3-5 Art Curriculum Standards

Written by Administrator Wednesday, 01 December 2010 21:33

Bold-faced standards are the MDIRSS essential standards and the standards in regular font are supporting standards. Click on the green bold-faced MDIRSS essential standards to see the unpacked version, list of resources, and corresponding performance rubric for that standard.

Grades K-8 Art Essential Standards

The student will:

Show an understanding of concepts, skills, vocabulary and processes in art. (K-2), (3-5), (6-8)
Create, communicate and express through art.
Approach artistic problem-solving using multiple solutions and the creative process.
Observe, describe and analyze works of art (K-2), (3-5), 6-8
Understand the relationship between the arts, history and world culture.
Collaborate and make connections between the arts, other disciplines and daily life.

Grades 3-5 Art Supporting Standards

A. Communication - While creating and working in the visual arts, students will be effective communicators who:

1. Learn and use appropriate vocabulary to explain ideas and concepts in the visual arts.

2. Respectfully critique their own work and the work of others based on established and/or personal criteria.

3. Students help with the selection and preparation of art works for display in the classroom, school, or other community locations.

B. Critical Thinking - While creating and working in the visual arts, students will be critical thinkers who:

1. Use the arts to respond to social, political and personal issues.

2. Create art works reflecting a broader range of emotions and ideas.

3. Identify and define a problem and generate and try a variety of solutions.

4. Describe and compare diverse examples of art from different time periods and cultures.

5. Recognize a variety of purposes for making/performing art works, including telling a story and communicating emotions and ideas.

6. Clarify self image through personal expression and reflection in the arts.

7. Students create art work that communicate ideas, feelings, and meanings and demonstrate skill in the use of media, tools, techniques, and process.

C. Integration of Knowledge and Skills - While creating and working in the visual arts students will be academically, artistically and technologically knowledgeable people who:

1. Students use Elements of Art and Principles of Design to create original art works including paintings, three-dimensional objects, drawings from imagination and real life, and a variety of other media and visual art forms.

2. Incorporate knowledge of the Elements of Art: color, form, line, shape, space, texture, and value, to create, revise and refine works of visual art.

3. Incorporate knowledge of the Principles of Design including balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, and pattern to make art.

4. Use and incorporate a variety of media, techniques, tools, and processes to create art.

5. Practice and use observational skills.

6. Develop work habits that foster the self-discipline and focus needed for the creative process.

D. Collaboration - While creating and working in the visual arts, students will be collaborative workers who:

1. Respect the creative process, contributions and roles of others within a group.

2. Develop skills in cooperation, group decision-making, interaction and leadership.

3. Show respect and tolerance for others in the art room.

4. Collaborate with a partner or in a group to create a shared work of art.

5. Respect differing interpretations and solutions to aesthetic challenges.

6. Students describe characteristics shared between and among the arts and other disciplines.

E. Global Citizenship - While creating and working in the visual arts, students will be global citizens who:

1. Understand and experience other cultures through the arts.

2. Compare and contrast art work from different cultures.

3. Use and understand the purpose of art forms from one's own community as well as from other cultures.

4. Use community and local resources to learn about art.

5. Observe and explore art work from various historical periods.

6. Identify the use of the arts in daily experiences in all cultures.

7. Develop an understanding of how the arts influence human experience, are communal, and encourage kinship with others.

8. Demonstrate stewardship in the classroom.

F. Lifelong Learning - While creating and working in the visual arts, students will be lifelong learners who:

1. Learn behavioral expectations by attending a variety of art events.

2. Recognize the benefit of participation in the arts for a healthy lifestyle including the use of leisure time.

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