Tennessee State Standards for Arts Education: Grade 3

TN.1.0. Dance: Elements and Skills - Students will identify and demonstrate movement elements and skills in performing dance.

1.1. Identify the following underlying principles of movement: alignment, balance, initiation of movement, articulation of isolated body parts, weight shift, elevation and landing, and fall and recovery.

1.2. Demonstrate simple combinations of non-locomotor and locomotor movements (e.g., twisty walk, bursting leap, or floating run).

1.3. Transfer a spatial pattern from the visual to the kinesthetic.

1.4. Develop simple rhythmic patterns and transfer to the kinesthetic.

1.5. Demonstrate a range of energy/movement qualities.

1.6. Design and perform a variety of spatial relationships (body part to body part and individual to individual); i.e., beside, between, over, under, together, and apart.

1.7. Memorize and reproduce given short movement sequences.

TN.2.0. Dance: Choreography - Students will understand choreographic principles, processes, and structures.

2.1. Create sequences or simple dances that demonstrate a smooth transition from beginning to middle to ending.

2.2. Demonstrate the following partner skills: contrasting and complementary shapes.

2.3. Identify and describe the choreographic elements of space, time, and energy.

2.4. Choreograph movement that demonstrates the structures or forms of AB and ABA.

2.5. Recognize the choreographic structure of a dance viewed in class, in the theatre, or on video/DVD.

TN.3.0. Dance: Creativity and Communication - Students will understand dance as a way to create and communicate meaning.

3.1. Recognize the difference between pantomiming and abstract dance movement.

3.2. Create a dance that successfully communicates a given theme.

3.3. Differentiate between appropriate audience behavior for formal and informal dance performances.

TN.4.0. Dance: Criticism - Students will apply and demonstrate critical and creative thinking skills in dance.

4.1. Compare multiple solutions to a given movement problem.

4.2. Observe dances and compare them in terms of the elements of dance (space, time, and energy).

4.3. Compare individual opinions about dances in a supportive and constructive way.

TN.5.0. Dance: Cultural/Historical - Students will demonstrate and understand dance in various cultures and historical periods.

5.1. Perform folk and social dances from various cultures and periods.

5.2. Describe the basic evolution of a dance form and how it reflects its culture.

TN.6.0. Dance: Health - Students will make connections between dance and healthful living.

6.1. Identify the parts of the skeleton and explain how these parts work relevant to dance.

6.2. Explain and compare how healthy practices enhance the ability to dance.

6.3. Describe how dance can improve one's general health and wellness.

TN.7.0. Dance: Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will make connections between dance and other disciplines.

7.1. Examine how the same idea can be expressed in dance and in other art forms.

7.2. Demonstrate and explain the connections between dance and other academic disciplines.

TN.1.0. Music: Singing - Students will sing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

1.1. Develop skill in singing melodies expressively.

1.2. Develop skill for singing in harmony.

TN.2.0. Music: Playing Instruments - Students will perform on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.

2.1. Play simple rhythmic patterns alone and with others.

2.2. Play simple melodic patterns alone and with others.

TN.3.0. Music: Improvising - Students will improvise melodies, variations, and accompaniments.

3.1. Improvise a melody using a pentatonic scale.

3.2. Improvise a variation on a familiar melody.

TN.4.0. Music: Composing - Students will compose and arrange music within specified guidelines.

4.1. Compose simple instrumental introductions.

4.2. Compose a simple instrumental coda.

TN.5.0. Music: Reading and Notating - Students will read and notate music.

5.1. Recognize symbols which represent rhythm and melody.

5.2. Use symbols to notate simple rhythmic and melodic patterns.

TN.6.0. Music: Listening and Analyzing - Students will listen to, analyze and describe music.

6.1. Recognize, aurally, same and different sections.

6.2. Describe the characteristics of a musical selection using appropriate vocabulary.

6.3. Recognize, aurally, introductions in vocal and instrumental music.

TN.7.0. Music: Evaluating - Students will evaluate music and music performances.

7.1. Devise criteria for evaluating music.

7.2. Devise criteria for evaluating music performances.

TN.8.0. Music: Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

8.1. Compare characteristics of two or more art forms.

8.2. Examine ways in which the principles of other disciplines interrelate with those of music.

TN.9.0. Music: Historical and Cultural Relationships - Students will understand music in relation to history and culture.

9.1. Identify and discuss music in relation to history.

9.2. Identify and discuss music in relation to various cultures.

TN.1.0. Theatre Art (Level II)

1.1. Sensory perception - Focus on details of sense awareness and sensory recall

1.2. Emotional expression - Focus on details of emotional and empathetic experiences

1.3. Imagination - Use imagination to react to imaginary objects, environments, and perception in dramatic activities

1.4. Movement - Use movement to explore thought, feeling, and roles from life, literature, and history

1.5. Language - Develop descriptive language through dramatic activities

1.6. Voice - Use voice to communicate thought, feeling, and role in dramatic activities

1.7. Artistic discipline - Develop responsibility through dramatic activities

1.8. Concentration - Develop techniques to focus and sustain attention in dramatic activities

1.9. Self-concept - Discover personal uniqueness and develop respect for individual differences

1.10. Ensemble and interpersonal skills - Cooperate and interact during dramatic activities

1.11. Problem solving - Explore problem solving and risk taking in dramatic context

1.12. Improvisation - Participate in improvised dramatic activities

1.13. Acting - Explore a variety of roles in life and fantasy situations through dramatic activities

1.14. Directing - Develop leadership skills through dramatic activities

1.15. Playmaking and playwriting - Apply observations of people, life and story elements in dramatic activities

1.16. Technical elements - Recognize technical theatre elements used in dramatic activities

1.17. Theatre Management - Examine elements of theatre management through theatre attendance

1.18. Dramatic literature - Use literature to create dramatic activities

1.19. Theatre history and heritage - Develop awareness of theatre heritage

1.20. Drama/Theatre in a multicultural society - Explore real and fantasy situations from many cultures through dramatic activities

1.21. Roles and careers - Develop awareness of a variety of roles and occupations through dramatic activities

1.22. Elements of drama - Explore the elements of drama in dramatic activities

1.23. Audience - Respond to live theatre and understand the audience's role

1.24. Theatre and other arts - Explore various art forms and relate to drama/theatre

1.25. Aesthetic response - Recognize and respond to unique qualities of drama/theatre

TN.1.0. Visual Arts: Media, Techniques, and Processes - Students will understand and apply media, techniques, and processes.

1.1. Use a variety of tools and materials to create a work of art.

1.2. Use a variety of techniques and processes to produce original works of art that reflect personal experiences, imagination, and observations.

1.3. Use tools and materials in a safe and responsible manner.

TN.2.0. Visual Arts: Structures and Functions - Students will use knowledge of structures and functions.

2.1. Recognize and identify elements and principles of art.

2.2. Use the elements and principles of art to communicate ideas.

2.3. Develop an awareness of the function of art in their environment.

2.4. Create art with a specific function.

TN.3.0. Visual Arts: Evaluation - Students will choose and evaluate a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas.

3.1. Explore and understand content in works of art by others.

3.2. Select subject matter and content in their own artworks.

TN.4.0. Visual Arts: Historical and Cultural Relationships - Students will understand the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.

4.1. Relate works of art to different times, civilizations and places.

4.2. Discuss how art, history, and culture influence each other.

TN.5.0. Visual Arts: Reflection and Assessment - Students will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.

5.1. Recognize that artists create work for a variety of purposes.

5.2. Discuss the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.

5.3. Understand that viewers have different responses to artworks.

TN.6.0. Visual Arts: Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will make connections between visual arts and other disciplines.

6.1. Experience similarities and differences between the visual arts and other arts disciplines.

6.2. Identify connections between the visual arts and other disciplines in the curriculum.