Tennessee State Standards for Arts Education: Kindergarten

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

1.1. Demonstrate non-locomotor movements (such as bend, twist, stretch, and swing).

1.2. Demonstrate eight basic locomotor movements (walk, run, hop, jump, leap, gallop, slide and skip) traveling forward, backward, sideward, and turning.

1.3. Practice movement in personal and general space.

1.4. Explore personal space (far-reach, mid-reach and near-reach).

1.5. Create a variety of body shapes (straight, angular, curved, and twisted) at low, middle and high levels.

1.6. Demonstrate movements in straight and curved pathways.

1.7. Identify selected individual body parts.

1.8. Explore selected qualities of energy in movement (smooth, sharp, vibratory and swinging).

1.9. Move to a steady beat.

1.10. Demonstrate a basic understanding of spatial relationships between body parts (i.e., beside, between, over, under, together and apart).

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

2.1. Recognize the beginning, middle, and ending of a movement sequence.

2.2. Demonstrate the following partner skills: copying, leading and following.

2.3. Respond in movement to stories and music.

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

3.1. Observe how dance is different from other forms of human movement (such as sports or everyday gestures).

3.2. Create and share one's own dances (short movement studies) with peers.

3.3. Recognize appropriate audience behavior for informal classroom dance performances.

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

4.1. Explore a solution to a given movement problem.

4.2. Observe and describe dances.

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

5.1. Participate in a folk dance from a given culture.

5.2. Recognize and explore how people use dance as a part of ceremonies.

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

6.1. Discuss healthy practices.

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

7.1. Explore ways in which the same idea can be expressed in dance and in one other art form.

7.2. Explore the connection between dance and one other academic discipline.

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

1.1. Develop skill in singing simple songs.

1.2. Reproduce high and low pitches.

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

2.1. Develop skill in reproducing steady beat.

2.2. Perform long and short sounds.

2.3. Play high and low sounds.

2.4. Echo short rhythmic patterns.

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

3.1. Improvise vocally short song fragments in answer to simple musical questions.

TN.4.0. Music: Reading and Notating - Students will read and notate music.

4.1. Interpret iconic representation of simple rhythmic patterns.

4.2. Interpret iconic representation of simple melodic direction.

TN.5.0. Music: Listening and Analyzing - Students will listen to, analyze, and describe music.

5.1. Recognize same and different in simple rhythmic and melodic patterns.

5.2. Recognize the differences in tone color of voices and classroom instruments.

5.3. Recognize long and short sounds.

5.4. Recognize high and low sounds.

5.5. Recognize fast and slow tempos.

5.6. Recognize loud and soft dynamics.

TN.6.0. Music: Interdisciplinary Connections - Students will understand relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts.

6.1. Experience relationships between music and dance.

TN.7.0. Music: Historical and Cultural Relationships - Students will understand music in relation to history and culture.

7.1. Experience folk songs and folk games from various cultures.

7.2. Recognize the difference between familiar lullabies and marches.

TN.1.0. Theatre Art (Level I)

1.1. Sensory perception - Identify and respond to various sensory stimuli

1.2. Emotional expression - Identify and respond to feelings resulting from various stimuli

1.3. Imagination - Use imagination in guided dramatic play

1.4. Movement - Use movement to react to a variety of stimuli

1.5. Language - Develop language through social interaction

1.6. Voice - Develop awareness of voice as means of expression

1.7. Artistic discipline - Develop responsibility through guided dramatic play

1.8. Concentration - Demonstrate focused behavior in guided dramatic play

1.9. Self-concept - Develop positive self-image through guided dramatic play

1.10. Ensemble and interpersonal skills - Develop ability to join with and respond to others in guided dramatic play

1.11. Problem solving - Explore a variety of ways to solve problems

1.12. Improvisation - Participate in guided dramatic play

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

1.14. Directing - Observe the role of leaders in group activities

1.15. Playmaking and playwriting - Explore life experiences and develop imaginary situations through guided dramatic play

1.16. Technical elements - Recognize elements of the environment during guided dramatic play

1.17. Theatre management - Recognize selected elements of theatre house management through theatre attendance

1.18. Dramatic literature - Use literature as a basis for guided dramatic play

1.19. Theatre history and heritage - Explore similarities and differences between life and theatre

1.20. Drama/Theatre in a multicultural society - Develop awareness of real and fantasy situations from many cultures through guided dramatic play

1.21. Roles and careers - Develop awareness of a variety of community roles through guided dramatic play

1.22. Elements of drama - Explore the five W's through guided dramatic play

1.23. Audience - Experience live theatre

1.24. Theatre and other arts - Experience various art forms

1.25. Aesthetic response - Respond affectively to dramatic activities

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

1.1. Use selected tools and materials in a safe manner to create a work of art.

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

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

2.1. Identify elements of art (e.g., line, shape, color, texture).

2.2. Identify principles of art (e.g., pattern, repetition).

2.3. Demonstrate an understanding that anyone can express themselves visually.

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

3.1. Demonstrate an understanding that subject matter can be real or imaginary.

3.2. Demonstrate an understanding that symbols are used to convey meaning.

3.3. Know that pictures tell a story.

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

4.1. Identify selected artworks from different cultures.

4.2. Identify selected artworks from different periods in history.

TN.5.0. Visual Arts: Reflecting and Assessing - The student will reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.

5.1. Understand that there are various purposes for creating works of visual art.