Hawaii State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 3

HI.1. Visual Arts: Understand and apply art materials, techniques, and processes in the creation of works of art and understand how the visual arts communicate a variety of ideas, feelings, and experiences

FA.3.1.1. How the arts are organized: Use the elements and principles of art and design, including, value (i.e., tints and shades, analogous colors), line, rhythm, movement, proportion, and balance

FA.3.1.2. How the arts are organized: Use a variety of art and technology media to create an original work of art

FA.3.1.3. How the arts communicate: Use observational skills in creating an original work of art

FA.3.1.4. How the arts communicate: Use visual arts vocabulary to discuss and compare works of art

FA.3.1.5. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Compare themes and subject matter in works of art from different time periods

HI.2. Music: Understand and apply elements of music and understand how music communicates ideas, feelings, and experiences across cultures

FA.3.2.1. How the arts are organized: Use the notation of whole, half, quarter, eighth, dotted-half notes, and rests

FA.3.2.2. How the arts are organized: Read the notes of a 'C' major scale on a staff

FA.3.2.3. How the arts are organized: Identify simple musical forms and melodic or rhythmic ostinato (repeated) pattern

FA.3.2.4. How the arts are organized: Identify the basic instruments of the orchestra by sight, sound, and category (e.g., brass, woodwind, percussion, strings)

FA.3.2.5. How the arts are organized: Sing rounds and partner songs from memory

FA.3.2.6. How the arts are organized: Compare elements of music, such as form, pattern, or rhythm, to other art forms

FA.3.2.7. How the arts are organized: Create short rhythmic and melodic phrases using two to four measure phrases and five different pitches on a staff

FA.3.2.8. How the arts communicate: Use specific musical terms to respond to elements of a musical performance

FA.3.2.9. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Identify developmentally appropriate pieces of music representing various time periods

FA.3.2.10. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Perform songs from various cultures within their cultural context

HI.3. Drama and Theatre: Understand and apply the skills of acting, design, and technical theatre and understand the role of drama in various cultures throughout history

FA.3.3.1. How the arts are organized: Create a dramatization based on a story

FA.3.3.2. How the arts communicate: Use appropriate audience etiquette while listening and watching a theatrical performance

FA.3.3.3. How the arts communicate: Use the elements of theatre to create a critique of a theatrical performance

FA.3.3.4. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Compare similar dramatic themes between works from various cultures

HI.4. Dance: Understand and apply elements of dance, appreciate how dance communicates meaning, and recognize its role across cultures and throughout history

FA.3.4.1. How the arts are organized: Apply dance elements to create a simple movement sequence

FA.3.4.2. How the arts communicate: Explain personal interpretations of a variety of dances

FA.3.4.3. How the arts shape and reflect culture: Perform dance movements of different styles (e.g. ballet, jazz), cultures, and time periods