Vermont State Standards for Arts Education: Kindergarten

VT.AK.D. Dance Skill Development

AK-K:1. Students show skill development when creating dance by:

AK-K:1.1. Solving simple movement challenges (e.g., Show me how to move on two body parts without using two feet).

AK-K:1.2. Using movement to express a simple idea.

AK-K:1.3. Using the following partner skills: copying, leading, following, and mirroring.

AK-K:1.4. Interpreting a story, piece of music, artwork, play, or learning experience through movement.

AK-K:1.5. Producing one or two nonlocomotor and locomotor movements.

AK-K:2. Students perform/communicate through dance by:

AK-K:2.1. Demonstrating the locomotor skills of walking, running, hopping, jumping.

AK-K:2.2. Demonstrating the non-locomotor skills of bending, stretching, twisting, swinging.

AK-K:2.3. Moving and reproducing one or two nonlocomotor and locomotor movements to a steady beat led by the teacher.

AK-K:3. Students show understanding of dance concepts and vocabulary by:

AK-K:3.1. Demonstrating concepts of dance through copying movements, mirroring, leading, following.

AK-K:3.2. Demonstrating a sequence.

AK-K:3.3. Interpreting.

AK-K:3.4. Moving to a steady beat.

AK-K:3.5. Identifying and demonstrating self (personal) and general space.

VT.AK.M. Music Skill Development

AK-K:4. No AK-K:4 at this level

AK-K:5. No AK-K:5 at this level

AK-K:6. No AK-K:6 at this level

VT.AK.T. Theater Skill Development

AK-K:7. Students show skill development when creating theater by:

AK-K:7.1. Engaging in fantasy play.

AK-K:7.2. Playing with props, costumes and stage pieces.

AK-K:8. Students perform/communicate through theater by:

AK-K:8.1. Participating in show and tell activity.

AK-K:8.2. Speaking to be heard before an audience.

AK-K:8.3. Taking necessary information home to parents.

AK-K:9. Students show understanding of theater concepts and vocabulary by:

AK-K:9.1. Imagining.

AK-K:9.2. Pretending.

AK-K:9.3. Playing with sets, props and costumes.

AK-K:9.4. Observing and copying.

AK-K:9.5. Playing with others.

VT.AK.V. Visual Arts Skill Development

AK-K:10. Students show skill development when creating art by:

AK-K:10.1. Using line in various media (e.g., pencil, marker, cut-outs, etc.) to create shape and image.

AK-K:10.2. Handling of art tools and materials (e.g., using scissors, paint brushes, and adhesives) in the production of their art work.

AK-K:10.3. Using elements of 2D and 3D design (e.g., 2D - identify color and create using color; 3D - pinch pot).

AK-K:11. Students perform/communicate skills in visual arts by:

AK-K:11.1. Participating in group art activities (e.g., mural, group drawing).

AK-K:11.2. Using media and materials to convey feeling or idea (e.g., make a book about you).

AK-K:12. Students show understanding of visual arts concepts and vocabulary by:

AK-K:12.1. Recognizing and using basic elements and principles (e.g., line, shape and color).

AK-K:12.2. Recognizing different media (e.g., drawing, painting, sculpture).

VT.AK.RC. Reflection and Critique

AK-K:13. Students describe art using discipline specific vocabulary, for example:

AK-K:13.1. Dance: fast/slow, big movements/small movements

AK-K:13.2. Music: same/different

AK-K:13.3. Theater: happy/sad, loud/quiet, big/little, real/pretend

AK-K:13.4. Visual Arts: thick/thin line, circle, square, rectangle, triangle (shape)

AK-K:14. No AK-K:14 at this level

AK-K:15. Students critique and revise art by:

AK-K:15.1. Making affirming statements (e.g., I like...).

VT.AK.MC. Making Connections

AK-K:16. Students make connections between/among the arts and disciplines outside the arts by:

AK-K:16.1. Communicating ideas, concepts, feelings from other disciplines (e.g., act out/move as the weather, create soundscape of a storm, etc.).

AK-K:17. No AK-K:17 at this level.

AK-K:18. No AK-K:18 at this level.

VT.AK.AW. Approach to Work

AK-K:19. No AK-K:19 at this level.

AK-K:20. Students develop effective, personal work habits by:

AK-K:20.1. Demonstrating willingness to take part in the activity.

AK-K:20.2. Using materials and work space safely.

AK-K:21. Students demonstrate appropriate interactions by:

AK-K:21.1. Participating in individual and/or group work willingly and appropriately.

AK-K:21.2. Responding constructively as members of an audience/group (e.g., taking good care of your own and others' work, waiting your turn).