North Carolina State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 2

NC.1. Dance: The learner will identify and demonstrate elements and skills in dance.

1.01. Demonstrate kinesthetic awareness.

1.02. Demonstrate and identify the element of space in dance: personal/general, locomotor/non-locomotor movement, axial movement, shape, level, direction, and pathways.

1.03. Demonstrate and identify the element of time in dance: tempo and rhythm.

1.04. Demonstrate and identify the element of energy/dynamics in dance.

NC.2. Dance: The learner will understand choreographic principles, processes, and structures.

2.01. Demonstrate the differences between spontaneous and planned movement.

2.02. Create and perform patterns in dance.

2.03. Create simple movement sequences using beginning, middle, and end; identify each of these parts of the sequence.

2.04. Improvise, create, and perform dance sequences using ideas and concepts from other sources.

2.05. Demonstrate the ability to work effectively alone and with a partner.

NC.3. Dance: The learner will understand that dance can create and communicate meaning.

3.01. Identify and demonstrate ideas, feelings, and stories through movement or gestures.

3.02. Identify and explain reactions to movement experiences.

3.03. Demonstrate and explain similarities and differences between dance and other forms of human movement.

NC.4. Dance: The learner will apply and demonstrate critical and creative thinking skills in dance.

4.01. Demonstrate three or more different solutions to a given dance movement problem.

4.02. Identify and describe similarities and differences in dance movement sequences.

4.03. Evaluate dance movement sequences.

NC.5. Dance: The learner will demonstrate and understand dance in various cultures and historical periods.

5.01. Describe the various roles of dance in communities and cultures.

5.02. Identify and demonstrate dances from various cultures and historical periods.

NC.6. Dance: The learner will make connections between dance and healthful living.

6.01. Identify and demonstrate safe practices during dance movement activities.

6.02. Demonstrate ability to self-monitor concentration and focus during dance movement activities.

6.03. Explain healthy practices which enhance the ability to dance including the importance of warm-ups and nutrition.

NC.7. Dance: The learner will make connections between dance and other content areas.

7.01. Explain connections between dance and at least three other content areas.

7.02. Use technology as a tool for creating and exploring dance.

NC.8. Dance: The learner will understand dance as an art form with a range of opportunities for involvement.

8.01. Show respect and appreciation for the dance movement efforts of others.

8.02. Identify the roles of audience members and performers when viewing dance.

8.03. Identify and demonstrate appropriate behavior when creating, performing, or viewing dance.

NC.1. Music: The learner will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

1.01. Sing phrases or simple songs with increased pitch accuracy.

1.02. Match pitch within a developmentally appropriate vocal range, using head tones.

1.03. Sing phrases or simple songs with increased rhythmic accuracy.

1.04. Respond to the cues of a conductor.

1.05. Sing with proper vocal technique using head tones, clear diction, and correct posture.

1.06. Sing expressively with appropriate dynamics and phrasing.

1.07. Sing a variety of music representing diverse genres, styles, and cultures.

1.08. Show respect for the singing efforts of others.

NC.2. Music: The learner will play on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

2.01. Play with increased pitch accuracy.

2.02. Play with increased rhythmic accuracy.

2.03. Play with appropriate posture and increased technical accuracy.

2.04. Play expressively with appropriate dynamics.

2.05. Play instrumental parts while others sing and/or play rhythmic, melodic, or harmonic parts.

2.06. Respond to the cues of a conductor.

2.07. Play music representing diverse styles, genres, and cultures.

2.08. Show respect for the instrumental playing efforts of others.

NC.3. Music: The learner will improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.

3.01. Improvise an appropriate answer to given rhythmic and melodic questions.

3.02. Improvise simple pentatonic melodies.

3.03. Improvise simple rhythmic and melodic ostinato accompaniments.

3.04. Improvise simple rhythmic and melodic variations of familiar melodies.

3.05. Improvise short songs and instrumental pieces using a variety of sound sources including electronic media.

3.06. Show respect for the improvisational efforts of others.

NC.4. Music: The learner will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.

4.01. Create and arrange music to accompany readings or dramatizations.

4.02. Compose a simple melody using at least five pitches.

4.03. Compose a simple rhythmic piece using half, quarter, eighth note and quarter rest durations.

4.04. Use a variety of sound, notational, and technological sources to compose and arrange music.

4.05. Show respect for the composing and arranging efforts of others.

NC.5. Music: The learner will read and notate music.

5.01. Read rhythmic notation with increased accuracy including whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes and quarter rests in 2/4 and 3/4 meters.

5.02. Read simple melodic notation with increased accuracy.

5.03. Identify traditional symbols and terms.

5.04. Use symbols to notate simple musical patterns.

5.05. Show respect for the reading and notating efforts of others.

NC.6. Music: The learner will listen to, analyze, and describe music.

6.01. Identify simple music forms when presented aurally including AB, ABA, and Introduction/Coda.

6.02. Demonstrate perceptual skills by answering questions about and describing aural musical examples of various styles and cultures.

6.03. Discuss music using appropriate terminology.

6.04. Identify a variety of classroom, orchestral, band, and cultural instruments by their timbre.

6.05. Identify solo and group vocal timbres including children's voices, and male/female adult voices.

6.06. Respond through purposeful movement to prominent music characteristics while listening to music.

6.07. Show respect while listening to and analyzing music.

NC.7. Music: The learner will evaluate music and music performances.

7.01. Devise criteria for evaluating performances and compositions of self and others.

7.02. Explain personal reactions to musical works.

7.03. Demonstrate respect for the musical efforts and opinions of others.

NC.8. Music: The learner will understand relationships between music, the other arts, and content areas outside the arts.

8.01. Identify and explain commonalties between music and the other arts areas.

8.02. Identify ways in which the principles and subject matter of other content areas taught in the school are related to those of music.

8.03. Demonstrate the character traits of responsibility, self-discipline, and perseverance while informally or formally participating in music.

NC.9. Music: The learner will understand music in relation to history and culture.

9.01. Identify the style of aural musical examples from various historical periods and cultures.

9.02. Describe in simple terms how elements of music are used in music examples from various cultures in the world.

9.03. Identify various uses of music, and describe characteristics that make certain music suitable for each use.

9.04. Identify and describe roles of musicians in various musical settings and cultures.

9.05. Show respect for music from various cultures and historical periods.

NC.1. Theatre: The learner will write based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history.

1.01. Participate in teacher-guided playwriting of simple dramas.

1.02. Build reading comprehension by using verbal and nonverbal communication.

1.03. Recognize setting, characters, sequence of events and main idea through pictorial, visual and physical aides.

1.04. Dramatize, through guided dramatic expression, stories from a read-aloud text, poem, fairytale or other form of literature.

1.05. Recall and enact stories about community experiences.

1.06. Identify how characters attempt to solve problems and resolve conflicts.

1.07. Compare and contrast the moral of the story in various fables and fairytales.

NC.2. Theatre: The learner will act by interacting in improvisations and assuming roles.

2.01. Assume a variety of roles, cast by the teacher, that reflect upon community experiences.

2.02. Demonstrate various characters, ideas and emotions through gestures, movement and voice.

2.03. Assume the role of a variety of real and non-real characters.

2.04. Utilize improvisation skills to make verbal and nonverbal character choices in the dramatic process.

2.05. Experiment with vocal expression and character traits to portray real and non-real characters.

2.06. Enact the sequence of events.

NC.3. Theatre: The learner will design and produce theatre by conceptualizing and realizing artistic interpretations for informal or formal productions.

3.01. Participate in making artistic choices for the scenery in a presentation.

3.02. Transform a space and materials for acting out simple dramas.

3.03. Adjust character movement to include audience focus.

3.04. Acquire basic skills to react and interact with characters on stage.

3.05. Transform objects into simple props, scenery and costumes to support the dramatic process.

3.06. Experiment with the concept and role of technical theatre elements such as sound, props, costumes, scenery, fundamental stage managing and directing.

NC.4. Theatre: The learner will direct through planning and presenting informal or formal productions.

4.01. Repeat or paraphrase dialogue from a story to create a drama.

4.02. Apply sound and movement to display character traits of objects, animals and people within community experiences.

4.03. Cooperate with peers in small group decision-making about artistic choices.

4.04. Understand responsible audience behaviors and responses in dramatic activities.

4.05. Recognize the importance of listening to one another within the drama.

4.06. Point out similarities and differences between simple monologues and dialogue within a story or drama.

4.07. Understand the role of the narrator in the dramatic process.

NC.5. Theatre: The learner will research by finding information to support informal or formal productions.

5.01. Hypothesize the need for simple props and costumes to support the character or story.

5.02. Choose movement to support the playing of a character.

5.03. Choose vocal expression to support the playing of the character.

5.04. Utilize information about character traits derived from visual or auditory aides.

5.05. Express character dialogue in story narration.

5.06. Reference story to determine technical needs for dramatic presentation.

5.07. Make predictions about characters, setting and events based on story content.

5.08. Discuss how personal experience can be used as the basis for character choices.

NC.6. Theatre: The learner will compare and integrate art forms by analyzing traditional theatre, dance, music, visual arts, and new art forms.

6.01. Incorporate music, sound, movement, dance and design.

6.02. Utilize the art form of puppetry in simple dramas.

6.03. Utilize the art form of pantomime in characterization.

6.04. Explore the art form of fundamental mask making.

6.05. Comprehend that art forms used in theatre presentations come from all cultures.

6.06. Identify different art forms within the community.

6.07. Build skills to read with dramatic expression various simple scripts derived from poetry, short stories, fairytales, imagination and other forms of literature.

NC.7. Theatre: The learner will analyze, critique, and construct meaning from informal and formal theatre, film, television, and electronic media productions.

7.01. Recognize emotions and thoughts evoked by informal and formal theatre performances.

7.02. Display respect by listening to the thoughts and opinions of others.

7.03. Understand that characters' actions have results in a variety of literary forms.

7.04. Express reflections during and after a creative drama activity.

7.05. Describe characters, setting and events seen or portrayed in formal or informal theatre productions.

7.06. Identify strengths of peers and self.

7.07. Explain reasons behind artistic choices.

NC.8. Theatre: The learner will understand context by analyzing the role of theatre, film, television, and electronic media in the past and present.

8.01. Recognize the role of imitation in theatre.

8.02. Share the role of film and television in the community.

8.03. Share the role of technology and electronic media.

8.04. Experience live or recorded performances.

8.05. Discuss the similarities and differences between live and recorded theatrical events.

8.06. Participate in and experience creative drama.

NC.1. Visual Arts: The learner will develop critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for understanding and producing art.

1.01. Understand the process involved in using the media.

1.02. Plan and organize for creating art.

1.03. Develop strategies for imagining and implementing images.

1.04. Refine the form of visual symbols to more accurately define concepts.

1.05. Recognize that in a world of imagination there is no right or wrong, but that some solutions are better than others.

1.06. Use experimentation to find solutions.

1.07. Recognize that diverse solutions are preferable to predetermined visual solutions.

1.08. Recognize that images from reality and from fantasy may be used to create original art.

NC.2. Visual Arts: The learner will develop skills necessary for understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes.

2.01. Become familiar with additional art media, techniques and processes that may include: Cut paper - tape, and Printmaking - styrofoam, water soluble printing ink

2.02. Recognize specific media and processes

2.03. Express moods and feelings.

2.04. Produce visual effects and textures using each media.

2.05. Depict self and others in a variety of real and imaginary situations.

NC.3. Visual Arts: The learner will organize the components of a work into a cohesive whole through knowledge of organizational principles of design and art elements.

3.01. Incorporate a variety of lines in own artwork.

3.02. Use a horizon line to organize space.

3.03. Discuss how the viewer's eye moves through work of art.

3.04. Discuss and use opposites to create variety including big/little, light/dark, smooth/rough, tall/short, few/many.

3.05. Identify center of interest (emphasis) in a composition.

3.06. Create work which shows more complex organization.

NC.4. Visual Arts: The learner will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter and ideas to communicate intended meaning in artworks.

4.01. Create, discuss, and/or write about whether the content of their artwork is reality or fantasy.

4.02. Create fantasy environments.

4.03. Begin to recognize that an artist's background and experiences are important in shaping an artist's work.

NC.5. Visual Arts: The learner will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

5.01. Identify main purpose for an individual artwork.

5.02. Identify selected characteristics of art from a particular culture.

5.03. Identify selected medium/techniques or processes used for an individual artwork.

5.04. Become aware of the ideas of time and history (what came before and after).

5.05. Begin to realize that there have been diverse cultures in the world and each culture has produced art.

5.06. Recognize selected works of art from various cultures.

5.07. Discuss common themes such as families, community life, and beauty.

NC.6. Visual Arts: The learner will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.

6.01. Begin to understand that the purpose for a work of art affects how a work is made.

6.02. Find diversity in art as a natural and positive expression of individuality.

6.03. Value art that does not rely on copying or tracing others' work.

6.04. Apply knowledge gained from a failure, mistake or accident to help achieve a more successful effort.

6.05. Discuss artwork using the design principles of repetition, emphasis, and movement.

NC.7. Visual Arts: The learner will perceive connections between visual arts and other disciplines.

7.01. Understand that a major purpose of the arts is the creation of an original work.

NC.8. Visual Arts: The learner will develop an awareness of art as an avocation and profession.

8.01. Begin to understand different ways people can make a living from creating works of art.

8.02. Discuss the involvement in art of people of all ages to include visiting museums, making art, reading or writing about art and artists, buying art, and teaching and volunteering in the arts.