Arkansas State Standards for Arts Education: Kindergarten

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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. Examine art and communicate ideas and feelings using the language of art which shall include art elements and principles.

1.1.1. Begin to be oriented to others as well as self.

A.1.2. Explore skills associated with media and processes including, but not limited to, color mixing, tearing, folding, and gluing.

1.2.1. Recognize and demonstrate locomotor movements.

1.2.2. Combine locomotor and non-locomotor movements into short dance patterns.

A.1.3. Distinguish parallels (i.e., elements, principles, themes, culture, material, processes and methods) between art created by students and artists from different times and places.

1.3.1. Recognize and move to the pulse.

A.1.4. Discover examples of how people use art in their daily lives, in the work place, and within the community.

1.4.1. Control body movement in general and personal space.

A.1.5. Explore careers in art.

1.5.1. Identify and demonstrate movements with varying degrees of energy (bound/free, direct/indirect, quick/slow, firm/fine, heavy/light).

A.1.6. Discover and record through technology (computer, video, photocopier, camera, and/or overhead, etc.) a variety of art examples and related resources.

1.6.1. Students will use appropriate technology in the art classroom.

A.1.7. Identify, practice, and follow health and safety standards in the use of tools, materials, and processes.

1.7.1. Students will follow safety standards in the art classroom.

A.1.8. Recognize and apply responsible practices (reduce/reuse/recycle) to protect the natural/man-made environment.

1.8.1. Students will learn not to waste art materials and to recycle when possible.

A.1.9. Investigate the relationship among the arts and other disciplines.

1.9.1. Students will demonstrate that art is linked to other subjects.

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. Use creative problem solving, critical thinking skills, and various resources to select subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning.

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

A.2.2. Transfer ideas and feelings to others through original works of self-expression using art elements and principles.

2.2.1. Students will make lines that show emotions.

A.2.3. Demonstrate that change for improvement is a part of problem solving in art and that there can be more than one solution.

2.3.1. Students will make improvements by repetition of an activity.

A.2.4. Create a project (e.g., performance, product, discussion) that shows how art is used in daily life, the workplace, or the community.

2.4.1. Students will make art used in daily life.

A.2.5. Exercise 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 use drawing tools and materials in a responsible manner.

A.2.6. Produce art works to demonstrate an understanding of the various purposes for creating (aesthetic, functional, historical/ cultural, therapeutic and/or social).

2.6.1. Students will create a seasonal work of art.

A.2.7. Create art work in response to past, present, and future situations.

2.7.1. Students will create a self-portrait.

A.2.8. Create art works based upon previous explorations/discoveries that demonstrate the relationships between art and culture.

2.8.1. Students will produce a work of art from cultural resources.

A.2.9. Collaborate to create through a variety of methods (small and whole groups, interdisciplinary, etc.).

2.9.1. Students will collaborate with family members 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. Understand and relate how art is used to communicate ideas and feelings to others.

3.1.1. Identify personal preferences in dramatic performances.

A.3.2. Evaluate and assess, individually/ collaboratively, through revisions, journals, and/or critiques, the characteristics and merits of an individual's art work and of the work of others.

3.2.1. Students will respond to the meaning of assessment.

A.3.3. Develop aesthetic awareness by discussing (e.g., rationalization, critique, evaluation) the integrity of an individual's art work.

3.3.1. Understand and use a basic vocabulary of dance.

A.3.4. Exhibit art work and participate in the exhibition process (e.g., selection, planning, display, judging, promotion).

3.4.1. Students will explore the meaning of art exhibit.

A.3.5. Build and assess a collection of student work in a portfolio (e.g., individual, classroom, grade level, technological).

3.5.1. Students will discuss the word portfolio.

A.3.6. Recognize and acknowledge that artists/students develop individual styles.

3.6.1. Students will work in personal expression.

A.3.7. Examine and respond to the use of art in daily life and community.

3.7.1. Students will discuss art in daily life and the community.

A.3.8. Analyze and discuss the relationship among the arts and other disciplines.

3.8.1. Students will discuss how art works with other subject areas, such as science, math, or music.

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

3.9.1. Students will discuss how a piece of artwork shows time past or family groups.

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

M.1.1. Differentiate between the speaking and singing voice.

M.1.2. Echo vocally and/or instrumentally rhythm, tempo, pitch, dynamics, and phrasing.

M.1.3. Perform with accuracy pitch, tempo, rhythm, phrasing, and dynamics.

M.1.4. Sing or play music from diverse cultures, genres, and styles.

M.1.5. Sing or play rounds, ostinati, and partner songs.

M.1.6. Sing or play in groups, blending timbres, matching dynamic levels, and responding to the cues of a conductor in formal and/or informal performances.

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

M.2.1. Create short rhythmic and melodic patterns.

M.2.2. Improvise simple rhythmic and melodic ostinato patterns.

M.2.3. Improvise simple rhythmic and melodic variations on familiar melodies or a given pentatonic scale.

M.2.4. Improvise melodies and rhythms using a variety of sounds, including voices, body percussion, classroom instruments and non-traditional sources, such as computer, electronic, or recorded sounds.

M.2.5. Create and arrange music to accompany selections from children's literature.

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

M.3.1. Recognize, correctly name, and count note and rest values of whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes.

M.3.2. Read simple meter signatures correctly.

M.3.3. Use a system (syllables, numbers, or letters) to read pitch notation in the treble clef in major keys.

M.3.4. Identify and correctly interpret signs (e.g., treble and bass clef, etc.), symbols, (fermata, coda, etc.), and terms relating to pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, and articulation.

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

M.4.1. Identify phrases and sections of music that are the same, similar, or different.

M.4.2. Identify music forms AB, ABA, and Rondo.

M.4.3. Describe aural examples of music and music performances.

M.4.4. Identify instrument families and individual instruments within the families and recognize adult male, adult female, and children's voices.

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

M.5.1. Examine the Arkansas state songs and folk music of Arkansas and the United States.

M.5.2. Explore patriotic songs of the United States and music of American composers, such as Ellington and Gershwin.

M.5.3. Identify music from various periods, composers, and cultures.

M.5.4. Sing/play songs and play musical games from diverse cultures.

M.5.5. Participate in music activities that correlate with other disciplines when appropriate.

M.5.6. Identify connections between music and the other arts, including similar terms, historical periods, and styles.

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.

1.1.1. Identify necessary precautions and limitations to avoid injury.

1.1.2. Explore self-expression through theatrical performance.

1.1.3. Explore appropriate terminology to develop theatre vocabulary.

1.1.4. Improvise dialogue to tell stories and formalize improvisations by writing or recording the dialogue.

1.1.5. Utilize the five senses and expand levels of awareness of sensory choices in creating dramatizations.

1.1.6. Demonstrate the vocalization process using vocal characteristics: quality, pitch, rate, projection, and phrasing.

1.1.7. Collaborate to select interrelated characters, environments, and situations for script-writing.

1.1.8. Select movement, music, and visual elements to enhance the mood of a dramatization.

1.1.9. Introduce a dramatic story line that includes a beginning, middle, and end.

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.

1.2.1. Recognize and demonstrate locomotor movements.

1.2.2. Combine locomotor and non-locomotor movements into short dance patterns.

1.2.3. Lead movements to be performed by group or partner (mirroring and following).

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.

1.3.1. Recognize and move to the pulse.

1.3.2. Identify and move to rhythmic patterns (children's names, simple poems, games).

1.3.3. Learn and move to accents and meters (2/4, 3/4, 4/4).

1.3.4. Move to the musical/dance concepts of slow/fast, gradual/sudden, short/long.

1.3.5. Experiment with simple percussion instruments.

1.3.6. Participate in movement activities utilizing simple props (ribbons, balls, lummi sticks, tinikling poles, hoops, clubs) while moving to the pulse.

1.3.7. Create rhythmic movement patterns.

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.

1.4.1. Control body movement in general and personal space.

1.4.2. Move the whole body in various directions (forward, backward, sideways, diagonally, right and left, on three levels--low, middle, and high).

1.4.3. Move isolated body parts in various directions and levels.

1.4.4. Perform locomotor movements in simple floor patterns (straight lines, curved lines, circles, squares, figure eights).

1.4.5. Practice a range of body movements in personal space.

1.4.6. Demonstrate body shapes in lines, angles, and curves--symmetrically and asymmetrically.

1.4.7. Demonstrate body shapes in pantomimic representation.

1.4.8. Create patterns in the air and on the floor individually and with partners.

1.4.9. Demonstrate directional facings with partners (front, side, back).

1.4.10. Demonstrate directional facings with partners (front to front, side to side, front to back).

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.

1.5.1. Identify and demonstrate movements with varying degrees of energy (bound/free, direct/indirect, quick/slow, firm/fine, heavy/light).

1.5.2. Recognize and demonstrate simple movement phrases using basic energy contrast (still/active, soft/hard, strong/light, weak/strong, sharp/fluid).

1.5.3. Explore various ways to feel and move using imagery (sticky, slithery, sparkly, buzzy).

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.

2.1.1. Understand that dance has a role and purpose in the life of various cultures.

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

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

2.1.4. Introduce the historical development of theatre.

2.1.5. Identify comedy, tragedy, melodrama, and musicals.

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.

3.1.1. Plan and organize movement through exploration of imagination, feelings, and stories.

3.1.2. Recognize feelings and temperaments in dramatic play.

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

3.2.2. Regardless of ability share short movement phrases in solo, duet, and small ensembles.

3.2.3. 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.

3.3.1. Understand and use a basic vocabulary of dance.

3.3.2. Solve movement problems and discuss movement choices.

3.3.3. Communicate reflections of dance experiences by speaking, writing, moving, or other means.