visual examples
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Define and use more complex art vocabulary
including components of art as well as art forms
•
Explore and identify the unique properties
and potential of materials using proper
vocabulary and terminology
•
Examine the works of other artists for
inspiration and technique
Creative Expression
•
Produce different compositions using a variety
of processes, media, and techniques as well as a
range of subject matter, ideas, and symbols
that successfully communicate their individuality,
experiences, values, insights, opinions,
emotions, and stories
•
Create artworks that demonstrate an
understanding of art elements, principles,
structures, and functions and analyze their
effectiveness in communicating their ideas
•
Learn various techniques and processes for
working with each material
•
Use a variety of media and techniques in an
expressive manner
•
Create art that shows objects or surroundings
as the student would like them to be
•
Create original artworks in photography,
computer art, or video
•
Interpret reality and fantasy in original artwork
that requires conscious decision making as well
as connections to other subject areas
•
Expand knowledge for organizing and
creating art
•
Develop strategies for imagining and
implementing images
•
Discuss, develop, and apply the concept of
safety as it relates to art tools and materials
Historical and Cultural Context
•
Explore and discuss how history, culture, and
visual arts influence each other and are a
reflection of times, places, and cultures
•
Examine and discuss the role of the
arts inreflecting life including needs, values,
and beliefs
•
Analyze the art from various cultures, past and
present, to understand how art functioned in
communities in those places
•
Identify and discuss major works of art by
women or by members of diverse ethnic groups
living in the United States
•
Examine and discuss artwork created as a
social comment or to protest social conditions
Aesthetic Valuing
•
Identify skills used in making judgments about
works of art and distinguish between a
preference and a judgment
•
Develop criteria and apply the four steps of
art criticism to make judgments about their own
artwork and the work of others:
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Describe the work
•
Analyze the work in terms of art
elements and principles
•
Interpret the work in terms of ideas and
emotions
•
Judge the work as to its success both
technically and in either communicating
an idea or emotion or fulfilling a
practical purpose
•
Develop criteria for interpreting meaning and
apply criteria to their own artwork to
determine its success
•
Identify multiple purposes and meanings of art
Connections and Applications
•
Apply skills from other disciplines to produce
visual artwork and apply skills learned in the
visual arts to other disciplines
•
Reflect on how the knowledge and skills
learned in visual arts apply to their future
•
Recognize and discuss the use of multiple
senses in visual arts as well as in other
disciplines
•
Demonstrate the development of ideas across
time
•
Use visual arts to persuade and communicate
ideas
•
Demonstrate the use of life, surroundings, and
personal experiences to express ideas and
meanings visually
•
Interpret the environment through art
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Invent original imagery to convey meaning
•
Explore how artists develop personal imagery
and style
•
Explore a variety of solutions in solving
creative problems
MUSIC
Beat Pattern
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Demonstrate proficiency in identifying
increasingly complex beat patterns through
verbal response and performance
•
Compose and arrange short pieces
demonstrating how the elements of music are
used to achieve unity and variety, tension and
release, and balance
•
Use a variety of sound sources for composing
pieces with specified guidelines
Ear Training
•
Demonstrate mastery of the identification and
use of half steps/whole steps, meters, intervals,
sharps and flats, and varied tempos through
verbal/written responses
•
Play a simple melody or accompaniment by ear
•
Investigate forms, styles, sounds, and genre
through listening, discussing, writing, and
performing
Music Reading
•
Sight read melodies in both the treble
and bass clefs
•
Demonstrate the ability to identify, define,
write/draw musical symbols, terms, and
characters (e.g., staffs, notes, rests, staccato,
legato, piano forte, etc.) with technical
proficiency
•
Read notes and rests with accuracy in 2/4, 3/4,
4/4, and 6/8 time signatures
•
Use standard musical notations to record own
musical ideas
Song Singing
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Demonstrate the ability to sing and perform
with confidence songs of increasing difficulty,
alone and with others (including small
ensembles), in rhythm, on pitch, with good
breath control, clear tone quality, and
appropriate expression
•
Sing songs of increasing difficulty, including
harmonies (music written in two and three parts)
performed with confidence
•
Sing solo with expression and
technical accuracy
•
Sing a varied repertoire of music
Technology and Instruments
•
Play by ear simple melodies and
accompaniments on a harmonic instrument
•
Play at least one instrument accurately and
independently (alone and in small ensembles)
with confidence
•
Identify and play various genres and styles of
music, including those from different cultures,
with appropriate expression
•
Improvise simple harmonic accompaniments
Movement to Music
•
Choreograph and perform a group piece
•
Identify and participate in various genres
and styles, including those from other cultures
and periods
Performance Etiquette
•
Direct and produce a skit or musical piece
alone or in a group
•
Demonstrate appropriate behavior as a
performer and as an audience member
Music Appreciation and Connections
•
Devise and apply a sophisticated set of
criteria for evaluating music performances,
their own and others, that explains personal
preferences as well as musical elements
•
Offer constructive suggestions for
improvement on the compositions of others by
verbal/written response
•
Describe the basic events of a musical
composition including change of tempo,
dynamics, meter, and instruments
•
Explore, compare, and describe connections
between music and other disciplines (e.g.,
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