Second Grade
Art Standards
CREATING: Semester I: A. Demonstrate safe procedures for using and cleaning art tools and equipment and studio space. B. Make art or design with various materials and tools to explore personal interests, questions, and curiosity. Semester II: A. Discuss and reflect with peers about choices made in creating artwork. B. Repurpose objects to make something new. Semester III: Collaboratively brainstorm multiple approaches to an art or design problem. Semester IV: Experiment with various materials and tools to explore interests in a work of art or design. PRESENTING: Semester I: Categorize artwork based on a theme or concept for an exhibit. Semester II and III: Distinguish between different materials or artistic techniques for preparing artwork for presentation. Semester IV: Compare and contrast how art exhibited in and outside of school in museums, galleries, and other venues including virtual spaces contributes to the community. RESPONDING: Semester I: Perceive and describe aesthetic characteristics of their natural world and constructed environments. Semester II: Categorize images based on expressive properties. Semester III: Interpret art by identifying the mood suggested by a work of art and describing relevant subject matter and characteristics of form. Semester IV: Use learned art vocabulary to express preferences about artwork. CONNECTING: Semester I and II: Compare and contrast cultural uses of artworks from different times and places. Semester III and IV: Create works of art about events in home, school, or community life. |
Third Grade
Art Standards
CREATING: Semester I: A. Create a personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials. B. Elaborate visual information by adding details in an artwork to enhance emerging meaning. Semester II: A. Demonstrate an understanding of the safe and proficient use of materials, tools, and equipment for a variety of artistic processes. B. Elaborate on an imaginative idea. Semester III: Individually or collaboratively construct representations, diagrams, or maps of places that are part of the students’ every day lives. Semester IV: Apply knowledge of available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate own ideas through the art-making process. PRESENTING: Semester I: Investigate and discuss possibilities and limitations of spaces, including electronic, for exhibiting artwork. Semester II and III: Identify exhibit space and prepare works of art including artists’ statements for presentation. Semester IV: Identify and explain how and where different cultures record and illustrate stories and history of life through art. RESPONDING: Semester I: Speculate about processes an artist used to create a work of art. Semester II: Determine messages communicated by an image. Semester III: Interpret art by analyzing use of media to create subject matter, characteristics of form, and mood. Semester IV: Apply one set of criteria to evaluate more than one work of art. CONNECTING: Semester I and II: Recognize that responses to art change depending on knowledge of the time and place it was made. Semester III and IV: Develop a work of art based on observation of surroundings. |
Fourth Grade
Art Standards
CREATING: Semester I: A. Collaboratively set goals and create artworks that are meaningful and have purpose to the makers. B. Brainstorm multiple approaches to a creative art or design problem. Semester II: A. Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches. B. When making works of art, utilize and care for materials, tools, and equipment in a manner that prevents danger to oneself and others. Semester III: Document, describe, and represent regional constructed environments. Semester IV: Revise artwork in progress on the basis of insights gained through peer discussion. PRESENTING: Semester I: Analyze how past, present, and emerging technologies have impacted the preservation and presentation of artwork. Semester II and III: Analyze various considerations for presenting and protecting art in indoor or outdoor settings, in digital or in a temporary format, on various surfaces or in different locations. Semester IV: Compare and contrast purposes of art museums, art galleries and other venues and the types of personal experiences they provide. RESPONDING: Semester I: Interpret art by analyzing characteristics of form and structure, contextual information, subject matter, visual elements and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed. Semester II: Compare responses to a work of art before and after working in similar media. Semester III: Analyze components in visual imagery that convey messages. Semester IV: Apply one set of criteria to evaluate more than one work of art. CONNECTING: Semester I and II: Create works of art that reflect community cultural traditions. Semester III and IV: Infer information about time, place, and culture in which a work of art was created. |