are connected to
Country and Place (land, sea,
waterways and skies) and the
implications for their daily lives.
Have created their own dot

painting using the traditional
symbols and patterns.
(ACHHK077).
Key Vocabulary
Aboriginal, indigenous,
Monitoring and assessment

Assessment will be informal, walking
around the classroom to see if
students understand what they are
doing.
There will also be formal
assessment, seeing that the
students have actually come to the
right answer.
Materials, Resources and

Equipment
References/Sources
Paper, cotton buds, paints,

newspaper, art smocks.
Joanna McNeilly
Dot Painting
27-8-13
DETAILED PLAN lesson One introducing the symbols

Teacher activity
Student activity
Start
INTRODUCTION
time
Connecting, Engaging and Modelling
As soon as the class starts
have the dot painting on the
board. Ask the students
what they see. What
patterns and symbols.
Discuss these.
Show the students the cheat
sheet that shows what the
various symbols mean.
Transitio
n time
Students put their work into

Give the students a copy of
their integrated work book.
each and get them to find
and match any other
symbols they can find.
CONCLUSION
Sharing, Explaining and Reviewing Learning
This was only a 30 minute class, so there wasnt any time for anything
else.
Student Teacher Reflection
This was a quick and enjoyable lesson. The students are very creative!.
Supervising Teacher Reflection
Great ideas Jo. The Indigenous picture was perfect. It was clear and
colourful. The
brainstorm session about the symbols the students could see was
effective and engaging.
I am pleased you gave each student their own picture with a cheat
sheet. Considering you
only had 30 mins the students achieved well. I am looking forward to the
next few
sessions.
Joanna McNeilly
Dot Painting
Start
time
27-8-13
DETAILED PLAN lesson two starting to paint

Teacher activity
Student activity
INTRODUCTION
In this lesson students will
start creating their own dot
painting.
Tuning in I would love to
read them a book.
Students will start working on

their dot paintings. This
should take at least two
lessons I would suspect.
Then I will recap what I

expect from the students.
They will choose an animal
from printouts that I will
give them. Today they will
be expected to fill in the
animal (tomorrow they will
be expected to do outside
the animal). I want to see
lots of colour and for them
to be very careful and neat.
Dot painting is not a rushed
style, it needs care and
consideration.
Transitio
n time
CONCLUSION
I would love for the students
to be able to see what other
students have done. So for the
last 5-10 minutes of class, I
would like the students to
leave their work on their desk
and come to the floor. Once
on the floor I will ask them to
silently go walk around the
room, looking at what others
have done.
Joanna McNeilly
Dot Painting
27-8-13

I was amazed at how quickly the students finished off their work. I
expected it to take so much longer! Thankfully they had extra work they
could continue with, because I had not planned a back up if they finished
early.

Excellent preparation for this lesson.
I like how you had the pictures up on the little whiteboard for the
students to refer too.
Remember to write up the goal for the lesson even if it is just a painting
one or finishing off lesson.
I like the outlines you selected for the students to paint and the fact that
they had to do pencil/grey lead on them first before they painted.
Some students did not pay attention and painted instead of dotting but
overall a great lesson and all students completed their paintings.
This lesson it was good you had story settings from earlier to complete
however in future always have extra sheets/ideas for early finishers or if
the activity is shorter than you think.
Well done Jo
Joanna McNeilly
Dot Painting
27-8-13
DETAILED PLAN lesson three continuing to paint

Teacher activity
Student activity
Start
INTRODUCTION
time
Read them an aboriginal
book (need to get one off
Mrs Rundle first thing in the
morning).
Transitio
n time
Get their paintings from

yesterday, cut out their
animal, and stick it on back
paper. Write their name on
it.
CONCLUSION
Joanna McNeilly
Dot Painting
27-8-13

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Joanna McNeilly

Day & date: Monday the 26th,

Aboriginal dot painting.

The students have been learning

At the end of this lesson

The diversity and longevity of

Have created their own dot

Monitoring and assessment

Materials, Resources and

Paper, cotton buds, paints,

DETAILED PLAN lesson One introducing the symbols

Students put their work into

DETAILED PLAN lesson two starting to paint

Students will start working on

Then I will recap what I

Student Teacher Reflection

Supervising Teacher Reflection

DETAILED PLAN lesson three continuing to paint

Get their paintings from

Student Teacher Reflection

Supervising Teacher Reflection

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