Texas State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 2

TX.117.8 (2.1.) Art: Perception: The student develops and organizes ideas from the environment.

2.1. (A) The student is expected to identify variations in objects and subjects from the environment, using the senses.

2.1. (B) The student is expected to identify art elements such as color, texture, form, line, and space and art principles such as emphasis, pattern, and rhythm.

TX.117.8 (2.2.) Art: Creative expression/performance: The student expresses ideas through original artworks, using a variety of media with appropriate skill.

2.2. (A) The student is expected to express ideas and feelings in artworks, using a variety of colors, forms, and lines.

2.2. (B) The student is expected to create effective compositions, using design elements and principles.

2.2. (C) The student is expected to identify and practice skills necessary for producing drawings, paintings, prints, constructions, and modeled forms, using a variety of art materials.

TX.117.8 (2.3.) Art: Historical/cultural heritage: The student demonstrates an understanding of art history and culture as records of human achievement.

2.3. (A) The student is expected to identify stories and constructions in a variety of artworks.

2.3. (B) The student is expected to compare ways individuals and families are depicted in different artworks.

2.3. (C) The student is expected to identify different kinds of jobs in art.

TX.117.8 (2.4.) Art: Response/evaluation: The student makes informed judgments about personal artworks and the artworks of others.

2.4. (A) The student is expected to define reasons for preferences in personal artworks.

2.4. (B) The student is expected to identify ideas in original artworks, portfolios, and exhibitions by peers and artists.

TX.117.9 (2.1.) Music: Perception: The student describes and analyzes musical sound and demonstrates musical artistry.

2.1. (A) The student is expected to identify instruments visually and aurally.

2.1. (B) The student is expected to use music terminology to explain sounds and performances.

2.1. (C) The student is expected to identify music forms such as AB and ABA.

TX.117.9 (2.2.) Music: Creative expression/performance: The student performs a varied repertoire of music.

2.2. (A) The student is expected to sing or play a classroom instrument independently or in groups.

2.2. (B) The student is expected to sing songs from diverse cultures and styles or play such songs on a musical instrument.

TX.117.9 (2.3.) Music: Creative expression/performance: The student reads and writes music notation.

2.3. (A) The student is expected to read and write simple music notation, using a system (letters, numbers, syllables).

2.3. (B) The student is expected to read and write music that incorporates basic rhythmic patterns in simple meters.

TX.117.9 (2.4.) Music: Creative expression/performance: The student creates and arranges music within specified guidelines.

2.4. (A) The student is expected to create rhythmic phrases.

2.4. (B) The student is expected to create melodic phrases.

TX.117.9 (2.5.) Music: Historical/cultural heritage: The student relates music to history, to society, and to culture.

2.5. (A) The student is expected to identify music from various periods of history and culture.

2.5. (B) The student is expected to sing songs and play musical games from diverse cultures.

2.5. (C) The student is expected to identify relationships between music and other subjects.

TX.117.9 (2.6.) Music: Response/evaluation: The student responds to and evaluates music and musical performance.

2.6. (A) The student is expected to distinguish between beat/rhythm, higher/lower, louder/softer, faster/slower, and same/different in musical performances.

2.6. (B) The student is expected to show appropriate audience behavior during live performances.

TX.117.10 (2.1.) Theatre: Perception: The student develops concepts about self, human relationships, and the environment, using elements of drama and conventions of theatre.

2.1. (A) The student is expected to react to sensory experiences.

2.1. (B) The student is expected to expand spatial awareness in dramatic play, using expressive and rhythmic movement.

2.1. (C) The student is expected to participate in dramatic play, using actions, sounds, and dialogue.

2.1. (D) The student is expected to role-play, imitate, and recreate dialogue.

TX.117.10 (2.2.) Theatre: Creative expression/performance: The student interprets characters, using the voice and body expressively, and creates dramatizations.

2.2. (A) The student is expected to demonstrate safe use of movement and voice.

2.2. (B) The student is expected to role-play in real life and imaginative situations through narrative pantomime, dramatic play, and story dramatization.

2.2. (C) The student is expected to create dramatizations of limited-action stories, using simple pantomime and puppetry.

2.2. (D) The student is expected to dramatize poems and songs, using simple pantomime and puppetry.

TX.117.10 (2.3.) Theatre: Creative expression/performance: The student applies design, directing, and theatre production concepts and skills.

2.3. (A) The student is expected to select aspects of the environment for use in dramatic play.

2.3. (B) The student is expected to adapt the environment for dramatic play, using simple materials.

2.3. (C) The student is expected to plan dramatic play.

2.3. (D) The student is expected to cooperate and interact with others in dramatic play.

TX.117.10 (2.4.) Theatre: Historical/cultural heritage: The student relates theatre to history, society, and culture.

2.4. (A) The student is expected to imitate life experiences from various historical periods in dramatic play.

2.4. (B) The student is expected to identify diverse cultural dimensions in dramatic play.

TX.117.10 (2.5.) Theatre: Response/evaluation: The student responds to and evaluates theatre and theatrical performances.

2.5. (A) The student is expected to identify and apply appropriate audience behavior.

2.5. (B) The student is expected to react to and begin to evaluate dramatic activities.

2.5. (C) The student is expected to employ music, creative movement, and visual components in dramatic play.

2.5. (D) The student is expected to observe the performance of artists and identify theatrical vocations.