Arkansas State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 5

AR.A.1. Art: Inquire/Explore/Discover: Students will inquire/explore/discover historical, cultural, social, environmental, and personal references from which to develop concepts/ideas.

A.1.1. Further investigate the language of art including, but not limited to, the elements and principles of design.

1.1.1. Students will review the language of art.

A.1.2. Examine and identify how art tools, materials, and processes communicate ideas and meanings.

1.2.1. Students will discover the relationship between art tools, materials, and processes.

A.1.3. Research and discuss diverse cultures, styles, and periods of art.

1.3.1. Students will discover and identify culture.

A.1.4. Gain creative insight through personal observations and reactions to life experiences.

1.4.1. Students will discover the use of personal observations as a source for ideas.

A.1.5. Research how artists express life experiences through their art work.

1.5.1. Students will view art and discuss how it reflects life, values and insight of artists.

A.1.6. Discover career opportunities that directly or indirectly relate to visual art.

1.6.1. Students will discover career opportunities for artists.

A.1.7. Recognize the rationale for responsible safety precautions within the visual arts environment.

1.7.1. Students will recognize the rationale for safety precautions.

A.1.8. Examine how physical environments affect choices made by artists.

1.8.1. Students will identify artists who are influenced by their physical environments.

A.1.9. Discover relationships among the arts, technology, environments, and other disciplines.

1.9.1. Students will discover relationships among the different areas of crafts.

A.1.10. Discover relevant community issues as creative resources through interviewing, personal observation, and/or research.

1.10.1. Students will identify relevant community issues as creative resources.

A.1.11. Engage in group problem-solving activities (e.g., brainstorming, generating ideas, discussion, and research).

1.11.1. Students will engage in group problem-solving activities through brainstorming.

AR.A.2. Art: Create: Students will use their creativity in a wide variety of media, techniques, processes, and tools to develop original works of art and design.

A.2.1. Utilize a variety of art media, tools/technology, and processes, both two-and-three dimensional, to communicate ideas and feelings to achieve artistic solutions.

2.1.1. Students will communicate ideas and feelings in a painting through choice of media.

A.2.2. Create art work using the elements and principles of design to express thoughts and experiences.

2.2.1. Students will study elements and principles of design.

A.2.3. Produce artwork that involves problem solving as evidenced through practice, drafts, sketches and/or models.

2.3.1. Students will explore ideas through thumbnail sketches and examining photos, pictures and real objects.

A.2.4. Use community issues to stimulate the production of art work which promotes dialogue.

2.4.1. Students will create works of art informed by community issues.

A.2.5. Demonstrate consistent and responsible use of tools/technology and materials to produce art works that may include, but are not limited to, painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, clay/ceramics, architecture, graphic design, fiber arts, and digital imagery.

2.5.1. Students will explore responsible use of tools and materials.

A.2.6. Create artwork based on personal observations and reactions to life experiences.

2.6.1. Students will discuss how art reflects what we see, know, feel and imagine.

A.2.7. Produce art work which displays knowledge of diverse cultures, styles, and periods of art.

2.7.1. Students will display knowledge of diverse cultures.

A.2.8. Use group interaction in the process of art production.

2.8.1. Students will use group interaction to create a work of art.

AR.A.3. Art: Reflect/Respond/Rediscover: Students will reflect upon, respond to, and rediscover the art work and concept of self, of others (past and present), of environments, and of diverse cultures.

A.3.1. Examine and reflect on a range of subject matter, symbols, and/or ideas used in creating art works.

3.1.1. Students will view various fine art pieces and discuss how each artist presented a theme, symbol or idea.

A.3.2. Develop student generated rubrics, checklists, questionnaires, tests, or other forms of assessment.

3.2.1. Students will discuss the importance of evaluating their own work.

A.3.3. Engage in aesthetic discussion and apply knowledge when observing works of art.

3.3.1. Students will discuss the meaning of aesthetics.

A.3.4. Participate in the process of exhibiting student art work (plan, select, promote, install, and attend).

3.4.1. Students will discuss various places art work is exhibited.

A.3.5. Develop a portfolio which includes periodic assessment (e.g., self - assessment, peer critique, teacher interview, checklist, essay, etc.).

3.5.1. Students will discuss the value of collecting and keeping their art work

3.5.2. Students will keep works of art in a portfolio.

A.3.6. Determine and justify why artists make certain design choices.

3.6.1. Students will discuss different artists' styles and choices the artists make in their work.

A.3.7. Determine/project ways art may envision the future.

3.7.1. Students will examine what might influence art and design in the future.

A.3.8. Discuss and evaluate connections between the visual arts and other disciplines (e.g., in math: 3-D forms, symmetry, patterns).

3.8.1. Students will discuss the connections between the visual arts and math.

3.8.2. Students will discuss the connections between the visual arts and history.

A.3.9. Evaluate the importance of art history and heritage.

3.9.1. Students will explore their personal heritage through interviews with family members.

AR.M.1. Music: The student will sing and/or play an instrument utilizing a varied repertoire of music.

M.1.1. Sing and/or play a musical instrument accurately with correct fundamentals and techniques as developmentally appropriate.

M.1.2. Sing and/or play music of varied genres and styles with appropriate expression, interpretation, and phrasing.

M.1.3. Perform music at appropriate levels of difficulty (such as prescribed by the Arkansas Choral Directors Association [ACDA], Arkansas School Band and Orchestra Association [ASBOA], and Music Educators National Conference [MENC]) in formal and/or informal concerts.

AR.M.2. Music: The student will create, compose, arrange, and improvise music as developmentally appropriate.

M.2.1. Improvise simple melodies and/or accompaniments and compose short pieces within specified guidelines.

M.2.2. Create and arrange rhythmic and melodic phrases.

M.2.3. Explore the role of technology in the creation/composition of music.

AR.M.3. Music: The student will read and notate music.

M.3.1. Read and notate simple and compound meters, rhythm, pitch, and dynamics using standard symbols and terminology.

M.3.2. Use technology, when applicable, to develop reading and notating skills.

M.3.3. Sight-read music in treble and/or other clefs in various keys and meters within specified guidelines.

AR.M.4. Music: The student will listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate music and musical performances.

M.4.1. Evaluate performance through critical listening for the purpose of self-correction.

M.4.2. Evaluate the elements and components of a musical composition using appropriate terminology (e.g., instrumental and vocal timbres, forms, textures, etc.).

M.4.3. Compare and contrast two or more styles of music.

M.4.4. Respond to a musical performance as an informed, actively involved listener in a variety of settings.

M.4.5. Utilize technology to listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate music and musical performances.

AR.M.5. Music: The student will relate music to diverse cultures, society, history, and other arts and disciplines.

M.5.1. Identify commonalities between music and the other fine arts (e.g., rhythm/movement, timbre/color, etc.).

M.5.2. Recognize that musical development is a continuum influenced by historical and technological events.

M.5.3. Recognize that events in society and music are interrelated.

M.5.4. Demonstrate ways music and other disciplines are integrated.

M.5.5. Incorporate technology to distinguish ways in which music relates to diverse cultures, societies, historical events, and the other arts and disciplines.

AR.1.1. Theatre: Creating: Students will participate in activities that develop the creative process in theatre involving script writing, sensory-awareness, analyzing, designing, and planning.

1.1.10. Practice necessary precautions and limitations to avoid injury.

1.1.11. Move parts of the body in more complex sequences (such as oppositional).

1.1.12. Enhance body control and expand movement in self space and shared space.

1.1.13. Acknowledge the points of view of others.

1.1.14. Explore empathy for the characters in the literature.

1.1.15. Develop self-expression through theatre performances.

1.1.16. Use appropriate terminology to develop theatre vocabulary.

1.1.17. Refine and record dialogue and action.

AR.1.2. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of locomotor movement.

1.2.4. Create and perform complex sequences using locomotor and non-locomotor movements.

1.2.5. Perform and demonstrate learned sequences of locomotor patterns.

AR.1.3. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of time.

1.3.8. Explore and move to various rhythmic patterns.

1.3.9. Identify and move with acceleration and deceleration.

1.3.10. Accompany their own movement sequence or that of others using an instrument of their choice.

1.3.11. Accompany their own movement sequence or that of others using vocal sounds.

1.3.12. Combine the use of instruments and voice to accompany a movement sequence.

1.3.13. Compose a simple music phrase and create a corresponding dance phrase.

1.3.14. Utilize props while moving to the pulse.

1.3.15. Identify and move to music having more complex meters such as 6/8, 7/4, 5/4, 9/8, 12/8.

AR.1.4. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of space.

1.4.11. Perform combinations of locomotor and axial movements in simple floor patterns.

1.4.12. Experiment with spatial and body design while moving through near, middle, and far reach space.

1.4.13. Invent body shapes in line, angle, and curves while moving through simple floor patterns.

1.4.14. Demonstrate body shapes using energy concepts.

1.4.15. Express a pantomimic sequence of movements (a flower blooming).

1.4.16. Demonstrate directional changes working in groups.

1.4.17. Learn stage directions (upstage, downstage, stage right, stage left).

1.4.18. Perform combinations of locomotor and axial movements in complex floor patterns.

1.4.19. Refine spatial and body designs using near, middle, and far reach space.

1.4.20. Demonstrate body shapes while moving through complex floor patterns.

1.4.21. Create movement sequences based on vertical and horizontal, saggital planes.

1.4.22. Create short dance studies using spatial concepts.

1.4.23. Identify positive and negative space.

1.4.24. Use traditional, non-traditional, and environmental performance spaces in various compositions.

AR.1.5. Dance: Basic Elements of Movement: Students will understand, explore, and demonstrate dance as an art form through its basic element of energy/force/dynamics.

1.5.4. Develop simple movement phrases utilizing various energy concepts.

1.5.5. Identify and demonstrate movement qualities such as percussive/sustained, vibratory/swinging.

1.5.6. Demonstrate movement qualities with increased variety of energy dynamics (tension/relaxation, suspension/release).

1.5.7. Explore use of various dynamics to create contrasting moods.

1.5.8. Apply energy concepts to connect dance phrases.

1.5.9. Continue the use of energy concepts as choreographic tools and create more complex movement studies.

1.5.10. Continue to develop and refine skills necessary to project movement through the manipulation of energy concepts.

AR.2.1. Theatre: Reading: Students will participate in activities that develop the performance process in theatre involving researching, acting, directing, designing, constructing, and responding.

2.1.6. Demonstrate knowledge of the sequential development of dance through history.

2.1.7. Examine cultural dance heritages.

2.1.8. Experience the dance of another culture.

2.1.9. Experience concert forms of dance.

2.1.10. Know and practice proper audience/concert etiquette.

AR.3.1. Theatre: Evaluating: Students will participate in activities that develop the evaluation process in theatre involving their own work and the work of others.

3.1.3. Demonstrate the ability to move spontaneously to various stimuli.

3.1.4. Relate movement to feelings, ideas, and needs.

3.1.5. Successfully solve a group movement assignment using non-verbal stimuli.

AR.3.2. Dance: Artistic Communications: Students will participate in performance.

3.2.4. Develop proficiency in ensemble performance and understand importance of individual contribution.

3.2.5. Complete assigned production duties in conjunction with performance.

AR.3.3. Dance: Artistic Communications: Students will be able to discuss and analyze movement and dance.

3.3.4. Demonstrate proficiency in the use and application of the vocabulary of dance.

3.3.5. Compare and contrast dance forms.

3.3.6. Compare and contrast dance performances.

AR.1.1. Theatre: Creating: Students will participate in activities that develop the creative process in theatre involving script writing, sensory-awareness, analyzing, designing, and planning.

1.1.13. Acknowledge the points of view of others.

1.1.14. Explore empathy for the characters in the literature.

1.1.15. Develop self-expression through theatre performances.

1.1.16. Use appropriate terminology to develop theatre vocabulary.

1.1.17. Refine and record dialogue and action.

1.1.18. Use improvisation and play writing to communicate ideas and feelings.

1.1.19. Demonstrate sensory recall in pantomime activities and in reacting experiences.

1.1.20. Exhibit a practical knowledge of effective vocalization.

1.1.21. Lead small groups in planning visual and aural elements.

1.1.22. Rehearse improvised and scripted scenes to demonstrate social skills.

1.1.23. Use movement, music, and visual elements to enhance the mood of the dramatization.

1.1.24. Explore the structure of dramatic literature (i.e., exposition, points of attack, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement.)

1.1.25. Incorporate elements of dance, music video, and visual arts to express ideas and emotions in improvised and scripted scenes.

1.1.26. Create properties, scenery, costumes, lighting, sound and make-up through individual and group effort.

1.1.27. Use technology to create, revise, and produce dramatizations.

AR.2.1. Theatre: Reading: Students will participate in activities that develop the performance process in theatre involving researching, acting, directing, designing, constructing, and responding.

2.1.18. Use intrapersonal and interpersonal skills to develop self confidence.

2.1.19. Demonstrate listening, observing, focusing, and concentration skills.

2.1.20. Apply skills learned through the dramatic process to other subject areas.

2.1.21. Identify significant time periods in theatre history including major people and events.

2.1.22. Distinguish types of acting roles.

2.1.23. Interact with others in acting real life or fantasy problems or resolutions.

2.1.24. Explore how and where drama is used in the community and observe social relationships.

2.1.25. Explain why similar subjects and ideas are reexamined in different cultures and time periods.

2.1.26. Use thinking and problem solving strategies to resolve problems in stories and situations through improvisation.

2.1.27. Demonstrates appreciation of human achievements in the arts as a specific field of endeavor.

2.1.28. Respond in movement to a variety of images provided by sounds, music, poetry, story, and pictures.

2.1.29. Dramatize roles and events beyond personal experience.

2.1.30. Use the vocal mechanism to project voice audibly and clearly in various performance settings.

2.1.31. Refine proper state techniques (i.e., crosses, turns, gestures, entrances, and exits).

2.1.32. Develop audition material and skills and understand the rehearsal process.

2.1.33. Demonstrate an understanding of the responsibilities of a director.

2.1.34. Demonstrate good citizenship and function as positive members of a theatre audience.

AR.3.1. Theatre: Evaluating: Students will participate in activities that develop the evaluation process in theatre involving their own work and the work of others.

3.1.7. Identify the parts of a theatrical performance using appropriate terminology.

3.1.8. Display an awareness and empathy for the human condition.

3.1.9. Evaluate performances through critical observation for the purpose of self-improvement.

3.1.10. Explore theatre experiences to demonstrate how drama reflects culture.

3.1.11. Develop criteria for making informed critical judgments and participate in constructive criticism after observing a live production.

3.1.12. Explore the role of technology in the creation and performance of drama.