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Identifies and talks about art elements with
special emphasis on line, color, and texture
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Begins to use art vocabulary to respond to
works of art, especially their own
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Identifies basic geometric and free form shapes
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Identifies colors and experiments with mixing
colors
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Understands that subject matter can be real or
imaginary
Creative Expression
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Produces different compositions using a
variety of processes, media, and techniques
that successfully communicate students’ ideas,
experiences, and stories, such as drawing
pictures and creating self-portraits
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Uses art materials, such as colored chalk, paint,
clay, scissors, glue, tape, and markers
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Uses various media to demonstrate art elements
(e.g., uses a variety of lines and shapes in
artwork, uses different texture techniques such
as rubbing and scratching)
•
Manipulates clay to create three-dimensional
forms
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Builds three-dimensional constructions using a
variety of materials and methods (e.g., joins
items using tape, glue, etc.)
•
Works independently with various art materials
including paints and a variety of different sized
brushes
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Uses art materials and tools in a responsible way
Historical and Cultural Context
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Talks about familiar objects from today and
long ago
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Uses art to create and tell stories
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Discusses the importance of art in relation to
celebrations
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Creates projects in relation to holidays, seasons,
and our environment
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Identifies one or more well known artists
Aesthetic Valuing
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Talks about reasons artists have for creating
artwork
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Analyzes and discusses his/her artwork including
why he/she created the work, what is the subject
of the work, and why he/she likes or dislikes the
work of art using art vocabulary
Connections and Applications
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Uses the visual language of art as a way of
expressing their personal world, ideas, and
emotions
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Talks about the various kinds of artwork visual
artists produce
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Identifies a career in art
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Identifies connections between arts and other
disciplines (e.g., learns history through art,
learns about describing words by telling about
artwork)
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Connects their learning of art to other fine arts
such as music or dance
MUSIC
Beat Pattern
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Demonstrates knowledge of beat awareness
through the use of rhythm sticks, hand clapping,
etc.
•
Demonstrates a steady beat using instruments,
movement, clapping, chants, and songs
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Performs rhythmic patterns including sounds
and silences
Ear Training
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Demonstrates understanding of same/different
and high/low sounds using hand gestures, signs,
verbal response, etc.
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Demonstrates understanding of upward/
downward movements of music using hand
gestures, signs, verbal response, etc.
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Distinguishes between tones of instruments and
voices (child, adult, male, female)
Music Reading
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Begins to verbally identify symbols in music
(such as treble and bass clef, staff, lines, and
spaces) as the written pieces that create a
musical composition
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