South Dakota State Standards for Arts Education: Kindergarten

SD.1. Dance/Movement: Students will understand and use dance as a means for creative self expression and interpersonal communication.

1.1. Students will understand that dance can express ideas or moods.

1.2. Students will use basic movement to share ideas.

1.3. Students will explore how movement is used in various activities and events.

SD.2. Dance/Movement: Students will understand the elements and techniques used in the creation and performance of dance.

2.1. Students will understand basic movement elements.

2.2. Students will recognize balance and flexibility necessary for specific forms of movement.

2.3. Students will understand body awareness utilizing time and space.

SD.3. Dance/Movement: Students will understand the relationship between dance and history, culture, and society.

3.1. Students will understand that different historical periods produced different styles and forms of movement.

3.2. Students will recognize ways dance is used in particular cultures.

3.3. Students will recognize that people create and perform dance differently.

SD.4. Dance/Movement: Students will demonstrate a capacity for critical and sensitive response to various dance experiences.

4.1. Students will understand characteristics that produce a quality dance performance.

4.2. Students will express personal likes and dislikes for various dance forms and styles.

4.3. Students will describe the quality of personal dance performance.

SD.1. Music: Performing: Students will use the performance of music as a means for creative expression and communication.

1.1. Students will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

1.1.1. Students will sing and match a simple melodic pattern in their vocal range.

1.1.2. Students will sing simple songs in various keys, meters and genres, becoming increasingly accurate in pitch and rhythm.

1.1.3. Students will sing from memory a varied repertoire of songs representing genres and styles from diverse cultures and ethnic groups.

1.1.4. Students will use their voices expressively as they speak, chant, and sing.

1.1.5. Students will sing simple ostinati or chants with another vocal part.

1.2. Students will perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

1.2.1. Students will play simple melodies and accompaniment on instruments maintaining a steady tempo.

1.2.2. Students will perform simple rhythmic and melodic ostinati while students sing a contrasting part.

1.2.3. Students will perform music from different cultures and ethnic groups.

1.2.4. Students will experiment with instruments for accompaniments to music or creative movement.

SD.2. Music: Creating: Students will communicate their thoughts and ideas through the creation of music.

2.1. Students will improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.

2.1.1. Students will improvise 'answers' to short rhythmic and melodic phrases.

2.1.2. Students will improvise simple rhythmic and melodic accompaniments.

2.1.3. Students will improvise songs to accompany stories and dramatizations.

2.2. Students will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.

2.2.1. Students will create short pieces of music using voices, instruments, and other sound sources.

SD.3. Music: Reading: Students will read and notate music.

3.1. Students will read and notate music.

3.1.1. Students will read whole, half, quarter, and paired eighth notes and quarter rests in 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 meter.

3.1.2. Students will use a system (i.e. syllables, numbers, or letters) to begin to read simple pitch notation on a staff.

3.1.3. Students will recognize dynamics and tempo and interpret them correctly.

SD.4. Music: Listening: Students will listen to, analyze, and evaluate music.

4.1. Students will listen to, analyze, and describe music.

4.1.1. Students will begin to identify simple music forms.

4.1.2. Students will identify the timbre of instruments and voices.

4.1.3. Students will respond through movement to music of various tempos, meters, dynamics, modes, genres, and styles to express what they hear and feel in works of music.

4.2. Students will evaluate music and music performances.

4.2.1. Students will use their own vocabulary and standard music terminology to explain personal preferences for specific musical works and styles.

SD.5. Music: Performing: Understanding Relationships: Students will understand music's relationship to society, the other arts, disciplines outside the arts, history, and culture.

5.1. Students will understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

5.1.1. Students will perform and listen to music that correlates to other curricular areas.

5.2. Students will understand music in relation to history and culture.

5.2.1. Students will perform and listen to music from various genres, styles, cultures, and ethnic groups.

5.2.2. Students will demonstrate an awareness of music as a part of daily life.

SD.1. Theater/Dramatic Arts: Students will use theater as a means for creative self-expression and interpersonal communication.

1.1. Students will explain how people convey meaning through dramatization.

1.2. Students will share ideas or emotions through dialogue in social pretend play.

1.3. Students will explore how drama is used in other activities and events.

SD.2. Theater/Dramatic Arts: Students will understand the technical and dramatic aspects used in the production and performance of theater.

2.1. Students will recognize the appropriate set design for various productions.

2.2. Students will select various people from the appropriate literature and dramatize their character.

2.3. Students will recognize the attributes of characters in drama.

SD.3. Theater/Dramatic Arts: Students will understand the relationship between theater and history, culture, and society.

3.1. Students will understand that a dramatization can portray an event.

3.2. Students will recognize how drama is a part of all cultures.

3.3. Students will recognize that people create and perform dramatic arts in a variety of styles.

SD.4. Theater/Dramatic Arts: Students will demonstrate a capacity for critical and sensitive response to various theater experiences.

4.1. Students will recognize the characteristics found in a quality theatre production.

4.2. Students will express personal likes and dislikes about various dramatic works.

4.3. Students will explain ways to improve personal role playing.

SD.1. Visual Arts: Students will understand and use visual arts as means for creative self-expression and interpersonal communication.

1.1 Students will understand that art tells stories, expresses moods, or conveys ideas.

1.2. Students will explore a variety of media to create artwork to reflect personal ideas, objects or events.

1.3. Students will explore how art is used in other activities and events.

SD.2. Visual Arts: Students will understand the media, techniques and processes used in the production of visual arts.

2.1. Students will recognize various media and materials which may be used in artwork.

2.2. Students will experiment with selected techniques' to improve the presentation of artwork.

2.3. Students will understand various art elements can produce different visual effects.

SD.3. Visual Arts: Students will understand the relationship between visual arts and history, culture, and society.

3.1. Students will understand that history has been recorded through the arts.

3.2. Students will explore ways art reflects culture and society.

3.3. Students will understand that different artists create different forms and types of art.

SD.4. Visual Arts: Students will demonstrate a capacity for critical and sensitive response to various visual arts experiences.

4.1. Students will recognize various artworks which express similar artistic concepts and ideas.

4.2. Students will express personal likes and dislikes of various works of art.

4.3. Students will describe the quality of personal artwork.