Fifth Grade
Art Standards
CREATING: Semester I: A. Demonstrate quality craftsmanship through care and use of materials, tools, and equipment. B. Identify, describe, and visually document objects of personal significance. Semester II: A. Experiment and develop skills in multiple art making techniques and approaches through practice. B. Create artist statement using art vocabulary to describe personal choices made in art-making. Semester III: Combine ideas to generate innovative idea for art making. Semester IV: Identify and demonstrate diverse methods of artistic investigation to choose an approach for beginning a work of art. PRESENTING: Semester I: Develop a logical argument for safe and effective use of materials and techniques for preparing and presenting artwork. Semester II and III: Cite evidence about how an exhibition in a museum or other venue presents an idea and provides information about a specific concept or topic. Semester IV: Define the roles and responsibilities of a curator, explaining the skills and knowledge needed in preserving, maintaining, and presenting objects, artifacts and artworks. RESPONDING: Semester I: Compare one’s own interpretation of a work of art with the interpretation of others. Semester II: Identify and analyze cultural associations suggested by visual imagery. Semester III: 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 IV: Recognize differences in criteria used to evaluate works of art depending on styles, genres, and media as well as cultural and historical contexts. CONNECTING: Semester I and II: Apply formal and conceptual vocabularies of art and design to see surroundings in new ways through art making. Semester III and IV: Identify how art is used to inform or change an individual’s or society’s belief, values, or behaviors. |
Sixth Grade
Art Standards
CREATING: Semester I: A. Formulate an artistic investigation of personally relevant context for creating art. B. Reflect on whether one’s artwork conveys the intended meaning and revise accordingly. Semester II: A. Design or redesign objects, places, or systems that meet the identified needs of diverse users. B. Explain environmental implications of conservation, care, and clean up of art materials, tools, and equipment. Semester III: Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art. Semester IV: Collaboratively combine concepts to generate innovative ideas for creating art. PRESENTING: Semester I: Individually or collaboratively develop a visual plan for displaying works of art, analyzing exhibit space, the needs of the viewer, and the layout of the exhibit. Semester II and III: Analyze similarities and differences associated with preserving and presenting two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and digital artworks. Semester IV: Assess, explain, and provide evidence of how museums or other venues reflect history and values of a community. RESPONDING: Semester I: Interpret art by distinguishing between relevant and non-relevant contextual information and analyzing subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed. Semester II: Develop and apply relevant criteria to evaluate a work of art. Semester III: Analyze ways that visual components and cultural associations suggested by images influence ideas, emotions, and actions. Semester IV: Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal ways people live around the world and what they value. CONNECTING: Semester I and II: Generate a collection of ideas reflecting current interests and concerns that could be investigated in art making. Semester III and IV: Analyze how art reflects changing times, traditions, resources, and cultural uses. |